Emerald Isle

First of all, top of the evenin' to 'ye! I hope all of you had a wonderful St. Patrick's Day, whether you're Irish or not.

Began an utterly gorgeous morning with chores around the house. I woke up with enough time to sweep the porch before work. I'm glad I did. It was a pleasant morning. The air was warm, the sun was shining, and the wind and clouds from the weekend had disappeared completely. The tides had gone down, too. What little snow was left from last month's storm vanished with the storms.

Work wasn't bad, either. It was pretty quiet all day. Steady enough that the time went fairly fast, but never really busy. My relief was on time, and there were no major problems.

When I came out it was...warm. Probably in the lower 60s. No wonder so many of my customers had been in their shirtsleeves. I peeled off my field hockey jacket, stuck it in my basket with my lunch bag, and rode home in my work uniform. It felt so light and cool.

Spent the rest of the afternoon finally getting the dusting in. It had to be done today. I won't have time the rest of the week. I'm hoping to get to the Oaklyn Library tomorrow before work, I was asked to come in early on Friday morning and need to go grocery shopping Friday evening, and Saturday is the baby shower. I wish I hadn't put it off as long as I did, but I keep getting called in or too many hours.

I also received two more American Girls outfits that I won off eBay in the mail. Molly's Christmas Dress is a really pretty green velvet outfit with a cute full skirt and ecru lace on the collar and cuffs, with tiny little buttons going down the front. I love it. Molly looks adorable in it; shame it's now too warm for her to wear it.

Samantha got a gorgeous hand-made recreation of one of her limited-edition outfits, an ice-blue dress with a square collar that was based after an outfit from one of her short stories. Though advertised as a "Winter Party" or "Skating Party" dress, the softer color and lighter fabric really say "spring" to me. It'll be Sam's Easter dress.

Listened to the soundtrack from the movie version of Finian's Rainbow while I dusted. As enjoyable as the original Broadway cast is, the movie has a cast that can't be matched - Fred Astaire as the title character, Petula Clark as his daughter, and Tommy Steele as the leprechaun who pursues the gold Astaire plans to bury near Fort Knox, hoping it'll sprout the way that famed bank's gold seems to have. Francis Ford Coppola directed the movie version in 1968. It's a little dated, but the cast and wonderful music makes it worth looking for.