But Wait . . . That's Not All . . .

Ever have a day where the good stuff just keeps coming?  Where you're NOT looking forward to bedtime because the day will be over and who knows what tomorrow will bring?

That's my day today.

It started with a quiet breakfast, all by myself, basking in the warm sunshine coming in the window.  I walked to the St. James Cathedral for mass and then walked back to the hotel WITHOUT A COAT!  (I KNOW!!  IT'S ACTUALLY SPRING HERE IN WASHINGTON!!  AND YES, I REALLY AM THIS EXCITED! I mean exclamation marks, caps AND underlining!  Whew.)

Back at the hotel, I worked in quiet (DH was still sleeping) and solved some puzzles (without cheating.  Be impressed!  Be amazed!) and then, when DH woke, we got on a Washington State Ferry to Bainbridge Island.

It was fun.  It was a glorious day.  Mt. Rainier was visible the whole day.  (Shocking!)  And . . .

I now know why dogs stick their heads out the window when riding in a moving car; the wind your face is just hella fabulous!

We walked around the Island and dined al fresco at the local harbor: crab cakes, AMAZING Ahi Tuna Tacos (seriously - fried wantons for the shells, raw tuna, sweet pickled ginger, cabbage and this spicy aioli. . . mmmMMMmmm . . .  mouth. so. happy.), fried oysters and a Greek antipasto plate.  All the dogs that walked by were jealous.  J. E. A. L. O. U. S. (To say nothing of their owners. . . .)

We wandered a bit more and then rode the ferry back to Seattle.  I counted 13 seagulls flying above the observation deck, gliding in the updraft from the boat.

Now we're in the hotel and I get to lounge about in my underwear and eat dark chocolate covered almonds and blog.  Sublime.

It was an amazing day.  I wish I had brought a camera but perhaps mental pictures are the best kind.  (Because in those, on the ferry, I have a waist and my hair was flying oh so delicately about in a very alluring way.  And at the hotel, I look simply stunning in my uberly expensive lingerie.)

Today was a God blessing day in the biggest way.