I will have a dinner party like this one day.
It's Friday, and I've had quite an exhausting week. And although I still have tons to do, I'm just so giddy and excited for tonight! My girlfriend is again spoiling me with another date night at the Bowl. I love the Bowl. And tonight it's Tchaikovsky (with a fireworks show!). I can't sit still with excitement.
And then Anna (at Little Reminders of Love) just recommended a book (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn), and since it's Anna (who I think is the most adorable blogperson I know), I have to read it. Actually, I've heard about the book (numerous times), so I'm finally picking it up. For a must read. This quote she posted (after stating that Francie "is a girl young girls should know") just hooked me:
"People always think that happiness is a faraway thing," thought Francie,
"something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up;
a place of shelter when it rains - a cup of strong hot coffee when you're blue;
for a man, a cigarette for contentment; a book to read when you're alone -
just to be with someone you love. Those things make happiness."
Like Francie, I do believe it's the little things that make up happiness. (Although such little things can actually be BIG when it makes you happy.) Like Tchaikovsky tonight. Seeing a smile on the face of the one you love, and hearing that he's happy - even from far away. Even if he's far away. Text messages from my nephew. Hearing my nephew's excited voice. Talking to my best friend, and hearing him talk about his wife and daughter and new baby on the way. Wonderful girlfriends. This beautiful sunny day. Saturday brunches by the beach. J.K. Rowling to inspire me.
Anyhow, gotta go back to work. Lunch break is over ... and in a few hours, I get to listen to Tchaikovsky! Heaven! :)
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