A year ago this week my life completely changed.



A year ago today I spent most of the day telling pretty much everybody I saw that Joe told me I looked nice that day. :) In fact I have the brief AIM conversation containing the compliment saved on my computer. I don't think he realized at the time how cool I thought that was. I remember the morning. I had a new zip-up fleece hoodie ($10 on sale at the mall the night before) that I wanted to wear. I wore a white shirt under it. I put on a sparkly necklace because it is a scoop-neck shirt. My jeans were only a couple weeks old. I had candy cane lip balm from my Christmas stocking. I took extra time to blow-dry my hair. I wasn't trying to look nice FOR anyone that day; I just felt like looking nice. I had a nice new shirt, and I wanted to look nice. I really didn't expect anyone to pay attention. But somebody did. And he took a few seconds to let me know. And if it weren't for that, I probably wouldn't remember anything about February 10, 2003 at all.



As it happens, I actually DON'T remember anything else about that day. ;) I just went back and checked, and it appears I wrote a bloggy that night (it shows up as being "February 11", but you'll notice the time is 12:02 AM, so technically it was written on the 10th). That's kind of interesting, because I honestly don't know what happened between arriving in the lab that morning and writing the blog that night. I can sorta remember what I was thinking as I wrote it... reading my own writing generally brings back a spark of what I was thinking at the time. ;) Kind of interesting. That's what I like about writing things down... going back and reading them later, and reflecting on it.



Anyhow... my point is, that a year ago today, something neat happened to me, and I still remember it and appreciate it. All it was, was a compliment... by far not the biggest event of the week... but it meant a lot to me. And though I'm sure Joe has completely forgotten about it by now, I still remember. :)