I'm Sailing!!!!!

wow. mom and i just had a most entertaining lunch. we headed to Tempe Town Lake to enjoy In-n-Out and fly kites! its a beautiful day, winds are blowing 4 mph, it should be delightful. first of all, i forgot my camera, so i brought the work camera, and no sooner had i opened it up to take the first picture, than the battery died. lame. lame. lame. and oh, that i had been able to chronicle the next 45 minute's events...

once we got to the park and i topped the hill i said 'mom, look at the water. there's not a ripple.' it was calm and glassy as firm jell-o. flags were limp. trees were statuesque. We weren't the only ones disappointed by the lack of wind. Mom and I sat and laughed, for about 20 minutes, at two stranded sailboats in the middle of the lake. They weren't going anywhere. really pathetic. 4 kids, 2 kids, and 2 grandparents had to laze there forEVER, until they were finally inches away from the dock. Streeetch, mom and i said. then, with our collective willpower, blew the boats to the landing. poor people. those kids will never want to get on a sailboat again. then we tried our kites. pretty pathetic. they probably had a total fly time (together) of 1 minute.

anyway, we headed back, only to see two ambulances and one fire truck all cross the same intersection, going different directions. what is going on today? its madness! then we saw a truck flat out pull into the oncoming lane of traffic to get up to the stoplight faster. theeeen, the light turned green and this idiot on a skateboard went diagonal across the crosswalk, almost killing himself. i'm so glad to be sitting safe and sound back in my little office. THANKS MOM! lunch was great! let's do it next week!