Catch up

I am truly happy right now, with my sister in town. I'm busy, and now a bit tired, but I don't mind. Her daughter is a handful - just a bundle of non-stop energy and chatter (till she finally crashes around 9 PM) - but she's a good kid. I'm enjoying being able to cook for my sis. And I've done more laughing in the past 3 days than in months before. I don't want to do chores or exercises, or really even write - I want to be with my sister! And it was even better with Stephen here over the weekend, since I feel I never see him enough.

I'm not feeling the same frustration that I felt when Jim's mother was here. Then I felt like I didn't have enough time to write, and that my writing was a low priority that I had to change. At the moment I almost could say I don't care if I write at all this week! I do know she won't be here much longer, and the keyboard will be here after she is gone. But I knew that with Phyllis here too.

So, I have to concede that there is a fundamental difference between the 2 visits, for me. I imagine that Jim would have a slightly different spin on this. He spent more free time with his mom, than he's doing with Johanna - but I suspect he'd say that Jo and Lizzie's visit is harder work for him. His emotional attachment, naturally, is stronger to his mother. Mine is to my sister. Makes sense.

But where does that place my writing? What about my attempt to write daily? I did skip one day. Is it better to write something, no matter how simple, or better to skip more days and write something more thought through? I don't know.

Some things that have occurred to me recently that would be good blog post topics:
2 elevators and a back entrance to get into George's terrace for a lunch today. I love that restaurant, but wish they would upgrade the building.

seating in places with fixed seats is often a problem, and I think the San Diego Civic Theater and SD Opera are breaking the ADA with their seat offerings. We've put up with lousy seats for a few years now, but they just redid their price categories, and this has made it even more obviously unequal. For the first time since the law was passed in 1990 I am seriously considering filing a complaint with the Dept of Justice - not a law suit, or anything for financial gain, just something to force them to comply. On the other hand, Petco park seating is great, and we've got tickets for Memorial Day. I'm not much of a baseball fan, but enjoy going once in a while, especially if there are fireworks.

pet peeves - handicapped parking, don't get me started!

I think that right now is the absolutely best time of year here in San Diego. Many days are perfect - 68 - 70 degrees, cool in the morning, sunny with a slight breeze in the afternoon. Days are a little longer, and if it rains it's only at night! Flowers are blooming - roses, orchids, bougainvillea, pittosporum, lantana, citrus trees, and all the weeds on the hillsides. I even have a Christmas cactus blooming! With weather like this, why go somewhere for a vacation? We're in the most perfect place on earth! And yet, we signed up this week for an October 2011 cruise to Greece and Turkey, round trip out of Rome. Luckily it's far enough away, I don't really have to do anything for a while yet. This does seem to be the way we are - just finished one vacation, and then we start planning another. And of course, it'll be another complicated one, another adventure.

Lastly, the Hillcrest farmer's market was much larger and varied than I expected. Why did it take me so long to go there? I'll be going back sometime just with Jim, so I can linger. For now, my fridge is full of all kinds of wonderful things to eat.