January 28, 2012

• Today I'm going to share all the ridiculously happy stuff that is happening in the life of Leopardditz.  Mainly because its birthday week and I always go a little crazy this time each year.  I always feel that birthdays are something to be celebrated and this one if obviously going to be a very special one for me.  The magic all started yesterday.....

  Took Matt's dog, Buk, for a walk which takes us along a small little boat dock yesterday morning.  Sun was shining.  Buk had peed so much that he had nothing left but was still lifting the leg every 2 minutes which makes me laugh.  We were walking along, lost in our own happy thoughts and enjoying a beautiful, sunny day.  And then I heard a splash so we stopped to see what was going on.  A pod of 5 dolphins were frolicking in the water!  They were jumping and playing and it was so cool to see.  I went to stand next to a tree so Buk would have something to entertain himself while I watched.  It was almost like they came to wish me a happy birthday (or so I told myself).  I actually managed to get a 30 second video of it on my phone which is pretty funny.  I can hear myself shouting, "jump, jump" in the background.  They looked so beautiful glistening in the sunlight!

  Came home to find a large box on the front porch addressed to Sam. Dragged it in the house and yelled, "the Coco Channel dress you got me for my birthday to wear to the Oscars just arrived!"  He came out to open the box doing it as slowly as possible, just to drive me crazy.  It was a beautiful purple electric guitar with a pearl inlay on it.  The really cool thing is that it is a couple of years older than he is.  Guitar count for Sam is now 8.  I once made the mistake of asking him how many electric guitars did he need as he could only play one at a time.  His reply?  "And how many pair of leopard print shoes do you own considering you can only wear one pair at a time?"  Point taken.

  I got on the computer to check movie times for "Man on a Ledge" which we decided to go see to celebrate the dolphins and the guitar and birthday week.  I thought I'd check the AMC movie website to see if there was any update about Movie Showcase.  There was and I calmly reacted by screaming in joy!  Then Sam informed me that he is buying my 60.00 ticket for my birthday!

  This is my movie line-up for 2/18:  11am "War Horse", 1:40pm "Moneyball", 4:10pm "Tree of Life", 7:30pm "The Descendents". On 2/25:  "11am Hugo 3D", 1:20pm "the Help", 4:00pm "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close", 7:15pm "The Artist", 9:05pm "Midnight in Paris".  And then the Oscars are the next day.  And then I take a month break from anything movie related to become a sane person again-oh hell, who am I kidding?

  The boys took me out last night to watch them shoot pool.  Since I now have new glasses I can see through, I actually played....and surprised them completely!  They had never seen me play pool before.  I take great satisfaction that I can still do something which makes their jaws hit the ground in shock and amazement.  Fortunately, it was one of those nights when the pool goods were with me.

  Sam got his Van Halen concert tickets for June.  Matt got hired by DC to be the team manager for the BMX riders and also the photographer for all the rally car events.  We are going to Disneyland tomorrow.  

  I laid in bed and cried some happy tears with the cats this morning.  Yes, there are times when life really sucks, but there are times when life is just one giant golden ticket.

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