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Happy Spring! Well, at least, today sure felt like it. I bladed to the water to soak up some sun, after sending Timmy off -- he'd kill me for saying it but, "It was just GORGEOUS!" We had a blast with Tim in town and on our visit up to La Crosse, the weekend as a whole was quite lovely (posting pictures at a later date).

This afternoon I decided to park myself on a cement slab next to the lake and just take it all in for a while. Usually, I blade with music, however, since Timmy and I had been blading before he left I was without any tunes. I'm a big fan of unplugging from time to time and today was no exception. It was fun to listen to all of the action around me on the bike path as people went about enjoying the day.

Women Biker: Dave was in love with Lorna, no doubt about that!
Man Biker: Still is.
Woman Biker: ...yeah.

College Girl: This city, like, wakes up in the Spring.

Mom: Do you want to go biking here this Summer, Kristin?
Tween: Sure.
Mom: If I can get any time off of work, that is...
Toddler: I don't wanna go ta day caaaare.
Mom: You won't be in day care all of the time.
Toddler: (passing me sprawled on my slab with my hands behind my head) I wanna REST.
Mom: No.
Toddler: I wanna rest, right here!

I loved just laying there thinking about all of the conversation fragments. They all seemed so... normal. I had that feeling I sometimes get that I'm in the Matrix. I suppose that after two weekends with Sarah and her constant talk about "pookeria" and what have you, any conversation would seem a bit too normal.