A Change of Tide

Boy, what a day we had on Saturday! Michael and I went to Town to spend some time with Theodore (his birthday is coming up), get the rest of our "fixings" for Thanksgiving, check on the status of our TV, and get my Christmas Bears from Wal-Mart.

So many things kept happening and we managed to stay just ahead of it all. We were so lucky all day long!

First, we picked up Theodore and took him to Wal-Mart to choose his birthday gift. We had a smooth, steady ride all the way out there. He was quicker than expected so we decided to buy him lunch. Of course he picked McDonalds. He said, "Aunty, I can eat a whole Big Mac!" We brought him there, bought him the Big Mac meal, and sure enough...he ate the whole thing. Burger, fries, AND a medium root beer! On the way in from Wal-Mart, we noticed the traffic going the other way was almost at a stand-still. We were lucky enough to be on the side NOT blocked by construction work on the way out and on the way back.

We had to run a few errands and ended up picking up a friend who wanted to go to Wal-Mart. So, we dropped Theodore off and went back out to Wal-Mart. Again...no traffic troubles. We were in Wal-Mart for the better part of an hour. We finally finish up, head to the car and as we're leaving the parking lot the power went out. We left JUST in time!

We dropped our friend off at the restaraunt near the ferry terminal (still no traffic troubles) and headed to Safeway. When we got to the intersection, the lights were still off. We turned into the parking lot, parked, and the mall lights came on. PERFECT timing!

I don't know how many times we'd pull off the main road only to see a fire engine go by. I think it was at least 3 times. We never did have to pull over and let them pass. The timing was just right for us that day.

Things have never gone so well over there for us. Usually we're stressed about time. But not today. Even the weather was on our side. We had a pleasant ride over. Once we got there, it rained pretty hard and got rather windy. It calmed down before we loaded the ferry and didn't get stormy again until after we were home. I don't know what it was. But we definitely had luck on OUR side!