San Diego is pretty beautiful right now. Usually, once a year there is the King Tide, when the tide comes in the farthest, so there is quite a bit of coastal flooding. It is really pretty. We have been enjoying some nice down time. We’ve taken lots of long walks on the boardwalk and to Trader Joe’s and most recently to CVS. Tyler started to feel kind of crappy on Thursday night, and Friday morning woke up with a full blown cold. My theory is that this is the first time he has been able to just sit still in months, and his body decided it was a great time to go ahead and get sick….and so he did. We have stocked up on stuff for vegetarian soup, and picked up mucinex, zicam, chamomile tea, honey, and cough drops. Keeping our fingers crossed that all of this helps. In the meantime, there is a lot of movie watching and random snacking, interspersed with me taking Idgie on walks.

I’ve done a lot of internet shopping the last couple of days, which has been fun. No crowds, no parking hassles-it works for me. I’ve tried to order something from the Michael Kors website twice in the last few days. All I can say, is don’t bother with that stupid site! I placed my order yesterday, received a confirmation email and two hours later received a notice that they did not have the product I ordered. If you can take an order, you need to be able to process and ship it, otherwise there is no point in having online ordering! Very annoying! I may have written them a note to let them know what I think of their site…..surprise!

By Friday evening, Tyler just wanted to rest and we had quite a few leftovers, so Rick and I headed out for some delicious seafood. The Pacific Beach Fish Shop usually has long lines, but on this chilly evening after Thanksgiving, was pretty quiet. We got home quickly and settled in for a nice evening of TV watching by the fireplace.

On Saturday morning Rick and I took Idgie for a long walk to Mission Beach before the 9:00 a.m. cutoff for dogs. No dogs on the beach between 9-4. We had planned to go to one of our favorite breakfast places, The Mission, but you seriously have to plan for about 30 minutes of standing in line to get in. And poor Tyler just didn’t feel up to it. We are hoping he will feel well enough to go out to dinner tonight, it being our last night here.

Mom would have been 82 today. I really can’t believe she is no longer here and we will never see her again. She was so damn healthy and lived such a clean life-it still doesn’t seem possible. How did it go so fast? When will I stop feeling bad about missed opportunities to spend more time with her? I always felt we had so much time… I think of so many people with so many health issues, or who didn’t take as good of care of themselves, that live so long, to such old ages. And my mom is gone-where is the justice in that?