The First Sunday in March

Things which sounded like they'd make me feel better but didn't:

• Sunshine on a beautiful March day
• Listening to that last playlist I made on my iPod
• A jalapeno burger from Carl's Jr.
• Laying on my back on the hillside in The Glen watching the few thin clouds pass over the bare uppermost branches of the Aspen trees.
• Phone calls
• A bottle of wine
• Laying in bed for a few hours not doing the laundry, not taking a shower, not finishing the carpet cleaning which I started yesterday morning before everything changed.
• Seeing the park and baseball fields fill up with crowds of people running and playing in the sun.
• Chasing bunnies with Duncan
• A box of Wheat Thins and the really good bad dip from the King Soopers Deli
  
• The movie Singing in the Rain
• Driving with the windows down and my arm hanging out while the song "Against All Odds" played on the radio.
• A visit to Hero's
• Smoking on the patio and watching the thin thread of a spiderweb elongate and shine gold in the afternoon light
• A very long nap, followed by a second one
• A glass of wine in the afternoon
• "Robot Chicken"
• The Winnie the Pooh story which contains the passage, "And then he gave a very long sigh and said, 'I wish Pooh were here. It's so much more friendly with two.'"

The Thing Which Was Unexpected and Brought Sunshine to My Heart:

• Duncan curling himself around me, laying a paw across my chest, licking my cheeks clean and then resting his head quite near my chin, where we both slept, dreaming of other places and other things.