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liralenGrowf.
It's hard to come back to altitude and 12 degree nights after breathing the sea again. Hard to come back to the crystal-hard sunlight and wind-swept plains after mist-shrouded forests of silver eucalyptus, sea splashed tidal pools, and spring warm days. Hard to return to a cold house and pizza after six days of eating out or eating superb Chinese/Vietnamese/local specialities. Hard to come back to three inches of snow after hearing the soft rain pattering against the roof and windows, soft for a whole night and day.
The giant fried catfish with deep fried onions, peanuts, and a sweet-salt sauce wrapped in Vietnamese spring roll skins with rice noodles, greens, herbs, and local pickles was a favorite, along with the half a dozen fat, sweet, lively Dungeness crabs steamed live just before we cracked and ate them. Jet saw the shells and sang, "Crabs all gone! Crabs all gone!"
I miss having three eager baby-sitters during the day. Jet woke up wandering and calling, "Kathy! Uncle Kathy!" After days of the zoo, beach playsets, a model train exhibit, tidal pools, the beach, the Scripps aquarium, and wandering the art museums of Balboa park.
He had a hard time sleeping last night, and kept us up, too. Too cold. I have a headache from the altitude even after just a week away. Sigh.
We'll get used to it again. Jet did like playing in the snow today. And John and I enjoyed going to Cafe Luna's, at least.
It's hard to come back to altitude and 12 degree nights after breathing the sea again. Hard to come back to the crystal-hard sunlight and wind-swept plains after mist-shrouded forests of silver eucalyptus, sea splashed tidal pools, and spring warm days. Hard to return to a cold house and pizza after six days of eating out or eating superb Chinese/Vietnamese/local specialities. Hard to come back to three inches of snow after hearing the soft rain pattering against the roof and windows, soft for a whole night and day.
The giant fried catfish with deep fried onions, peanuts, and a sweet-salt sauce wrapped in Vietnamese spring roll skins with rice noodles, greens, herbs, and local pickles was a favorite, along with the half a dozen fat, sweet, lively Dungeness crabs steamed live just before we cracked and ate them. Jet saw the shells and sang, "Crabs all gone! Crabs all gone!"
I miss having three eager baby-sitters during the day. Jet woke up wandering and calling, "Kathy! Uncle Kathy!" After days of the zoo, beach playsets, a model train exhibit, tidal pools, the beach, the Scripps aquarium, and wandering the art museums of Balboa park.
He had a hard time sleeping last night, and kept us up, too. Too cold. I have a headache from the altitude even after just a week away. Sigh.
We'll get used to it again. Jet did like playing in the snow today. And John and I enjoyed going to Cafe Luna's, at least.
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Date: 2003-12-11 12:12 pm (UTC). . . oh, and if you get an amazon.com parcel from me, save it for Christmas. ;)
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Date: 2003-12-11 12:46 pm (UTC)We'll get more on Monday, and it's been cold enough, lately, to keep around what we do have.
Luckily, we can go swimming tonight. I'll enjoy that.
Mmmm... rain and fog... It would be very nice if we could just trade for a bit. *grin*
I'll put the parcel under the tree, cheerfully. Thank you!
Do you have The Wee Free Men by Pratchett? Just wondering.
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Date: 2003-12-11 01:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-12-11 12:26 pm (UTC)I think I know what you mean...
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Date: 2003-12-11 12:51 pm (UTC)You probably do.
We got a nice haul, all in all, stuffed our bags more full than when we left, even after leaving a bunch of Christmas presents.
I triggered badly for a couple of days, but put it behind me and let it be. Jet didn't notice. John didn't notice. Jet being the one I was mildly worried about, but since it didn't affect him at all, I decided to try my best to not let anything affect me. It worked to a degree.
The environment here, though, is just so much harsher than SD... there was someone who once said that it was good to live in Southern California for a while, to experience it, but that one shouldn't live there too long as it'll make one soft. Marshmallow me. *grin*
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Date: 2003-12-12 06:28 am (UTC)*hugs*
Hope you're doing better now, of course. Good that Jet didn't notice. Sorry that John didn't? (It's easier when I can get extra hugs from my spouse, when I'm stressed, usually.)
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Date: 2003-12-16 09:03 am (UTC)I was oddly glad that John didn't notice. Kind of makes him 'normal'... don't know if that makes any sense at all, and he was suitably supportive when I told him about it. It's oddly nice to have a spouse I have to be explicit with, and NOT rely on the weird 'you should be able to read my mind' vibe thing.
So it was pretty good, in a different way.
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Date: 2003-12-16 12:37 pm (UTC)But it's good to be able to be explicit with someone.