Continued
Day 2
Thursday September 20th
Happy birthday to me. 51... I say it, I read it, I hear it, but I can't believe it. Which just goes to prove, our mind is stronger than all our other senses. It was a very relaxing day. Bill went for his daily jog. Thankfully no snake encounters. After breakfast Bill and I drove (somewhere) to check out Trader Joes. It has some of the neatest products, and the prices, I found were compatible and some times cheaper. It was about a 20 to 30 minute drive, and the thermostat in the car read 101 degrees F. Not a good day to be buying anything covered in chocolate. Despite the long drive (that was all freeway driving), we really didn't go to any other stores. Once we got back to Victorville, Bill did want to stop into the Barnes and Noble store to check out some music. We parked the car, and as we were crossing the parking lot, a lady pulled up in a car that was advertising quilting. I told Bill to go on and I would catch up. This poor lady didn't know what hit her. As she was opening her door, I quickly asked her if the car she was driving was hers. (like she was going to tell me if she stole it). When she confirmed that it was, I asked another obvious question, "Do you quilt?" She replied yes and said she could teach me. After it was determined that I didn't want to learn, I wanted to hire someone to make a quilt, the do-do-do-do moments started to happen. I explained I wanted to make a quilt for my daughter.(she has a daughter too). I went on to say I wanted the quilt made out if ribbons. (she had seen those quilts before.) The ribbons, I went on, we're from when my daughter used to ride equestrian. (her daughter, who is now thirty, also used to ride horses, and has many ribbons as well. )She asked if she could brag a little about her daughter. It seems her daughter is in some record book, for being the first African American to win this certain level of jumping). She went on to say how proud she was of her daughter Ashley! You can imagine my expression when I found out our daughters also shared the same name. By now we had walked from the parking lot to the middle of Barnes and Noble. The funniest part of the conversation was when Debora asked me where I was from,and when I told her, she thought I was joking. Her next statement made sense "don't you have people in Canada that can quilt?" To be honest I have looked around a little bit, but the few people and places I have inquired at we're not very helpful, or enthusiastic. I realize this could be an expensive project with Debora, but somehow everything just seems right. I have her business card, so I will see where this journey takes me. Remember, everything happens for a reason.
So that was the extent to our shopping excursion. We returned to Mike and Lora's for a quiet and relaxing afternoon.
Dinner time was all about me and my birthday. Lora made a delicious meal which included some large lobster tails and a tiramisu cake. Lora even wrote happy birthday in Chinese on the cake and sang to me in Chinese. It was a small gathering of eight that included Bill and myself, Lora and Mike, the bride and groom to be, Linda and Ryan, and their beautiful dog Georgia, Mike's sister and Mike's mom. Alan, Lora and Mike's youngest son joined us afterwards. There were a few of highlights of the evening. The first was when Patrick facetimed me, to wish me a happy birthday. I passed him around and he got to see everyone. Then Ashley and Ethan called to wish me a happy birthday. But the funniest 30 minutes was when I brought out my iPad and introduced Tom the talking cat to Mike's mom. She sat and talked and giggled at this animated cat for at least thirty minutes. I only wish I had understood what she was saying. And she didn't just say one word here and there,she was having lengthy conversations. My heart was smiling just as much as this 87 year young grandma. Again, it was an early evening and I crawled into bed by 10:30.
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