Trader Joe's and the Prius

This is my favorite store to the point that I am not sure I would live somewhere tat did not have one. Shopping is an adventure. Obviously TJ's is a favorite for greenies as well. This is the Grossmont TJ in La Mesa California. Saturday mornings the regulars show up at 8a to beat the crowds. We don't always park like this, I guess the stars were also aligned. There was another silver Prius further up.

One of us has to go.....

Nights like tonight make me wish I had the courage and the ability to put Mabel out of my misery. I don't ask for much and I do everything I can. I have re-arranged my kitchen to make everything convenient. Her meals are either Banquet or totally put together frozen dinners from scratch. I have bought her a heater, a shelf unit, new dishes and a bread box to store them in. I clean her room and the rest of the house and provide her meals.
Tonight I went out to my friend Melissa's house. At 11:10p Mabel leaves me a message on my phone; where am I , the dog is looking for me. "Well, I got my water....". But that is not enough she has to make sure to embarrass me in front of everyone and make me feel like shit so she calls again and this time I answer. She is all whiny and says again that the dog is looking for me. My friends feel sorry for me, the mood is totally ruined. Truthfully even before she called I knew she would, it is just my life these days. Every morning that I hear her moving around in there is the start of another day of bondage for me. I am becoming a prisoner in my own my home.

Point of View

Soon Greg's mom will be visiting the kids in Italy. I had emailed her recently and was surprised when she said she was going to just let Jessica take the pictures. I could not imagine going on a trip without my camera. If I did not have my camera then I would not have some incredible photos. My daughter has one point of view and I may have another. It was great to compare our compositions. Downloading my photos to my work and home computers where they entertain me daily was another benefit.
If I did not have my own camera with me I would have never gotten these.....

On Disneyland

The Happiest Place on Earth? I must say that having not been there in a while it is easy to forget that it IS really a fun place. There are the tears of tired children, the frustrated sighs of bewildered parents and expensive food. But there is also wonderment and a belief that that robotic Indiana Jones is the real thing. Children wait patiently to have a photo taken with Buzz Lightyear, they probably never wait that patiently for anything. Bright eyed "actresses" sign autograph books as Ariel, Mary Poppins and Alice in Wonderland.
In the middle of the town square stands the statue of Walt Disney with a child. Could he have thought that this would last through countless generations? Could he have realized the incredible imprint it would make on the world in general? Many nationalities come here to see this place, ride on these rides and meet the characters. Is it our need to touch the child within? To forget the horror of war, crime and disease?
I must admit that I did have a great time and thought about taking my grandkid(s) there. There is simply an air of hope on those acres. We need that, no matter how fleeting.