i love substituting.

so yeah, today was my first day substituting... and by "substituting" i mean -- they never called me so i got to do whatever i wanted and had such an excellent day!! i love substituting... (i don't usually use names, but names are key today) woke up to a little death cab on Allison's alarm clock, went back to sleep. had a nice chat on the phone with Natalie, really inspired me. strolled over to the castle, such a beautiful day! tried to talk to Derek, he was busy. talked to Lauren instead, very nice. Clint and J-Sly stopped by, good to see them. Tasha and Renell wandered up, quality conversation, quality girls. had excellent time with Meg over a sandwich i couldn't eat and a great chat with Kyra without planning on it, very comforting. Sheryle came by and we went for a little walk ourselves. ran into Hannah on the way, always a pleasure. got back to Aspen, started making fruit and nut bars, mmm, mmm. Renea called and we went to Whole Foods, my favorite! so good to see Renae. then we went to REI and... now Renea and i have matching stuff, yea! finished making fruit and nut bars. said goodbye to Lauren. wrote Anna a note. Adam came by to borrow 4 cups of flour, no problem, Adam. snacked with Amber in kichenette, always nice. looked at photos of Sheri and Andrew, interesting. listened to Carleen's story of lost love, thanks for sharing. chatted with Allison, Camille, John, Jane, and James cellularly. wow, what a beautiful day. what beautiful names. it's funny -- i thought i was going to be "away" today, but i didn't get called, so then every experience/encounter seemed like a gift, every sight, every scent, every person, every name.