Thursday update

After my sighting of a flock of robins, spring fever has taken full hold of my soul.

Yesterday I had lots to do, not much time to do it in, so I came in early and had lunch at my desk. However, during my lunch break, I had a shoegasm. A shoegasm you say? What could that be?

Nordstroms.com, baby. Sandals. All 800+ pairs of them. Online for my viewing pleasure. OH My God, it was glorious.

Last year I basically killed off most of my sandals. I could wear them to work all summer long and so I did. Most of them looked pretty ratty by the end of the season so I threw them out -- about 6 pairs of sandals went out the door. Now I am in need of new sandals and with this spring fever I have, I am eager to get my sandal-buying ways on. I was hoping my partner in crime (in sandals) would be around today for a quick trip to ogle the sandals down at Carson Pirie Scott or Nordie's but she had a sick kiddo this morning and wasn't in until afternoon. I had to hold myself back. So, Nordstroms.com it was and I found several pairs that made my heart happy. I may need to venture down there to check them out for myself.

After my shoegasm, I was nearly giddy with pleasure. PM thought I was a nutjob, having had spoken of sandals since we first saw each other at 8 a.m. However, he had a bit of the spring fever himself yesterday with a grass-green dress shirt on that practically screamed Spring! as he walked through the door.

Damn I love sandals. I am getting a pedicure next Saturday and can hardly wait.

As I was leaving work to head to my hair appointment, I get a call from HR, wanting to have dinner. I was on the phone with work (yes, I know, leaving work, on phone with work, wtf? I Know!), so I had to call him back. Turns out he wanted to have dinner and I was all about that, but had to explain that it would be 8 p.m. or after by the time Evolution had finished doing his magic on my head. HR was cool with that so I went off to the gym.

I worked out first, hopping on the bike to get a quick 6 miles in. Man, my ass is sore today! Sore ass = small ass? I don't know, but I sure hope so. I finished up and had about 20 minutes before I was due in Evolution's magic chair so I chilled out in the salon, relaxing, reading my magazine. It was lovely.

When I first sat in Evolution's chair, he asked me what I wanted this time. Each time is different ... sometimes more color, sometimes less, sometimes more trim, sometimes less. Obviously I was suffering from intense spring fever so I told him to bring out some summer on my head.

He totally did and I LOVE IT!!! It is a whole lot more blonde than I expected but at the same time, I am completely in love with it. Evolution, a million kisses and hugs my friend. You are a rock star!!

As per usual, we spent our time together (2.5+ hours) talking of all things religion, life, personal experiences, family, etc. I think the reason why Evolution and I get along so well is that we are both on continuous journeys into knowledge ... the more the better. I learn so much from him when I am in his chair. Last night was all about Islam. We talked about the concepts of heaven and hell for Islam and how in Islam, heaven is open to people of all faiths, quite unlike Christianity, which shows only one path to heaven. I was quite surprised to hear that Islam says there are 7 levels of heaven, as there are 7 levels of hell. Ever heard of the phrase, 'I am in 7th heaven'? Bet I know where that comes from now. Interesting. Very interesting. Then we discussed a pagan ritual he will be attending soon (yes, pagan, I tell you, Evolution is one amazing guy).

At about 8:15 I roll out of his chair (I had been there since 5:30), and head back into the gym to change clothes for dinner. I call HR, suggest Santorini's and offer to pick him up in 20 minutes.

Ah, Santorini's. *sigh*

It should be said that I *love* Greek food. I could eat Greek food pretty much any day of the week.

The food was made only better by my company. HR is truly a brother in spirit to me. He and I share a lot of the same feelings about people, have similiar viewpoints on issues and each time I am with him I utterly enjoy it. We talked all about Lost and our theories on it (boy, he blew my mind with a couple of them) and generally enjoyed what was a lovely supper. Thanks, H, for the invite to supper and for the lovely company. You were just what I needed.

After dropping HR off, I drove home listening to music, singing in my car. It was a lovely end to a great day.

Ah, spring!