recipe for a perfect day

1 ladro's triple tall soy medici

2 friends joining you in the commute to school

1 friend who likes driving so you don't have to

2 u2 albums on the way to class

1 lunch break with your best friend and favorite neighbor

2 kids that smile when you come near

1 3.5 year old child who, suddenly, wants to be right next to you all the time

1 amazing opportunity to bother said child's mother by encouraging him to stick not one, but two fingers up his nose

1 old testament class getting out early

1 ride to safeco stadium with an extravagently kind and blessing friend

3 or 4 missed turns due to rapturing conversation which causes inattentiveness to the road

a dash of not caring that you've missed turns and may visit tacoma before arriving at safeco

2 small meals at fx mc rory's

a heaping teaspoon of patience and relational priority from a sports-enthused companion as you wait at will call and miss ichiro's first at bat, first batter, first pitch homer

1 barry bonds homer

5 m's runs

1 half hour in line to get two bottled alcoholic drinks

1 shiskaberry

1 lap around safeco whilest looking for the team store

three strikes for berry bonds to end the game

1.5 cups of ben and jerry

1 m's t-shirt down from $35 to $7

and garnish with amazing conversation until way after you should have been in bed

serve chilled with child-like joy and a life-time of mariners memories

serves 2