I don't know if it was because it was SO beautiful outside, I just didn't want to be there, the flooding from the day before, or what, but the Horizon just smelled yesterday.  I walked in the door, and it took all my willpower not to just turn around and walk back out into the beautiful weather and sunshine!

But the show went off without a hitch, and after a very brief strike (and a tot of yummy bourbon, thanks to Brik), I was on my way to go meet Tommy for Thank-You-Goddess-The-Show-Is-Finally-Over celebratory pizza by 8 o'clock.  He brought me pretty flowers!  My exhaustion from working 4 months at two jobs, with only about four or five days off the whole time, finally caught up with me, all at once, around 9:20, and I almost face planted into my pizza.  It was almost all I could do to drive the rest of the way home (20 miles) and unload my SM kit and computer from the car.  Oh, and put my pretty flowers in water.

This morning, I'm back to riding the bus.  It was not an auspicious day to resume that.  The bus was twenty minutes late picking us up and (thanks to the f-ed up math that is temporal continuity and ATL traffic) I got to work 45 minutes later than usual.  Since "usual" is almost an hour early, this was not a problem, but I feel sorry for the rest of my fellow commuters.

Also, Happy St. Patrick's Day!  I'm of two minds about celebrating this holiday.  Yes, I'm VERY Irish from quite a few sides of the family, but, also, the "snakes" St. Patrick drove out of Ireland?  Metaphor for driving the last of the Druid's underground and Christianizing the Island.  As a Druid, I'm a little cranky about that.  But, what the hell!  Heritage is heritage and Oestara is on Thursday!

Three pictures, today:

The tornadoes were in Downtown, not Midtown, so my tree was not terribly affected by the storms.  It REALLY has burst into bloom, and, as you can see, the leaves are not terribly far behind.  Also, that's a clear sky behind it, NOT clouds.

This is the Mooney family crest, where the Irish on my maternal Grandmother's side comes from.  My uncle brought this pin back for me when he went to Ireland a few years ago, and I've worn it every St. Patrick's Day, since.

And this is my Newgrange Spiral Triscele pendant.  The three arms of the spiral represent the three realms of Land, Sea and Sky.  I wore this necklace daily for years, and it was only after I got my tattoo of the spiral at the top of my back that it got relegated down to occasional wear.  Still, it is the piece of jewelry I wear most often (barring my wedding ring).