Maggie's Day 346 of Discovering Love in my Passion Being Ignited

Last night I took a shower before I went to bed. My skin was clean, my legs shaven, lavender sat on the pillow next to mine. I slept peacefully awakening only after the night had passed and the morning was still alive. Today was the last day of my winter break. Spring classes will resume on Monday.

I will miss my mornings like the one I had today. I am thankful that I take the time to love myself, to treat myself to great pleasures and peaceful moments. Spring Break will be here before I know it. I’ll rest again then.

Once I rolled out of bed it was nothing but go go go. I had to paint on my ten foot by nine foot canvas. When I was absolutely exhausted from that I headed out to my friend Bill’s wood shop. When I go there it was like going to Disney World.

Maggie's Day 345 of Discovering Love in Buying Local

It is a practice of mine to pretty much exclusively shop at locally owned businesses. I do so because such a practice really does make a difference in my local economy.

The more money I spend at locally owned businesses the better my quality of life because the more money those businesses spend in Louisville. My little community is rich because ‘Buy Local’ and ‘Louisville Original’ is taken seriously.

I take my investment in my community seriously and I take what happened to me today very seriously. Don Preston at Preston Art’s Center believed in me enough to go the extra marathon so that my next First Friday Trolley Hop could be executed without a hitch.

Maggie's Day 344 of Discovering Love in Being an Available Friend

Weeks ago I made plans with a Friend for this evening. She was going to make it to my house sometime after eight o’clock. We were going to catch up and then our life would be complete.

Low and be hold my friend Renee made it my house after two others. By the time she arrived I was spent. But the two of us managed to find a great time together among the other’s company.

It’s interesting how the world unfolds and them sucks me in. I love it!

It’s late and I’m tired but before I go I shall add that life is short and love is in abundance. So celebrate enough already.

Maggie's Day 343 of Discovering Love in Warming Up and Hanging Out

Again today I attempted to watch Midnight in Paris only to fall asleep. I suppose it simply is not all that interesting to me. But then again none of Woody Allen’s movies have topped my Must See list.

Now I am fighting to stay awake so that I can share with you how I discovered love today. It happened something like this.

My friends Amy and Patty and I were supposed to get together for a couple of drinks down at The Brown Hotel. It’s a great place to sip on bourbon, soak in nostalgia and feel like a lady.

Unfortunately, Patty couldn’t join us so Amy and I decided to stay just a little closer to home. We took a journey up to Lilly’s before settling in at the bar. Once there I opted for a Manhattan, Amy a glass of wine.

Maggie's Day 342 of Discovering Love in a Full Moon Chaotic Pressure

I felt as though I were living in a Twilight Zone today. The strangest things happened and I just looked on in total confusion as though others were speaking Swahili and interpreting in Latin.

Nothing made sense. Everyone else appeared to be as confused as I was but for totally different reasons. I wonder how such behavior can exist.

Then I noted it was a full Moon day. The pressure was more than we could stand or that I could stand anyway. Chaos ruled and I watched in total amazement at what could go wrong and how it could do so.

Today was the kind of day that two and two came up three no matter how many different ways you added them. Getting a Full House would have been impossible.

With a schedule from here to there to get done I decided to take the evening off. So I walked up to the store and rented Midnight in Paris. Then I slept through the entire movie. I have no idea what it’s all about. I just know that I’ve been told that I would absolutely love it.

I’ll try again tomorrow night. Maybe it will work out then for me.

Maggie's Day 341 of Discovering Love in Celebrating an Anniversary with Michael

One year and two days ago I met a man by the name of Michael. My friend Michelle said to me that she loved us both and that we needed to meet. So we did. Now I understand why.

Michael’s been a tremendous gift to me this year: bringing me up when I didn’t realize that I needed to be, reminding me that men are great beings and that they should be loved just as I should be, that gifts come in all sorts of packages, that strangers aren’t strange when minds and hearts are open, that miracles happen every day, acceptance is free, Louisville is small and I am an artist.

That’s a lot to learn in three hundred and sixty seven days from one guy whose body mass and collected years could never match mine.

Maggie's Day 340 of Discovering Love in Tossing a Salad and Watching a Flick

Yesterday there was so much I had wanted to share with you. But by the time I sat down at the computer to share my discovery of love I simply could not keep my eyes open. For almost two hours my head would nod me awake and random letters would be typed out on the page.

I finally had to succumb and just let it all go. I fear the same will happen this evening. I am exhausted. I am beginning to realize that the last six weeks have absolutely worn me out.

Perhaps this is my time to rest. I am going to note it as such.

After a long day at work my friend Lisa came over with all the delicious fixings for salad and a movie for dessert.