A full, but thoroughly satisfying day

Yesterday was a great day from beginning to end, although some of you may question my standards of "great" by the end of this post. =)

I started the day by getting up at 5 am, sending a few emails to friends and then chatting with my man after his softball game. Thanks to the time difference, I got to be the end of his day while he was the beginning of mine. It was a much needed and appreciated extended conversation.

I then worked on drafts for my personal statements for graduate school applications for a few hours and was feeling quite pleased with my progress. In the afternoon, I met a gal to see the new Almodovar film Volver.

After the film, I had a lovely crepe and read more of High Fidelity by Nick Hornsby. Between the film and the book, my thoughts were filled with laughter and love and death and all sorts of emotionally charged stuff. And I was really happy to be living so fully and feeling so strongly on such a lovely, sunny afternoon.

I volunteered at the Dublin Fringe Festival for a few hours which meant an hour walking to different venues making deliveries and then going to work the box office for a late show. At the show, I had a wonderful chat with a gentleman who worked at Liberty Hall about where to visit in Ireland. He was born and raised in Dublin (which is surprisingly uncommon these days) and he told me about Bang Bang and 40 Coats John (or some other name that escapes me) and some other characters about town from when he was growing up. It was a good laugh. And then I took the bus home, finished High Fidelity.

And then I cried. Not all night, but for a little while when I got home as I processed how wonderful and interesting my day had been. (It helps that my cycle is kicking in extra hormones and cramps.) I'm really glad I have been able to make this journey and am really excited for what my future will be. If my present is any indication, it will be intense and challenging and fulfilling.

Incidentally, I am still decompressing and processing all these thoughts about death and family and sacrifice and love and generosity and injury and growth...typical stuff for me, right?