What happened on the best day you ever had?

[Snoggera]

I am looking forward to some good responses. This has been a mentally draining week (or two or 20), and some good stories would be great to read.

So?

[2Design]

1. skiing one of probably many best days

I was skiing at Okemo in Vermont. It was March 1992, there was new powder. The sun was out. It was right around 30 degrees. It was a week day.

I made 20 or more trips down the mountain. I am a blue hill skier. I swooshed back and forth down the trail. Not too fast but just right. I could feel the sun on my face the wind in my hair, and the snow gliding beneath my skiis.

It was a perfect day. It had been a perfect several days.

This was the first one that came to my mind when I saw your title. If I think of more, I will add them.

[Snoggera]

4. Hey, write a journal if you can think of enough things!

that one raised a lot of visual images and tactical memories.

[oregonjen]

2. 2 days actually

The days my children were born.:)

[Snoggera]

3. I'm assuming

you don't have twins?

:)

[oregonjen]

5. Nope, a girl and a boy

3 years and 3 days apart. :D

[gpandas]

6. got laid by my dream girl nt

[Lisa0825]

7. woke up next to my (now ex) bf... had breakfast at a little taqueria...

rode a moped around Cozumel, resting my head on his shoulder... rode horses at the ranch he worked at... had chicken cooked by the cowboys on the ranch, and mucho cerveza... rode the moped to the "wild side," where the waves are big, the sand is white, and the locals hang out... laid on the beach listening to the waves until sunset.... rode back to town wearing his jacket, and sat at a patio bar, talking over margaritas, and went home for the evening.

[asjr]

8. Got my divorce decree!

[patriotvoice]

9. I died.

Yes, I'm still waiting for the best day I'll ever have.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

10. Nixon resigned and I survived a firefight on the Cambodian

border.... had to run about 10 yards through fire to get to my wounded Gunny. Still don't know why I got up, or how I dodged all the bullets flying around.
Same day, no shit.

Of course, I only found out about the Nixon stuff later, which made the day even more special.

[Insider]

11. first day out of the army

i was free, and the sun was shining.

[sir_captain]

12. Got into the college of my choice

and got the girl I'd been chasing after

it's been all downhill since then...heh

[YellowRubberDuckie]

13. Probably the last saturday I spent with my sister before she died.

We went out to lunch and Christmas shopping for our family. She would have given birth around a month later, and we were getting out of the car to go into Service Merchandise(This was back in 2000). I reached over and asked the baby if he loved his auntie, and he kicked the crap out of my hand. I'd been talking to him and singing a little while Bobbi, my sister, was around, and I think he recognized my voice. That is my favorite and last memory of my sister.
Duckie

[Snoggera]

14. I don't know what to say

that is something exceptional.

Thank you.

[Lisa0825]

15. Thank you, Duckie.

Your post is a message to anyone who has lost someone... about being able to keep the beauty of a memory after they are gone.

[SarahB]

16. Still waiting

Actually, some of my best days have been the simplest ones. Today was nice for a good part of it. It was sunny and 80 degrees which was excellent and after taking care of various bureaucratic BS in regard to my educational pursuits (and finding out it wasn't as bad as I thought), I spent a lovely afternoon on the playground with the kidlets (Spring vacation week for them). Who's says you can't be 30-something and still swing and go on the slide and monkeybars?

I find all those important dates- weddings, births, vacations, etc. never live up to expectations (actually most of those things have been fraught with series of assorted disasters), so you just have to go with the simple things sometimes and make the best of it all. :shrug:

[The Zanti Regent]

17. I made peace with my twin brother

October 30, 1981

I spent the day with my twin brother, he was terminally ill with metastasized Hodgkins. He was always the Jock and I was the Brain, I always envied him playing football and lifting weights, but Hodgkins took its toll and made him melt away to nothing. He was always Mom and Dad's favorite and I did have resentments, but that day we made peace. He died later that night.

If I had not gone to the hospital and made peace with him, I know it would have been something I would regret for the rest of my life...

[BuddhaGirl]

18. I got married!

almost 6 years now...nice sunny day in Sausalito, CA with the SF bay in the background. It had rained all week prior, but on our big day the sun was shining and the weather was perfect.

Needless to say, the love of my life and I were over the moon! :-)

[DEM FAN]

19. When Bill Clinton Became President. I Was So Proud Then.

It's Been Down Hill Ever Since.

[SW FL Dem]

20. Too many to choose from

The day my Dad told me he was proud of me "his daughter the lawyer" - I was in my first week of law school, my dad died a few days later.

The day I married my best friend, we're still together after 20 years

The day our son was placed in my arms

The day I decided to heck with cleaning the house and I took my son golfing and he broke 100 for the first time - he was 12.

The day I watched my son emerge from his shell and find his niche when he won his first golf tournament.