My day off!!

Well all - I went to work last night from midnight to 1:30am to finish the work that I WOULD have had to do this morning so that I could sleep in until noon and take a REAL day off. I needed it like nothing else - crabby, emotional, no energy, that's no fun. So today I woke up at 11:35am and got up and laced up my hiking boots and hiked up the mountain across the street again, Buttermilk. I like that hike, and I took a different route this time and ended up on a rock looking out down a beautiful valley and the city of Aspen. I ate my sandwich, a green bell pepper, sat and thought for a while, and then I got up and yelled "I love you Aspen!" and turned around and mooned it all. Yes I mean I pulled down my pants and showed the valley my backside. It was quite funny and had me giggling for a while. Now, I was about 1,000 feet up so I doubt anyone saw, but, that wasn't the point of course. I then ran through the meadow on the way back to shortcut to the trail and even did something you'd all hate to know I did - which was climb the ladder up a ski lift because I've always wanted to do that. It wasn't a very high one, I didn't want to be THAT stupid, just kind of stupid and daring. It felt great.

Now I'm getting some laundry done and then I don't know what I'll do with myself. Thought about driving to Glenwood Springs to the vapor caves but today just isn't the day for that. The vapor caves are for days where you absolutely need a break, a long one after work. Today is so good that I'll save my $12 and the gas money to get there for the day that I really need it.

So right now I'm thinking a shower, a visit to the library perhaps, or maybe I can grab a friend or two and play Scrabble at the cafe, I heard there's a board there. Then I WAS thinking of making Won Ton Soup for everyone tonight but it's a little late to get it all together I think. Tomorrow I'm making peach pies with Katie. Oh - and I think I'll compose some more of my clarinet piece because I found a clarinet player (a very good one) from Macedonia even, that will play it and he lives in the apartment across the way.

Okay - there's an update on a wonderful day!

I love and miss you all, truly!

Oh hey! To Linda and Ginger, I found a Stephen!! :)

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