First Day of My Life

Remember the feeling during the spring of the senior year of high school? Every day feels like an eternity because you're so ready to move on to the next phase. (Except those days we cut school and went out to the lake and hung out and had a few -- those were the days we wished would last forever -- but they inevitably turned into another school day.)

I've got some senioritis going on this spring, too, as I finish out the final phase of a long distance relationship and prepare to be living in the same town as my man. It isn't easy, but I'm going to try to make the most of this beautiful day, instead of waiting until he's here, even though I know full well how much more beautiful a day can be when we're together.

Here's a sweet song that beautifully captures the feeling of promise when things just feel right in a relationship:

Yours is the first face that I saw

I think I was blind before I met you

I don't know where I am

I don't know where I've been

But I know where I want to go

So I thought I'd let you know

That these things take forever

I especially am slow

But I realized that I need you

And I wondered if I could come home

I remember the time you drove all night

Just to meet me in the morning

And I thought it was strange

You said everything changed

You felt as if you just woke up

And you said,

This is the first day of my life,

I'm glad I didn't die before I met you

But now I don't care I could go anywhere with you

And I'd probably be happy.

So if you wanna be with me

With these things there's no telling

We'll just have to wait and see

But I'd rather be working for a paycheck

Than waiting to win the lottery

Besides maybe this time it's different

I mean I really think you like me...