The makings of a lovely weekend
-1 part pizza and a silly movie with a friend you haven't seen in a while
-1 part watching basketball (although it would have been lovelier if the Illini won)
-1 part early morning surprise phone call from an old friend with good stories
-1 part ice skating in Central Park with your cousin
-1 part dinner party with yummy tapas
-1 part random coincidence of running into the college roommate of someone you went to high school with
-1 part going out to celebrate because a friend got a fabulous new job
-1 part sleeping in
-1 part curling up with totally fluffy novel set in Ireland

Notes on ice skating outside when it's 60 degrees
Yes, the ice is melting, so there are a lot of large puddles to skate through. In a futile attempt to solve the problem, a rink employee is skating about half-heartedly with a squeege. If you fall, you get pretty wet, as my cousin discovered. I didn't fall, but I had a lot more trouble than I expected. I guess it had been quite a few years, but the fourth-grader in me was very disappointed. "Remember how you used to take lessons? You should be able to do better than this, girl. OK, you can still at least do a lunge, so I might forgive you."