Random thoughts that came from laying in the sun!

So our trip to San Diego was INCREDIBLE! Loved it! Will go back once a year if I can! :) And I have tons of pics to post but cannot for the life of me find my cord to download pics from camera to computer...may need to head to Best Buy to buy a new one...lovely...

In the meantime...I had random thoughts throughout the trip that I thought all put together might make for some interesting comments...so here goes....

1). Is it just me, or have halloween costumes for girls been narrowed down to basically two things...princesses or sluts? While at SeaWorld over the weekend, they were having a spooktacular event...apparently every weekend in October. Kids were encouraged to show up at Sea World dressed up and could go around and trick or treat (costumes not necessary but for kids who live in the area it makes for a fun Halloween event) and do Halloween activities etc. Boys costumes are pretty much timeless it seems...the 'super hero' of the day, mummies, monsters...same old same old 'boy' themes. But it seemed to me that all the girls were either one of two things like I said at the beginning...a Princess or a slutty girl. Now I know I am biased in this because I HATE the whole 'bratz' craze. Refused to buy Paige anything Bratz. I also do not like Hannah Montana, High school musical or any of these other popular shows whereby young girls are portrayed as 'sexy' and 'hot' and 'bitchy' and it's all ok...and the networks are quite blunt that their target market are girls 6-12~ are you kidding me? So anywho...there were either cute little Disney Princesses or girls in all forms of 'sexy' costumes...and a lot of these little girls were LITTLE GIRLS in sexy outfits!!! I find it sad....very sad. And for the record, Paige is going to be neither one this year. She wants to be an Owl! :)

2) Does it not bother anyone else that if you go into a business in the United States of America and speak English to the employees, they don't understand you? I am all for being a melting pot. I am all for ethnic diversity. I truly enjoy other cultures. But in America, it should be a requirement that you speak ENGLISH along with any other languages that you may choose. I would never move to another country...get a job and NOT speak the native language....

3) What is the secret of little hole in the wall restaurants that make their food a million times better than fancy places? Is it that they concentrate on just a few items and perfect them? Is it that they are usually somehow tied to the food they serve, either culterally or otherwise? We had the BEST Greek food in San Diego...little hole in the wall place. Sat at a table by the window and watched all the people go by (better than tv ANY day!) while we dined on chicken rice lemon soup (yup..you read that right! LEMON in it...and YUMMO it was), Greek salad....REAL Greek salad, not a 'version' of, Chicken slouvaki, spanokopita and a gyro. Oh. And this was all included in ONE meal. And it was only 9 bucks. Amazing.

4) Why is it that when people are drunk and it's 3am, they invariably hit their car alarm about 15 times before they figure out that they aren't doing anything more productive than hitting their car alarm at 3am? And why is it always in the car that is right outside YOUR hotel room?

5) Do people seriously think it's not doing their children any harm when they carry them around while they are smoking? Are people REALLY that stupid?

6) A dollar can't buy much these days. Try to take a dollar and go into a store and buy something...including tax, what can you buy for a buck?
I'll tell you ONE thing you can still buy for a buck. You can buy the sight of your child summoning up all his courage and diving into the deep end of the pool, even though he KNOWS it will mean his face goes under. It buys that look on his face when he surfaces that says "I DID IT"!!! It only costs a dollar...but that look is surely worth much more! :)

7) Why is it that when you are doing something NOT fun, time drags by, but when you are having a blast, time flies?

and finally, why am I blogging at 1030 at night after getting up at 4am to fly home? :)

Hugs to all, pics to follow as soon as I find that damn cord!
Jaye