not ready to go

isn't it funny how teeny little things can make your day awesome?

i was in the grocery store shopping for the week, in the international aisle looking for thai red curry paste for this thai coconut curry mussel recipe jill made. this woman in her 30s and i were both staring down the asian section, looking for our stuff.
her: whoever finds their item first wins
me: what are you looking for?
her: peanut sauce
me: what about this one?
her: beggars can't be choosers. thanks. what about you?
me: thai red curry sauce.. it usually comes in a little jar. i can find this green one, but not the red
::she bends down to look way into the back of the shelf beside the green curry and finds it::
her: voila!
me: excellent! thanks!

it's like when you're at a party and you chat with 5 random people, and you can immediately pick out the 3 you would be friends with in real life because you just hit it off. (which happened this weekend, incidentally. i went to a fundraiser and mingled a bunch. one guy and i had chatted maybe 3 minutes and we both looked at each other, stood there for a minute, and he just said 'well,..' and walked away. and i was thinking 'yep. that was not working at all.') anyway it seemed too random to ask for her contact info, but i think she's my kind of friend.

speaking of friends! i'll be in DC thursday-tuesday and a whole bunch of my friends are there! becca and nirav, abha and pedro, john, dave, jamil, jim.. and then miriam is coming in from NYC, will and morgan from TX, andy from london. it's going to be 5 busy days of friends and fun. so excited.