Assorted ramblings

Watching grass grow is as exciting as, well, watching grass grow.  But there's also something soothing about watching a newly planted lawn sprout and fill in.  Our little front yard is making good progress.  Except for the patch of weeds in the middle.

As you all might have noticed, I tend to use the term "blonde moment."  That's because I am (and always have been) a blonde.  And all the blondes I know are damn smart.  However, I truly lived up to my hair color the other day.  Hamburger and I were talking about hybrid cars.  How expensive they are, what kind of gas mileage they get, blah, blah, blah.  And I ask HB how many miles/gallon an all electric car gets.  Go ahead.  Laugh.  He certainly did.

Almost all of my friends have kids.  I had a wonderful lunch yesterday with one of the few who doesn't.  I had such a great time.  We had lunch and sat and talked for two hours.  Not about anything in particular, just one of those long, rambling conversations on a nice, summer day.  Only problem is, she will most likely be moving to San Diego at the end of the year.
In contrast, I had lunch with two of my closest friends from high school a few weeks ago.  And they had their kids with them.  Cute kids, and they weren't a problem, but it reinforced how little I have in common with them anymore.  I asked one when she was planning on going back to work, and she said she wasn't sure if she would, since she couldn't imagine leaving her son.  They wanted to hear all about my trips, since they don't travel anymore.  And then we kinda ran out of things to talk about.  :-(


My mom mentioned the other day that she's ready to start thinking about our next big adventure.  We're thinking Spring of 2007, and so far the candidates are eastern Canada and the South (the US's South).  I don't want to spend 11-12 hours on a plane any time soon (and 2007 counts as soon), and I want to go somewhere I've never been.  Although, there's this company that does river cruises in Europe...