Alas, I don’t have any pictures, but I had a nice day today. I took the day off from work and went to visit my niece at college–the first time I’ve visited her at school. It’s been a while since she and I had a visit, just the two of us. I finally got to meet her roommate, too, after hearing nice things about her for months. (A girl, incidentally, whose grandmother was my 6th grade teacher. What are the odds?)

Anyway, I met her at the hotel … she doesn’t actually live ON campus, but off-site in a nearby hotel because there wasn’t enough housing at the school. So, I met her at the hotel and we visited for a while. I brought her some granola, fresh from the oven. Chappy–since he couldn’t come himself, but wanted her to know he was thinking of her–sent one of his toys as an ambassador. He said she could bring it back on Sunday when she comes to the house.

Then, we went to the Barnes & Noble practically next to her room. We got something to eat at the cafe and then browsed through the entire shop together. That really was fun! You know that I adore bookstores, of course, and it’s particularly fun to do it with someone else so you can compare thoughts about the books.

Or, well, okay. When I’m doing serious browsing because I want to buy stuff, I prefer to wander around on my own. But social browsing? Entirely different thing. So today? The fun kind. About four hours of chatting with one of my favorite people, that makes for a good day where I’m concerned.

The best part is we’ll see her again on Sunday for Easter, along with the rest of the family. How is it possible that it’s Easter weekend already? And April? How’d that happen so fast?

The tricky part now is coming up with a good dessert. Tiffany went to a nutritionist recently because of some ongoing, er, digestive issues and found out that she’s sensitive to wheat and sugar. Not quite an allergy, but two things she should avoid. She said that, since she’s started trying to eliminate them from her diet, she feels a lot better–which is great. But … Wheat? Sugar? That pretty much eliminates all baked goods, huh? Though we did kind of agree that pie would work. Minimal amounts of wheat in the pie crust, and controllable amounts of sugar. So. I guess I’m baking a pie on Saturday!

Anyway–nice day. Wholly enjoyable. Thanks, Tiffany!

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