Lazy, Cloudy Days in 2002

It’s the third cloudy, windy day in a row, unusual for the tropic where it’s usually sunny and sweltering hot.

Got nothing to do?

Here’s what I remember from 2002, when I was still finishing my college degree and school was still out.

Bathed and scented with the tranquil fragrance of Elizabeth Arden Green Tea Perfume, I’d spend my early mornings to infinity while rain pattered on our roof listening to Michelle Branch’s Spirit Room Album, Vanessa Carlton’s Be Not Nobody, Norah Jones’ Come Away with Me and John Mayer’s Room for Squares while curling up to Nicholas Sparks’ A Walk to Remember (the book and the movie) and the dogeared Jude Deveraux novels Remembrance and Sweet Liar. I’d check on my 2-liner Ericsson T10 model to see if I got any overseas call or text message from the first man I’d called soulmate.

Lovely, huh?

Was reminded of these slivers of recollection as I prepared for work and slathered lotion which smelled like Green Tea. Amazing what a whiff of sweet smelling beauty products could do to the memory.