That American...

Hiya!

Great day today in N. Ireland! Sunny, 60 degrees, and no wind! Nicest day out here so far this year! What a lovely day to have off!

After a nice lie in I headed into Belfast to meet up with my girl Zena! To get her to eat something we headed over to TGI Fridays. One of her first times being an actual restaurant and she thought the "waiters" were hilarious with always coming to the table to check on us! She was so cute!

Got to have some amazing conversations with her for a good wee while. . . Can't wait until our visit next week!

RANDOM SIDE NOTE: While at Fridays we sat near a window overlooking the Victoria Centre. In plain sight was a rather large set of stairs. Anytime someone used them we'd watch in hopes someone would trip and fall! No one did. . . but I guess that's a good thing. I decided to take an escalator further away when we left cause Lord knows I'd be the one to fall!

She had to leave to meet up with a social worker after lunch so I headed out to buy some different things I needed. I ended up in Clinton's Cards - never to early to plan ahead! I absolutely LOVE the cards out here! The detail and originality of them as well as the different assortment of them! So fun! And they have teeny tiny all the way to some almost as large as a board game! Trust me you could spend HOURS looking through the numerous card shops in NI.

N. IRISH CARDS: They have the usual categories you'd expect to find; Birthday (His/Hers), Anniversary, Baby, Graduation, Wedding, Thinking of You or Miss You, Sympathy, Thank You, and the nearest holiday. But they also have some other really random categories such as:
1. New Home / New Job
2. Retirement
3. Passing Driver's Test
4. Nearly every age...(Happy 17th Bday)
5. Goodbye (Hallmark and Walmart do carry this but the selection is fairly small whereas here you have as many to choose from as you could possibly want.)

Ok so now that I have spent WAY too long on the subject of cards I will bring this to a close.

Spent the later part of my day walking Lough Shore collecting glass for my mosaics.

My highlight of the day tho however came right before that, when I was sitting on a bench watching the ocean and enjoying the sun on my face. A little boy of about 8yrs was walking along the pathway with his brother. He walks near my bench and then says; "Hey aren't you that American?" Haha He was one of the many kids on our Adopt-A-Block site! Didn't recognized him myself but we chatted for a bit before he went on his way. Hmmm that American huh? I'll take it. Crazy how short of a time I've been in the country and yet how often I run into familiar faces, whether in the village, Belfast, or along Lough Shore. :)

-J