eternal

i am attending a wedding and a christening this weekend.
it is very exciting to be sharing in the joyous events of friends and family. celebrating their milestones with them.
pausing to think, my synthetic realization is that neither of the women thought their respective events would happen. certainly, neither of them seemed to have lost hope... but it's fair to say these happinesses took each by surprise.

i have to tell you how vicariously giddy this makes me.
one of my favorite phrases is "hope springs eternal".
i am a ridiculously optimistic person, when it all boils down.

the bummer?
*I* was hoping to get a good 3 or so coats of black nail polish on over the weekend.
still, it's a small price to pay, really...