Boy Wonder: “What continent is this? (riding “It’s a Small World” and entering the all white finale.)
Me: “It’s all the nations and continents represented in white.”
IZ: “It’s heaven.”
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It’s nearly 10 pm on the first day of October and I’m sitting by a pool watching my child organize water games. It’s not a bad way to begin the month. Wireless pool side blogging, how much better can it get? I suppose you’re wanting photographic proof, but it’s going to have to wait. It appears that in the dash to leave Santa Barbara for Anaheim, some one male in my family stashed my camera cord and I’ve yet to locate it. It seems they remember packing it, but, uh, yeah… not sure where. Somehow, this little glitch doesn’t bother me—I’m guessing that the smell of chlorine on a balmy night has something to do with this nonchalance.
Our annual trek to warmth and Disney is almost over. Soon, we will be back in the northwest, ready to take on the tasks this month naturally brings having soaked up enough vitamin D to last us. Or so we hope and so we pray. The weather here as been priceless, even if our health hasn’t. Of course, IZ came down with this “gunk” and we’ve all stayed very well medicated. I suspect we’ve staved off infections which is a good thing. It hasn’t dampened our spirits… we’ve been soaking in the sunshine, banking for rainy days headed our way.
But we are not home just yet. No, we have a few more moments of basking in this sunlight and happiness. And we’ve managed to live this week large, cramming more into it than most. I’m finding that I still enjoy people watching most. It’s a no-charge ride, never the same twice. However, for all the running around we’ve done, I’ve still managed to check on this blog—at least enough to read comments and chuckle at your amazement over my “well-being.” Evidently, I have some “splainin'” to do regarding my hair among other things… and I promise answers, I do. It’s just right now, the sunshine has taken me hostage. I intend to be held captive as long as possible in this heaven.
So glad you’re enjoying soaking in the California rays… sounds like you’re having a blast. 🙂 I’ll be going down south soon too, my family wants me to come down for a bit. Kind of fun to think about going from one weather extreme to another… see you soon!
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Oh, go! Enjoy the sun. I think living up here in this gray requires occasional pilgrimages to the sun. ~W
oh! you sound like you are having just way too much fun there!
I regret terribly that you forgot to stash me away in one of your larger suitcases.
I hope you all get to feeling better soon and I cannot wait for all the pics!!!
you must consider posting them on flickr!!! 😉
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Yes! We had a great time. Kinda hard to be home. S i g h. ~W
It sounds lovely, Wende. Yes, I would like to see some pictures as soon as you get home and have time.
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I’m slowly culling through them. And it was lovely, even more than the photos can say. ~W
Gimme some of that sun, NOW! It sounds like my ideal vacation, minus the Disney. I enjoy the water, palm trees, reading, relaxing, walking, sightseeing, etc… But I’m not a huge theme park fan. (too many people?) I do enjoy people watching though, just not from close quarters!
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I’m no fan of crowds… but really, I don’t mind Disney. It’s well done, and it’s a blast to people watch. So many sweet little kids running about. ~W
Yeah…it’s the finale so that the song can get totally stuck in your head for the rest of the day…because even thinking of Small World got it stuck in my head. We lived so close to Anaheim when I was little, my mother says with all confidence that she never has to go to Disneyland for the rest of her life (of course, she went the first year it was built…)
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I was surprised no one caught the image of all those little dolls being dead. Heh. My husband is a Disney nut…he has software that organizes our days in the park. He prints up these little itineraries that we jokingly call “the oracle.” Ha. 😀 ~W
Well, if I were to do it again, I would reverse direction – go to Disney first and then Santa Barbara – but all in all it was a very good time indeed!
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Amen! Ok, insert whiny voice, “I want to go BAAAACK!” Thanks so much for the vacation, darling. It was amazing. ~W