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I am apparently going to spend the day listening to the Alegria soundtrack on repeat (okay, so mostly the titular song and it's encore). That show was so utterly beautiful that it brought tears to my eyes and utterly amazed Joe. I'm so glad I had a nice credit for the tickets and the opportunity to go! Even if I "had" to go way out to Seattle for it!
It ended up being a wonderful trip. We were only supposed to have a weekend so we had a lot to pack in. Chihuly was way more amazing that I thought it would be (I typically am rather meh on art...) and the Space Needle was a lot of fun (and Joe indulged me with dumb photos where we pretended we were falling off it, using the very safe glass walls that angle out). I wasn't as thrilled with the pop culture museum that a ton of people insisted I see, sadly, but the other things and Cirque du Soleil definitely made up for that! And the DoughZone dim sum place. I am delighted with the photo I got of Joe enjoying the cuisine for the first time. And yes, I know Denver has plenty of good dim sum places but I liked this one better than the ones I've been to (and I used to go to Emperor's Palace pretty often!). We also found an amazing breakfast place called Konvene. It was a tiny thing in a grocery store but way better than anything we ate elsewhere. Oh! And the coffee cocktails at the Starbucks Reserve place ended up being worth the ridiculous wait!
So I took a bazillion fun photos with my phone, had great times with someone I care about, ate delicious things, got some good walking in, relaxed and got all renewed, saw a performance that blew my mind despite being the ninth Cirque du Soleil show I've seen, and came home feeling pretty much at peace with a lot of life.
Now, we know that feeling tends to be fleeting, but I can enjoy it for now. I didn't let a plane cancellation and an extra hotel's night stay to faze me. I haven't let tedious work stuff bother me. Or the messy house. I'm just here and happy for today and that's a beautiful thing.
As a bonus, the portrait my coworker did of one of my past cats far exceeded my expectations. It's beautiful. And I already got her at least one new customer!
It ended up being a wonderful trip. We were only supposed to have a weekend so we had a lot to pack in. Chihuly was way more amazing that I thought it would be (I typically am rather meh on art...) and the Space Needle was a lot of fun (and Joe indulged me with dumb photos where we pretended we were falling off it, using the very safe glass walls that angle out). I wasn't as thrilled with the pop culture museum that a ton of people insisted I see, sadly, but the other things and Cirque du Soleil definitely made up for that! And the DoughZone dim sum place. I am delighted with the photo I got of Joe enjoying the cuisine for the first time. And yes, I know Denver has plenty of good dim sum places but I liked this one better than the ones I've been to (and I used to go to Emperor's Palace pretty often!). We also found an amazing breakfast place called Konvene. It was a tiny thing in a grocery store but way better than anything we ate elsewhere. Oh! And the coffee cocktails at the Starbucks Reserve place ended up being worth the ridiculous wait!
So I took a bazillion fun photos with my phone, had great times with someone I care about, ate delicious things, got some good walking in, relaxed and got all renewed, saw a performance that blew my mind despite being the ninth Cirque du Soleil show I've seen, and came home feeling pretty much at peace with a lot of life.
Now, we know that feeling tends to be fleeting, but I can enjoy it for now. I didn't let a plane cancellation and an extra hotel's night stay to faze me. I haven't let tedious work stuff bother me. Or the messy house. I'm just here and happy for today and that's a beautiful thing.
As a bonus, the portrait my coworker did of one of my past cats far exceeded my expectations. It's beautiful. And I already got her at least one new customer!
