Spring is here!

It’s amazing how just within a few days since my last post the weather began to change and by now, it’s obvious to me that Spring is here! It has finally come! The days are getting warmer and it’s light out early in the morning again. Wherever you look, you see buds on the trees and daffodils and crocuses beginning to bloom.

Since it’s so nice and warm out, John and I find it really easy to keep up with our walking routine, and we’re having lots of fun taking a long walk every afternoon. And even when it happens to rain, you can still tell that it’s Spring, as it’s warm outside and there is that unmistakable smell of freshness in the air…

Oh, how I love spring! It makes me feel alive after long months of greyness and coldness of winter. I’m so glad Spring is here!

~eireen

John and I on one of our walks

Winter is back! :(

This week doesn’t seem to be too good for me – my flu came back (thankfully, at least it’s not as bad as it was last week),and yesterday night, it hailed a lot and so today, with the temperatures around 30F, it feels like the winter is trying to come back. I hope that this is only very temporary and the spring will be back in a day or two (I really like it when it’s warm and sunny, with daffodils starting to bloom).

I also haven’t posted our Valentine’s Day update yet, since I wasn’t feeling good and was quite busy whenever I felt good enough to do things. So, here goes a small Valentine’s Day update (very belated).

It was our first Valentine’s Day as a married couple and so we were very excited about it. Luckily, it was on a Saturday which was very great, as it meant that John didn’t have to go to work and we could just take our time, having the whole day ahead of us. We got up fairly early and decided to exchange our little Valentine’s Day gifts before we went out. It turned out to be really funny, as we both got a card and a heart-shapped chocolate box for each other.  We spend a while reading the cards and hugging and kissing… there is truly no better feeling in the world than loving someone and knowing that you’re loved back!

We spent the day in Lynwood. We went to the theatre and saw a movie – of course, we did not realize that everybody else would want to see that very same movie at 7 p.m. and so we ended up sitting in the fourth row as the theatre was packed by the time we got there! (Actually, despite my doubts, the seats turned out to be quite okay, and we could watch the movie without problems).

We also got to go out for a nice dinner and had a lot of fun visiting. Luckily, the restaurant that we chose, even thought it was full, wasn’t too noisy and we had a private booth, which made it even better.

All in all, the day was great and we had a lot of fun together. Unfortunately, by the time we got home, I was so wiped out that I wanted to go to bed, even though we planned to dance together for a while.  I was quite disappointed about not being able to do it, but John said that it was okay. He’s so sweet!

But, as it turns out, the dancing was not forgotten altogether. A couple days ago, I was doing some chores and John was working on stuff as well, when he suddenly said that we didn’t dance and we should do it right then. Oh, it was so much fun! We danced and danced for the longest time, and we laughed and we cried feeling so utterly happy that it almost felt like we were going to burst from all the love! it was just so amazing!

So, in this way, we still got to do our dancing, and even though we did it on a different day than Valentine’s Day, I don’t think it made it any less special. If anything, we got one extra special moment that we didn’t know was coming…

Happy and very much in love

~eireen

A little update: stomach flu

Hello,

I do know that I’m running really late on the Valentine’s Day post, and I feel really bad about it, but I got a stomach flu and it made me unable to do much more than sleep and feel not so great. As it is, I still have a hard time trying to type and read words on the screen, so I can’t really write a longer post, but as soon as I’m better, I promise the Valentine’s Day update.

Thank you for your patience!

~eireen