Monday, October 7, 2013

Back to life as we know it....

Today is the first day after vacation. We had an amazing time during the nine days off. Mainly, we were together. That is the very best part.

We began with a trip to San Francisco. Flying out on Friday afternoon, we arrived by early afternoon. We stayed in a luxurious hotel with all of the bells and whistles. We were on the wrong side and did not have the view of the bay, other than that, it was perfect.

We ate a couple of fast food breakfasts while we were there. Other than that, we dined, and dined very well. Thanks to a relative there in the city, we found a lot of fabulous little restaurants and our meals were 4 star. Oola's and Dottie's were my favorites. At Oola's the creme brûlée was topped with orange, ginger and honey according to my taste buds. At Dottie's the fruit bowl was huge and filled with the freshest strawberries, blueberries, watermelon and cantaloupe. Amazing meals.

We rented a fusion and traveled all over the city. We did all of the touristy things, riding the trolley, going down Lombard Street, checking out the painted ladies, etc. We took over 1200 photos, and I've seen a few so far on the big tv. Looking forward to seeing the rest. I want to know how well they match up with my perception of the colors and shapes.

I did some shopping in Haight Ashbury, found a lovely sheath dress in a  vintage store. A few stores down the street I found a Hobe choker, all turquoise and amethyst. A few touristy souvenirs for a vacation shadow box filled out my shopping excursion. 

It's a city I could easily live in. With bike lanes and sidewalks everywhere, I would have so much more independence than I do now. OKC is beautiful, but without sidewalks, it is too dangerous to try to walk around when you are blind, or nearly so.

Today I cleaned house all morning, and spent a good portion of the afternoon with a tiny little girl. I love when she comes to visit. We giggle and play and eat a lot of 'nilla wafers and bananas. She loved the aquarium DVD that I put in, and she danced to Josh Groban songs. Her mamma was on one of the cruise ships delayed by Karen, that tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico.

 I feel for the little one. She had only been away from her mamma for an occasional overnight. Now, she hasn't seen her for over a week. She stayed with a great grandma and now is with another grandma. I could tell it's been really hard on her. Instead of the usual 30 seconds of fussing when her mamma brings her to me, she screamed in fear at being left by yet another person. It took her a good ten minutes to finally calm down. She doesn't talk yet, so she cannot say she wants her mamma. Over two years old and makes sounds, but no words. 

Tomorrow, life will return to normal. Projects in progress, paperwork to locate for my insurance company. There are gardens to water and dog poop to pick up. I'm thinking of baking a loaf or two of French bread (yes, from scratch) and making some pasta sauce and rotini for dinner.

Enough for now......

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