I had a wonderful weekend. Saturday we went to the
Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival, which was just great. We had a lot of fun, and a lot of
Japanese food, including some things I'd never eaten before. I'd also never seen classical dance before...wow! This was also our slightly-delayed two-year anniversary. We traded presents before we left for San Francisco. I gave him a spiral, iridescent piece of
art glass made by the same people who did the tiles and iridescent glass insets at the
Wilson Park Castle, where we talked till 3 a. m. the night before he asked me out. He gave me a
poesy ring, inscribed in
Gaelic with "Mo croide cuirle" (I think), which means "
pulse of my heart." It's not an
engagement ring, since I want my
master's degree first, but (his words) it's "practice." I should have known, since the card he gave me on our actual anniversary day had a lot of extra space below the personal message, and a tiny note that said "Save this. I'd like to use it again on our next second anniversary." see,
computer guys can be romantic too. faintSunday, we went to
Tilden Regional Park with our new
picnic basket, and had lunch and mini-hiked. It was a
beautiful day. It
is a beautiful day.