A little happy dance? Don't mind if I do...

Here's my day. It was a pretty awesome day. Therefore, this blog post may be full of bunnies, unicorns, and rainbows. Bear with me. :) I woke up this morning and watched a little Price is Right. Man I love that show...One day I want to be in the audience. Even better, be picked to "come on down" and bid. One dollar, Drew! Alas, my dreams will have to wait. I had a tasty lunch of tomato soup while watching one of the sitcoms I have come to enjoy over the past month. While in Hawaii, I started watching "8 Simple Rules". I knew that John Ritter had died while the show was still airing, so I was curious as to how the show dealt with it. Today I saw the first half of the episode where he passes away. I rarely ever cry when it comes to movies/tv, but man I was close to it. On facebook, a random girl added me. I was a bit apprehensive, but she and I had some mutual friends who have had scoliosis surgery. I accepted her request, and it turns out she had her surgery a week before me! How crazy. :) She is from England and had a longer fusion than I did. My surgery was 4 1/2 hours long, and hers was 9...Wow! I love how I've come to know some great people who I would normally have never met had it not been for my crazy spine. Gotta love scoliosis. :P For a while I worked on some application stuff, then took a shower. As the days go by, each shower becomes less of a hassle. A lot of things are coming easier to me now, such as getting in the car, dressing myself, maneuvering throughout the house without falling and busting my face. After doing a few different things here and there, I got my tennis shoes on (which is also becoming easier). Nathaniel picked me up after he got off of work and we headed to the park. We walked around the big trail and chatted for a while. Then we went to the hillside by the band shell and got ready to fly kites. Unfortunately, one of the kites was missing a part, but we still had one! Man, it's been so long since I've flown a kite. It was simple, yet fun, relaxing, and entertaining. We got it to go up pretty high, keeping it at a nice distance for some time. Sadly, the samurai kite hit a strong wind that caused it to lose its cross bar. Down it went into a tree, much to my dismay. We went over to fetch the kite and had quite a time trying to convince the tree to let us have it back. I found humor in gigantic ten foot tall Nathaniel jumping to try and grab the string from a tall branch. After a valiant effort, we ended up breaking the string and calling it a day. We headed back to the car and then drove to my house. Mom had left a muffin from Miss Muffin's Cafe near the front door for him to keep. He decided to come inside for a minute before heading off to the gym. It was very nice of him to take me outside on such a perfectly windy day for kite flying. This week's weather has been incredible. I'm so glad I got to go outside and enjoy much of it! After he left, I ate some dinner and started to watch Shawshank Redemption. Then I realized I didn't feel like watching a somewhat sad/depressing movie (yet such a great one), so I changed the channel to watch some SNL. Of course, it was my favorite episode. December 2006, Justin Timberlake as host and musical guest...magic! Haha. I have realized that I should not sit in the recliner in the room we eat in because every time I do, I start having pain. No bueno. I received a call from Mr. Golden and we talked for a bit about some pretty great stuff. Don't you just love a good conversation? People that can communicate well fascinate me, and I appreciate a quality discussion. Let's just say that this one ended a little after midnight and on a very happy note. :) Although this blog was about February 17, I think I like the 18 better...More to come, so stay tuned, haha. Love you guys! :)