living like a kid

I took the afternoon off (it kind of felt like i was a kid playing hooky) to spend with Lynn who was in Des Moines for the day from the Virgin Islands. You know you have a good friend when you can go a year and a half without seeing them and pick up a conversation like you've never been apart. We ate lunch in the east village, wandered around a few shops, got gellato and then took the obligatory walk through Drake campus. To top off the evening we ate fresh iowa sweet corn and hot dogs and lynn made her famous corn bean dip. and we even made s'mores. It feels like a Friday. too bad i have to go back to work tomorrow.

does any one else have an urge to run through sprinklers when they see them on in the summer. it was a hot, hot day and still pretty muggy tonight. The first set of sprinklers I saw were at Wells Fargo. I couldn't resist doing a little rain dance and twirl through the sprays of water. By then I was already wet so when we came to the nice old houses South of Grand that have elaborate built-in sprinkler systems I had no qualms about prancing my way through those too. There's something wonderful and thrilling and refreshing about getting blasted by the cold sprays of water that makes me giggle like a little girl. I think Adam was a little embarrassed to be seen with me after that, but he has to realize that's who he married. I say you have to embrace your inner child whenever possible.