Our trip to
the Mission today was short and sweet. We got there a little bit
after 9 a.m., and it was already warm. I’m not sure the girls got
much out of the trip. Unfortunately, one of the first things they
saw was a cemetery and then a sign saying that throughout the grounds
there were about 6,000 Indians buried. After that, they were
freaked out and afraid to go into any of the buildings. The
somewhat macabre Catholic imagery didn’t help matters … nor did the
fact that there was a funeral going on at the time. 
By
10 a.m. the heat was oppressive, so after a quick visit to the gift
shop, we headed for lunch at Souplantation … a salad
bar/buffet. The girls had corn and sunflower seeds from the salad
bar, pizza bread, and lots of ice cream … not exactly nutritious, but
they enjoyed themselves. One of them is a total chatterbox; boy,
can that girl talk! I love her dearly, but by the time we dropped
her off, Toshi and I were both completely exhausted. Her mom says
she talks from the moment she wakes up until the moment she falls
asleep, and I believe it!
Of course, her mom is exactly the same way. The apple doesn’t
fall far from the tree. But, I absolutely love their family and
wish they would adopt me.
Tomorrow we are attending a
birthday party for the niece of my chatterbox and then going to a
concert with my realtor. Both sounded like a great idea
when I committed to go, but now I just wish I could laze around the
house. I guess that’s what’s on tap for Sunday.
10 a.m. the heat was oppressive, so after a quick visit to the gift
shop, we headed for lunch at Souplantation … a salad
bar/buffet. The girls had corn and sunflower seeds from the salad
bar, pizza bread, and lots of ice cream … not exactly nutritious, but
they enjoyed themselves. One of them is a total chatterbox; boy,
can that girl talk! I love her dearly, but by the time we dropped
her off, Toshi and I were both completely exhausted. Her mom says
she talks from the moment she wakes up until the moment she falls
asleep, and I believe it!
Of course, her mom is exactly the same way. The apple doesn’t
fall far from the tree. But, I absolutely love their family and
wish they would adopt me.
Tomorrow we are attending a
birthday party for the niece of my chatterbox and then going to a
concert with my realtor. Both sounded like a great idea
when I committed to go, but now I just wish I could laze around the
house. I guess that’s what’s on tap for Sunday.
Happy weekend, everyone!
Things I’m thankful for today:
1. It is finally cooling down. Only in the mid-90’s today!
2. My fishies who are always happy to see me.
3. peace and quiet
2. My fishies who are always happy to see me.
3. peace and quiet
Poisoned by Fairy Tales 
For a minute I thought I had wandered into the wrong blog. I like the green and the pictures are great. Now that the girls have been to the mission maybe they will go back later and get more out of the experience. Can’t really blame them though, I’m an adult and I don’t like some of the imagery the church has, I always think to myself who thought this was a good idea? But then not being Catholic I figure some of my confusion is natural. What concert are you going to?
I’m just sorry I’ve never visited the Missions when I’ve had the chance.
but maybe next year…