long story short:

tonight was a good night. in fact, definitely in my top five nights of 2010.
except for bad driving conditions like distractions, extremely dirty windows, random blizzards, and being lost in sandy, jordan, and south jordan for the majority of the drive, it was wonderful! danny and i went up to temple square to see the lights. if you didn't know, it was only my second time ever, and only my third time ever being on the temple grounds. the weather wasn't awful, but bitter cold with a nippy wind. we sipped hot chocolate and visited some of the prettiest places. the oldest tabernacle, a view from the roof, and the floating lights on the temple pond. we were probably good samaritans to a cute couple at the trax and played itouch games and i spy with my little eye. i probably had my lifeguarding cpr mask in my purse, but it's like whate'er. of course i didn't bring a camera, not that there was tons to take pictures of, except the trees, the pond, the temple, us, incredible arcitecture. okay, there was a lot to take pictures of. sue me, i'm a slacker. the drive home resulted in, singing colbie caillat over and over again, stop and go traffic, nearly rear-ending the car in front of us, and taco amigo for dinner. we ate like royalty. burrito supremes, fries, plenty of pink sauce, and of course, a banana oreo shake. try it. i dare you. and of course sometime later i was dropped off.

basically it was incredible. and if i could, every single night would be like that. because it was fun. i was really truly happy for one of the first times in a long time. and well, he smelled like heaven. three cheers for a perfect ending to the night, and possibly the remainder of christmas break.