Saturday So Far

Waffles, eggs, bacon, and French Press with Gramps. How good to be hungry in the morning.

Spend too much time re-curling rumply hair. Grow impatient; cover with hat.

Go shopping with Gramps for niece's belated birthday present, and for baby Henry's first birthday present. Find Henry a little book titled, "Will you be my friend?" Write card: "Because I so want to be your friend. Love, your future English Teacher."

Go to Baby Henry's One Year Old Birthday Brunch. Feel amused at all the rock-star hipsters. Henry doesn't know what a hip crowd he runs in. Feel delighted with Henry's pretty mama, and love her as usual. Try to convince Pretty Mama and Handsome Dad to let me baby-sit Henry soon. "Free of charge! So long as I get to keep him afterwards." Also convince Pretty and Handsome to name next child Greta. Am pleased to find emphatic, earnest agreement.

Scrutinize Lead Singer Rock Star Man's facial hair. Feel tragic sense of loss that such beautiful looks should be spoiled by frizzy mutton chop sideburns.

Make new friend, Stephanie. Drink mimosa. Have second breakfast. How good to partake of blueberry pancakes.

Drive back to Seattle. See blue sky emerging. Root. Root root root. Sunshine, you can dooooo it.

Coffee shop for homework and paper grading. Look at cyclist person at next table. Young boy? No: woman. Short blond hair, rosy cheeks, and clear blue eyes. Decide she looks like a beautiful Peter Pan. Become friends with her in head.

Grade student essays. Feel amused, annoyed, concerned, delighted, encouraged, and inspired. Love students.

Use men's bathroom after finding women's occupied: Sin. Return toilet seat to its full, upright position: Absolved.

Drive home; delight in gorgeous day.

Stop at favorite spot: halfway-built house at the top of the hill. Discover- what?!- staircase inside has switched directions. Smell sawdust, and cold sunshine winter air. Go to large window on top floor and look out over beautiful quiet houses, glassy lake, serrated mountains in the distance. Congratulate Rainier on basking above a silky blushing fog. Watch sea-plane land in lake without a splash; watch smooth wake form a tail behind it; watch sea-plane take off again. Listen to ambient sounds that could only emerge out of such a quiet, still day: dog's barking, birds' calls, a starting car.

Pray for dear things. Feel content. Consider kissing for a moment: decide it is a missed activity. Ask self: "Does missing kissing disturb contentment?" Pause. Answer self with a swelling-heart, peace-filled sigh, and grin. Blow kiss at view.

Back to Grandpa's. Cheese and crackers and apple. Watch sunset out of porthole window.

Blog.

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Continue Saturday.