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i am in ft. lauderdale visting john for the week. i flew because i found a $23 roundtrip flight on spirit (how do they keep running these specials? i'm sure they should be bankrupt by now...) and that's a lot cheaper than the 100 or so dollars i would spend on gas and tolls to drive here. last night, i got off the plane, made my way downstairs, and out to passenger pick-up. there is a small vestibule area there; you pass though one set of automatic sliding doors, walk through a short hallway, and then through another set of doors that lead outside. i decided to forgo the exit that everyone else was using (and therefore jamming up) and move on to the empty one on the left. as i activated the first set of doors and walked through them, chimes sounded - dum da da dum DUM! - and masculine, computerized voice said, "you are beautiful."

i'm sorry, did i take a wrong turn and end up on a stolen state-of-the-art spaceship? did i just pass through sirius cybernetics' latest product? because it's really the only explaination for complementary sliding doors in an airport. if so, where's marvin to cynically complain about them, and what about ford and arthur? and where's my tea? and if it's not the case, is there someone sitting in some booth saying these things and watching for reactions? because i didn't hear any of other passageways making comments as i passed....

The Year That Disappeared

i swear last week it was september, and somehow suddenly it's the middle of july. i know i've had a crazy last 10 months or so, and was kind of out of it a lot, but seriously - where did the year go? i find myself randomly thinking of something, and say to myself, "oh, that was in february. no, wait, that was LAST february!" it's a very odd sensation - like the last 10 months didn't really happen. and while i admit there are some gaps (thank you so much, fibro fog), i do remember stuff that happened this past year. but it's just one big blur for the most part. just... wierd. what an odd feeling.

I Heart Whole Foods; Let Me Count The Ways...

there are lots and lots of reasons why i am extremely happy a whole foods market opened up a mile down the road from me. but really there's one that is far and away the best. thing. ever.

six - yes, count them SIX - frozen food cases of non-dairy ice cream.

what? it was like christmas. i seriously stood there for at least 10 minutes - probably longer - trying to choose. it boggled my mind; at walmart or publix, the best i can hope for is one shelf in the ice cream section to choose from. I HAD SIX WHOLE SECTIONS. and yes, i know it sounds pathetic, but that moment - that one blessed moment when i had a bazillion choices of ice cream that i could actually eat - may qualify as one of my top 5 most blissful moments ever.

o frabjous day! callooh! callay!