Luckily, the weather was absolutely gorgeous today..like 60 degrees and super sunny..aka my favorite. The sun was shining and the leaves were falling off the trees and it was a fantastic day. I ventured out to the Botanical Gardens here for the sole purpose of playing with the kitties that live there. I spent several hours there wandering and looking for and finding kitties to play with. They were kind of shy, but they were kitties and once they knew I wouldn't hurt them, of course they were my best friends.
I sat down on one of the benches at the gardens and this elderly woman started cleaning off the bench I was sitting on so she and her husband could sit without getting dirty. After a few minutes they sat down and began to talk to me. They were absolutely adorable, although fairly difficult to understand. This is what I gathered: he was 84 and she was 75. They had been married for 53 years and had a son that was 43. The man was somewhat out of it because the women told me he was always confused but she loved to take care of him. I asked them if I could take a picture of them and they agreed very willingly. She told him to take his hat off, and a second later to take his glasses off as well. He was very obedient...obviously why they had been married so long ;)
Between the kitties, the elderly lovers, and successfully finding my way to the gardens and back by myself..today was extremely successful. Tonight Samantha and I are going out to dinner and then out to dance with new Ecuadorian and Dutch friends that we met last weekend. It's going to be a blast! I'm definitely ready to celebrate being done with my class :)
I hope everyone isn't burning up at home, although you should be thankful to be tan since SOME of us are paler than pale right now...
xoxo!
allie
Albu,
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to let you know I read your blog and am living vicariously through you. lol Have fun on your adventures and congrats on getting through your first month of school! I'm heading for MO tomorrow to get some fireworks for the 4th and to put the license/registration sticker on the Honda. Unfortunately Han will be out of town so I'll see her next time. Han said you may have tried to call and it came through as unknown caller, if you couldn't get through I'm sorry. :( Keep posting pics on FB, love to see what's happening with you! Praying for you and looking forward to seeing you later in the summer! Love Dad