Moments D679: Shared lunch

Today's moment is a random one that brought a big smile to my face.

My CD came over to my desk and dropped off a 1/4 of a freshly cut avocado that had been lightly juice with a fresh lime.  I know he could have eaten it all, but he wanted to share.landed on my desk.

What a delightful, unexpected treat.

Bangarang!

Moments being surprised by a co-worker.

Moments enjoying fresh foods.

Moments D389: Friday Lunches

Today I met up with a friend I haven’t seen since months after she had her second beautiful son. Her son is now just over 15 months old.

My day started off with a bang and I put my head down and ploughed through a lot of work. Before I knew it, my girlfriend had touched base to check in on me and make sure that we were still on for lunch. I could’t believe that it was already 11:30 am. The morning have zipped by! And while I was deep into my work, there was no way I was missing out on this lunch!

My girlfriend and I had an amazing lunch. Time seemed to slow and we managed to get caught up with much laughter.

And to think, I very nearly missed it because I wasn’t paying attention - distracted by work.

Today’s moment - my Friday lunch. A Friday lunch out of the office! HAPPY days indeed.

I’m even happier yet knowing that my dear old Dad will be leaving the hospital tomorrow morning.

Moments with a near missed lunch.

Moments enjoying awesome food with an awesome person.

Moments D122: Sparrows

Today I had a delightful lunch with one of my best friends. It was absolutely delightful. He introduced me to a delicious new beer. The Stiegel Radler. Unfortunately our beer stores only sell it by the Keg. Hmmm. An excuse for an end of the summer party? Perhaps. Perhaps indeed!

And while the stories shared over lunch and the delightful plates of heaven at “le petit dejeuner” where moments in their own right, today’s unexpected smile comes from something a little less expected.

As I was walking from the parking lot back to my office on this hot summer afternoon, I walked through a flock of sparrows. They must have been young as they were smaller than normal. Small enough for me to notice their size. Small enough to make me smile as they flittered away from me.

The silly little birds. You’d think the flock of 10-12 sparrows would have flown away from the direction I was walking. But no. Instead, the group of them flew a few inches away from me and as I approached a second time, there was a flurry of wings and chirps, like I was doing this on purpose to them - stirring up their perch in the sun. They repeated this foolishness a third time and I shook my head. It wasn’t until the fourth time this happened that I giggled and said aloud to them “silly birds, I’m not chasing you!”. And then, something magical happened. As I approached them for a fifth time, quite near to the office doors, they didn’t flitter away. Instead, they stayed on the fence and a nearby bike and watched me pass by them.

And I smiled. I smiled all the way up two flights of stairs thinking about those silly sparrows.

Today’s moment. Silly sparrows flying all around me, but not away from me. The moment where they paused to wait for me to walk past them.

It was a moment to enjoy another creature. And a moment to dream of flying with them one day, instead of walking through their flutter.

Moments D104: Luxuriously long lunches

Today’s moment was an incredibly long lunch. Spent outdoors. Watching the action on tennis courts across the street. Good food, good, deep conversation and not a care in the world what time it was.

Ah.

Moments of food.

Moments of relaxation.

Moments to focus on the NOW and nothing more.