Children, what happens on ngeMisombuluko? (Zulu)

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Moon-day is Psych-day.

Saw her today and what happened? Hmmm… What usually happens on a Moon-day?

Well….

Psych: “What is for the stomach today?”

Me: “Uh, the usual?”

Hadn’t seen her for several weeks during my busy vacation. Thus, we had to go over pages and pages of these blog entry days since I’ve seen her last. Didn’t even finish that! Had way too many days to discuss. Try Again Next Week.

Ok. Ok. Ok…. Now I am going to explain the MOST IMPORTANT THING about Mondays. My lunch at WHOLE FOODS.

The Foodies….

  • HSH California Quinoa. Tasty. Lots of tiny…. dots of something? These are with Almond Slices, Raisins, Coconut Flakes, Mango… few others… oh, and Cilantro. WAIT WAIT. The FIRST one is Red Quinoa. Ah….
  • Artichoke Salad. This is good too. Lets see… Umm, oh, the first ingredient is Artichoke Hearts. That is true. Red Onion… Red Pepper, Green Pepper, Yellow Pepper (Never knew there were so many color peppers). Sea Salt. That’s important. I love the flavor of Sea Salt over the flavor of regular Salt. (no, I’m not joking on that one…) 🙂
  • Verba Mate Drink. This whole thing is…. Guayaki Brand Verba Mate – Enlighten Mint. Might have been a bit better if I can ever remember to “shake” these drinks before opening the cans! That’s what they always say on the back. I just want to drink them to drink, and I just don’t read. Hmmm….

Welp, there is always “next week” and we’ll see what is decided that we are eating then.

Things are just… “Primers Complicat” (Catalan)

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What? I am screwing around with my web site and accidentally erasing the original page I entered about the ship leaving? Why is this happening?

Let me step back a few days and then we all can get to where we need to be. I need to think about what needs to be written about… This could take a LONG amount of time. “Maybe a couple days?”….   Hopefully not.

Lets take a look. The blog entry previous to this one is where I have a plane taking off. Well, that just totally is the end of that one. Huh… Well. Ok… Ok…  Lets go from here.

What happened on this “vacation”?

  1. Flying to Florida. (and back…eventually…)
  2. Getting on an “Official Disney Cruise Boat” (one of those VERY VERY large ones) for days & days.
  3. No, I wasn’t forced to be lonely in Florida. I had others come with me. Seven others, to be exact. (Luckily, there’s more to a story…)
  4. I had found this boat to have numerous places within it. VERY EASY to get lost.
  5. Disney has its own island that we stopped at on several occasions. Personally, this is the best part of my story.
  6. Then there was lots and lots and lots of other things too. But the best memory that I want to keep is at “NĂşmero Cinco” of this list.

Okay. Lets go forth with this “story” that you will feel lucky reading and also feel the need to share it with all your friends. 🙂

I get on the Disney boat, take the boat to an island owned by Disney and get off the boat. (Just to start.)

The additional people that came with me on this trip felt it was important to jump into the water first and all day. I felt that I really wanted to see if I could get a bike and ride it all over the island. Found the “bike rental” location to get the first bike. Coolest places to ride a bike. I could take these trails all over the island.

Came back at noon to return the bike and find a lunch. I started talking with a lady working at the bike rental. Just talked with her for the longest time. Finally decided I needed to go eat and I’d be back.

So, I ate lunch. That was interesting right there. Got my lunch. This is basically anything you want, for the price you want. Me? I paid nothing for my food. (Free Food since I am loved so much there, or it is just that way for everyone?) Since I was eating there without successfully finding my “group”, the many people I sat with (over and over) were interesting. One group would eat at my table and then get up and leave when finished. Then another comes and eats and leaves. Over and over. Talked with all these interesting people. Very Interesting. Now…. “Rent a Bike” again.

So, I go over there to get one and there she is again to talk with. Talk with her again for awhile. Then hop on the bike and off I go! Coolest stuff out there to see. Trees, flowers, ocean…. I do that for awhile. Come back. Talk more with her again and then it’s “back to the boat”.

Nevertheless, I had the chance to speak with her again on days ahead. YES, I did all those other things that I wanted to do on a ship, but going to an island and visiting is especially a memory I have kept.

All was good!

The plane! The plane!

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Okay… I’m boarding an airplane and flying over to Florida. Florida… What is to do in Florida? Guess we’ll just find out later today. I’m just…

  1. I’m along for a ride
  2. Has some reasoning to do with me, somehow
  3. …and forced along for a ride

I’m getting put on a boat there and forcibly taken somewhere else. Successfully find where I’ll be going at a later time.

“Did you write in your blog tonight?”

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Phew… Today was a busy day. Was it a lucky day with it being busy?

What was that first thing I did today? Uh… um… Oh, yeah. Lucky enough to have that good friend drive the both of us to pick up fancy and expensive drinks from that place with the drive thru (Heck no! That is not how we order drinks! We go inside! ). You know, Starbucks.

The usual family meal of eating was an outstanding lunch thoroughly enjoyed together. Oh, the dish that is worth the effort of eating is the one enjoyed with cheese and noodles. You know, Homemade Mac & Cheese. Mmmm….

Last thing enjoyed on this nice day was the lucky opportunity to watch a baseball game that my good friend’s young male descendant is on the team. This was enjoyable by all.  The weather in the sky was enjoyable, too.

This was a good day. I was told that I only needed to “wait” one more day. Then there will be the day of the beginning of something good? We will have to wait…

Beginning of the Vacation??

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Vacation? Is that one of those different language words again? I think I’m happy with the volunteer opportunities I get to do. I actually want to do MORE WORK! But vacation?

It’s true I have been through allot with my surgery and healing. People helping have been through allot. (nope, I don’t remember that last time in the hospital…. in the coma.) But now we get a vacation???

Personally, I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER today, rather than the days before. This is easy to say everyday. I have been feeling this specific way for several months. Is it the change in weather? Maybe. Is it more healing? Mmmmm, that would make it less complicated.

Anyway. I have been taken away from my own usual ways and going back to another place where people know me. For awhile, I’ll be available to enter into here. But I am being forced to join people on vacation!!! Aaaaaa!!!!!