All the things that made me smile TODAY

• I chatted for 10 minutes with Yen Ping from Malaysia before hitting the road.
• I had to drive through the countryside borded by fields of yellow flowers and green hills in the distance.
• A man said I looked pretty and that I'd make a more interesting photo than the display stand I was photographying for work.
• I chatted with Martin many times and had fun conversations, which suggests that he was not angry at me but was probably just having a bad week.
• I heard again that nice & groovy rap song that I like so much but still could not get the name of the band.
• I saw an old man struggling to climb up many stairs and felt shy to go and help him for a split second and told myself don't be silly, so I bounced up the few steps and helped him all the way, he was very pleased and we chatted for a while about the weather and the holidays and that he was born on Christmas day.
• Alex traded the tickets for James from Thursday to Friday next week, so I won't miss the gig when I'm in Dublin.
• When I stopped for lunch, I was surrounded by young families with toddlers and I watched as one kid started crying and 7 others started crying in harmony.


• I saw a pretty tree in bloom and the wind blow away the fine pink petals.


• I found a great pair of much needed black shoes for work and they were half price.


• I heard my latest favorite song 'dreaming of you' by the Corals
• I saw a yummy mommy with ginger hair goo-goo-gaga-ing her baby in his stroller
• I saw a good looking man check me out; and he blushed when he noticed I saw him
• I saw a grandpa seating on a bench across the river with 4 grand children playing around him.

• The car mechanic next street agreed to fix my car for half the price that I was originally quoted by a recommended garage.
• I am home early, kicked off my shoes, made a cup of tea and will now lounge in my pillows and resume playing Final Fantasy XII.