Oh, how i hate to quote Bono (sorry, U2 fans out there.. can't help it, i think they suck, but i hear they are really nice guys), but it is such a great day out today. Nice cool breeze with a warm sun. Those are the kinda days that make me think of spring!
We had some errands to do today. Mostly, we needed to go downtown to pay our User Fee bill at City Hall. This time, we wanted to make sure we did not do it last minute, when everyone else is there. And, avoid lunch hour. Another big mistake. We also decided, on such a nice day, why drive there and back. Why not take the bus? We're right between 2 routes that would get us there in about 15 - 20 minutes.
City Hall was all decked out with tables selling what we assumed to be Mother's Day crafts on the main floor hallway. Nothing much there for my mom... and i already got and gave her the gift she's getting (dvd of the film The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
).
We thought about going up to City Hall's observation tower.
(E:Matthew)'s pictures inspire me to want to face that fear of heights i have. But alas, it is closed due to construction...
We hung around for a while, trying to figure out why there were so many cops and firefighters milling about, not letting cars drive on certain streets along Niagara Square. Eventually, i asked someone. Seems the courthouse received a bomb threat today. Yipes!
We walked around a bit. Too early for an
(e:peep) sighting of
(e:lilho) at a hotdog cart. But we were getting hungry.
(e:Uncutsaniflush) mentioned a restaurant that sounded cool... "california mexican", i think is what he called the cuisine. After eating there, i agreed. It's on the corner of Chippewa and Delaware, street level in the Hampton Inn. Called Salsarita's. I had the most giantestest burrito i have ever seen (in real life.. but it looked similar to one i saw Ozzy eat on an episode of The Osbornes). Veggie choices are plenty, as are all menu options. I think that's their shtick. The place got packed. And, when i looked them up later while at home (yeah, i know,
(e:Paul) i could have done it on the go if i had the right mobile device!) it turns out they aren't Californian at all! Place started in Charlotte, North Carolina.
I should have taken pictures, but i didn't think of it until mine was almost half gone!
We walked some more, and decided to head to the bus stop.. and the one we ended up at was a mere block away from the restaurant... and had choices. We decided to take the next bus that came. Either the Elmwood or the Grant. One is way closer, but we thought the extra walk wouldn't do us any harm if the Elmwood bus came first. And it did. We even had an
(e:peep) sighting, but i thought it would have freaked out the whole bus if i yelled out "Hey Matthew!!" the tiny window up top.... Only took us 15 minutes to walk from Elmwood and Bird down to our place between Grant and Niagara.
After putting our feet up for a bit, we decided to do a bit of yard work before the promised rain storm gets here. Thank goodness we packed it in and had dinner or we would still be out there toiling.
One thing to keep in mind is that it is easy, nay very easy, to offer advice to someone else when one has nothing to lose.
You probably get lots of post-facto advice from people: do this, do that, you should;ve said this, said that, etc. It makes others seem so "with it".
But the reality is, few (if any) have really "figured out" anything. We're all bumbling through life blind mice on crack. So you're not alone. Have fun, go with your heart, and when you do hit the inevitable bump, reach out to your friends (and vice versa).
i hear you. just once in a while it would be nice to turn off the hurt that others see as 'not a big deal'. love you!
eh, you're not alone. I identify with most of what you just wrote. So don't let it get to you. Seems like you've done pretty well. :)