Originally published at my real blog. Please leave any comments there.

I almost forgot to wear green today, because I’d already celebrated St. Patrick’s Day! Josh and I had a party at our place on the 14th. Which, by the way, is when the Catholic church has asked people to celebrate it, so it won’t be a distraction from Holy Week. (Our reason for doing it was more, “who wants to go to a party on a Monday night?” But, you know, it’s nice to have some official sanction).

Yup. Easter is super early this year. I am going to be in France during. Josh’s birthday, and the cherry blossom peak, are the day we get back. Funny, I remember lamenting something getting in the way of these joys last year, too. But this year it’s a far better thing :).

Anyway, back to our party. We had Irish music, Irish cocktails, Irish trivia, an oxalis (shamrock) plant, Irish fortune cookies, soda bread, stew, corned beef & cabbage, and lots of friends. It’s been a long time since we hosted a party and I forgot how fun it was. After getting engaged in Ireland, this holiday feels like our banner to bear and I think we did a great job of it.

The day after, Josh showed me this:

I can’t think of a better way to wish you a happy St. Patrick’s Day on the real one.