Current mood:	loved
Current music:	Kingdom Hospital

Sometimes strangers reappear
So I'm sitting in a den in the Twin Cities right now. I've been here since Monday, my birthday week going not at all according to plan, and yet I am content. I am loved by friends, by family, by Someone.

I spent hours walking through a tunnel aquarium. My hands were perpetually on the glass as sharks swam within inches of my fingers. Nikki and I fed the sandtiger sharks, and the devil rays... and a couple guitar fish. One shark, a big girl named Jessie, actually became a bit of a celebrity when she got another shark stuck in her mouth. She snapped at a smaller shark as it swam in front of her, and it got caught in her back-curving teeth. She was lovely, as were the sea turtles, and the puffer fish, and the tangs, and the coral, and the darling black tip reef sharks.

Food adventures have abounded, as have phone interactions with Nathan. This has been wonderful. Spending time with two people I adore, arguing about Law.... I actually get to go to the Law School tonight to hang with 1Ls and enjoy the Great Debate. It's going to be amazing.