Life, Lately: Cincinnati visit | mushy relationship-y post, 9/21/14

So I spent this weekend in Cincinnati with Chase (my boyfriend, who attends UC, if you did not know)- and it was wonderful, I am full to the brim with love and gratitude. I figure it's best to recognize and then preserve these moments, because, as the great Kurt Vonnegut once said, "I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.”

anyway, here's just a couple of my favorite parts of this weekend- I already posted two or three of them elsewhere, but here's just a bit more background, I guess. Anyway, infinite thanks to him for providing me with a better visit and more love than I could ever ask for.

 

When I arrived, Chase had dove chocolates in the shape of a heart waiting on the bed. We ate every single one, I think. He also made me my first turkey burger, which was...really good? And I don't know how I'd never had one before? He cooked other things, as well, and I wish I had taken pictures of them, but I was too busy eating. He's a pretty good cook. There. A compliment. Also, if you're with a guy who doesn't cook for you, go find one that does. It's a real life-changer, I'm tellin ya

 

 

The Cincinnati Art Museum- this place was gorgeous, hands down best art museum I have ever been to. It was filled with paintings, which I've noticed a lot of art museums/exhibits are lacking. Not that other art mediums aren't nice as well, but paintings have always been my personal favorite. This is probably my favorite photo ever taken of the two of us, by the way- shoutout to the art museum employee lady for capturing this moment. I wish I had taken more (quality) photos, but all that really matters is that I snuck a picture of the Andy Warhol Campbell soup painting, which had a sign explicitly stating to please NOT take photos of it. I'm rebellious, sometimes.

 

 

 

 

Chase took us to the Half Price book sale, held in some giant empty room- there were tons of people, and even more books. It was some alternative version of heaven, I'm pretty sure. Everything was two dollars- there were people loading up multiple carts full of books. Glorious. The bottom picture is the books that he got for me- a daily yoga exercise book, a book on Claude Monet paintings/methods (my very favorite French impressionist artist, look him up !!!), and then, my favorite: 'How to Raise a Sane and Healthy Cat'- which he found and said I needed...because my cat is probably a little tiny bit not sane and not healthy after being suffocated with the overbearing affection of a crazy cat lady such as myself.

 

 

Finally, on Saturday night, we went to the park near UC that overlooks the entire city, and witnessed the male half of this random adorable couple proposing to his lady just feet away from us. LOOK HOW HAPPY HE LOOKS. It got me thinking about how, at any given time in any given place, the best moment of someone's life could be occurring. In fact, it often is. It's incredible to think that these things happen anywhere, and that sometimes we get to indirectly be a part of them.

 

 So anyway, I'm just very humbled to know somebody whose spirit aligns with mine in so many ways- and even in the ways that they don't, we complement each other's differences so well. I apologize if this is too mushy, but here's the thing: 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.'