A Long Day's Journal Into Night

This weekend I was walking by a retirement home and an elderly woman was sitting on a bench outside. She called me over. She told me she was severly blind, as was evident when she asked me if I was Asian (hmm..must be rubbing off) No, I resonded. Well, where are you from originally? From Colorado. Well, where did your parents come from. Iowa and Illinois, with a smile. She told me she was polling people who were walking by and asked me who I was voting for. Not wanting to get in a fight I said that I did not know. She asked me how I felt about the debates. I said I thought that Kerry had done a good job. She went on to tell me she was a Kerry supporter and why. I was pleasantly surprised. She was 93 and yet surprisingly liberal and progressive. She said that we never should have gone to Iraq, that it was hurting our boys and hurting my chances of finding a husband. Well, I guess not that progressive. It was a nice conversation.

Tried to get a pumpkin smoothie at Jamba Juice, but rats, foiled again. But!! I think I can make them with my...(in the voice of the announcer from the Price Is Right)... brand new blender!