buddha's birthday

Today was buddha's birthday, so us working folk got the day off. There is supposed to be a lantern festival where they put them out on the water with some meaning involved, but I think that was Sunday. I didn't go, although I would like to sometime, if for nothing but the sake of taking some cool pictures. I spent the day getting some stuff checked off my to-do list (like my TAXES finally!) and then I rode my bike to Olympic Park and explored for a while and then sat down in the sculpture garden to read for a bit. It was really nice today - a little overcast and cool. I rode by a buddhist temple in my neighborhood and took some pictures of the lanterns. You can see them on my photo link on the right.

I came home, made some pizza dough, then decided I was too hungry to wait for it to rise and all, so I made some pretty tasty spaghetti. Then, Jason called and asked if I wanted to go to Costco. Yay! I got excited. He came and picked me up and I stocked up on diet coke, ground pork, cereal, and some other good stuff. I saw a little girl from my K6 class there with her mom and she ran up to me and jumped in my arms. That made my day! How cute!