Observation Deck

Rafe is in Europe for a month. He's only been gone a week and I miss him like I have never missed anybody else. I didn't even know in 28 years of life that I could feel like this. Of course if I thought about him every second of the day I'd be tempted to hop a plane and fork the bill to my closest Visa at hand. I've kept busy observing and here's a few notable things.


I think it's funny when I see a sign on a building that says "parking in rear." I know it's immature, but come on, it's funny!

Bugs have the most terrifying life. Constantly worrying about getting killed by a human who is 1000 times their size. They can just be cruisin along and all the sudden somebody walks in the room and flicks on a light. FREEZE, OH SHIT...not the shoe,..at least give me a Kleenex..soft death. I mean really. What goes through their minds?

It occurred to me recently that there is more school bus activity in a poor or moderate income neighborhood. It makes sense of course that those families probably can't afford to buy cars for their teens and therefore they are still riding the bus. So I wonder if that plays into the school budget at that point. Because they have to maintain more buses. Or does it change the psyche of those teenagers? Does it make them less independent? Or are they more independent because they are more likely to deal with hardships?


I love frozen Laffy Taffy. It's like a non-melting Popsicle. Could you ask for anything more?


When your trying to save money at the grocery store, your food items typically end up requiring that you have a mass ownership of bowls. For the soup and Ramen noodles!

I think the phrase "distance makes the heart grow fonder" needs a tweaking. I think "distance makes the emotions grow stronger." It's all dependant on what the emotion is. Trust me, I've been grateful for the breathing room before. If your in love with somebody, or already fond of them though it's a different story. It can make you miss them so badly that you have a constant stomach ache from wanting them around.

So thank Rafe (seen below) for this weeks observations. Isn't he handsome with the look of "what the hell are you doing?"