I came to work this morning to an office decorated with numerous chocolate Easter eggs, and boxed chocolates, a box of brownies along with a chocolate cookbook. My friend Maria knows how to treat her friends well. My office now looks fully decorated for Easter--but then again--IT ALWAYS looks like Easter in here because of all the stuffed rabbits and rabbit nick nacks I have all on my desk, counters, file cabinets... Yes, I'm a rabbit collector---hence my screen name: "Coelha" (Portuguese for female rabbit).
As I have explained before in a past entry from long ago, "Coelha" is a nickname I adopted from my cousin, "Coelho", aka: Jose Carlos Barbosa, aka: Sugar Daddy candy lover. It's a long story..really--don't make me repeat it again. Let's just say it happened when I was trying to convince him that the Easter bunny was real one Easter. It involved me pretending to be the Easter bunny, and then nickname just got stuck.
Anyway... I LOVE this time of year. Easter usually falls around my birthday, so you can imagine all the stuffed bunnies I've received throughout the years.. I've never had a rabbit as a pet; but I prefer the ones that don't bite--you know the ones I can put on my dresser drawer and not worry about cleaning up after. My bunnies sit all in a row, their glassy eyes peering up towards me lovingly.. Easter means it's SPRING time for me, a time of renewal---both physical and spiritual renewal! New beginnings...new life...new hope... Not surprisingly, it so happens to be around my wedding anniversary as well... We got married on Easter weekend three years ago on the 19th--very fitting I should say. My cousin Coelho got a good laugh over that one...
This reminds me of a very odd coincidence that I shared with a supervisor that used to share my office. Not only did we share the same wedding anniversary date, but we also shared the same due date for both of our son's. They were both conceived around Valentines Day to boot. Weird... But then again...weird things happen all the time.
Now, if only the weather was more SPRING LIKE! It was a beautiful day yesterday---truly a pretty Spring day, but..of course, the wind has picked up, and there is another chance of thunder showers this afternoon. More rain for the weekend, and a new storm next Monday. Lovely...just, lovely... OH well, at least I have my chocolate and my rabbits.
Oh my Lord--I just realized something... I was looking at my profile on AOL, and I noticed that I've been a member of AOL since 4/19/97... Um...another coincidence---4/19 is my wedding anniversary...now that is just PLAIN WEIRD!
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