The last two hours of the last day of April. I'm travelling at the moment and have had no time to post - and when I have had time I had no motivation or focus. So here is my post for April, I will edit it later.
[edit: later. Much later] Now in the twilight days of 2016 coming to an end, I hide inside and catch up on posts.
I should've mentioned that I had a wonderfully relaxed birthday at the end of March. I woke up feeling fine, and just overall happy. I wore a long light skirt just for the sake of a special occasion! I walked to the nearby Denny's to get my FREE birthday Grand Slam breakfast (scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, and pancakes), which is more than I can eat in one sitting so I had leftovers for next day's breakfast. From the West End I walked into a Blendz and got a FREE whatever-beverage-I-want, so I got what would normally be the most expensive matcha tea and proceeded down the street. I couldn't stop smiling, it was like I was giddy with the giggles for no reason. Passersby looked at me rather puzzled but reflexively smiled back. Note that if you're smiling or laughing to yourself while hitchiking many drivers find this alarming like you're a psychopath. Even the social conscience that thinks of the doom-and-gloom news couldn't sober me. I'm just happy today. And my matcha tea lasted me exactly till I got to another Blendz down the street so I got another FREE matcha. Happy day! From there I took my well-trodden path to Shaktea on Main St where I would meet my friend for our usual tea+tarot birthday ritual later, and on my way I found a few more geocaches including one that had eluded me before. Yay! Onto tea and a good chat, then I returned back downtown and got dressed up fancy for a steak dinner at Hy's steakhouse, which I'd noticed before and been curious to visit for a special occasion that would justify the price. Cocktails and steak+lobster and red wine and a little sliver of dessert. Happy birthday to me!
What do I remember of April? I spent a few weeks out with my friends in White Rock and made a new friend there, we spent most days walking and geocaching around White Rock together and he would later accompany me on my trip to Sloquet hot springs, in essentially the wilderness. I consider a new friend a belated birthday gift from the universe!
I also had a nice Easter with my parents back in Oliver, a brief visit for the holiday long weekend.
