Going mental

Today is the 2nd time in less than a week that I've driven out to an appt, only to find I either had the time and the date completely wrong. Therefore causing me to drive over most of Northern Virginia, since I had to make the return trip home. Je suis' une dork.

"Life is not measured ..."

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away" - Anonymous

I've had 2 of those moments in the last 24 hours.

Yesterday while driving up Rt.123 and thinking about 9/11 and life since then - I saw a man in the median strip standing atop the trunk of his car waving a large american flag from side to side. He was wearing a red tshirt that simply said "Navy" on it. It brought me to tears.

The next moment came today while driving up to a client appt in Alexandria, VA. The directions she gave included driving up the George Washington Parkway along the Potomac. Something, that in the 17 years I have lived here, I have never done ...until today. And it was breathtakingly gorgeous. Beautiful blue sky, warm sun, green grass, cool air and all that water. I forsee some afternoon going up there to study with a picnic lunch.