Adventures and Escapades

I flew out to California to surprise my daughter for her birthday last week and on the flight out I had to use the restroom on the plane. Is it absolutely necessary for the airlines to make the restrooms so tiny? You go in and can barely turn around! You would think that they could give up one seat on the plane and make the restroom larger. I feel so badly for larger people that have to use it, or for people like me who are tall it's a real pain in the butt (no pun intended) because you have to scrunch up the whole time you're in there. Do you ever think about what would happen if the plane had problems and you were stuck in the bathroom during that time? I think about it every time I use it. It would not be a pretty sight.

After I landed I took a cab to my daughters downtown apartment. I think it was the mission of the cab driver to see how close he could get to the car in front of him! The freeways in LA are like lines of ants. If they're moving they are moving at lightning speed with one mission in mind. The problem with LA traffic is that most of the time you are not moving. We had many escapades this week and for most of them we only needed to go a few miles, those few miles took us 30 minutes or more.

After arriving at her apartment we made plans for all of the fun stuff we would do, in short we made lists because that is what my daughter does. She is more organized than anyone else I know. Later I decided to shower and discovered that her shower is actually a gym. The showerhead is installed so low that it’s like working out every time you want to wash your hair. I am 5’10” the showerhead is at about 5 ft. So when I wanted to wet my hair I had to squat down to do it. I guess the apartment builder initially put it there for the oompa loompa’s that would live there. I eventually got my workout done after much squatting and standing. Thank goodness there are no cameras in there, it would have been quite a sight!

My daughter and I went to a Dodgers game and had a blast, went hiking in the mountains and hiked up a trail that had a beautiful mountain stream running alongside it. We went to Knotts Berry Farms, walked the streets of downtown LA and went to the beach and enjoyed the beautiful sunshine. We ate too much food and walked what seemed like a hundred miles but we had the time of our lives. I could not be more proud of the young woman she has become. I look at her and know that I am truly blessed!