Random thoughts from Summer Vacation

I finished a baby blanket between White Salmon and Pasco. And that was good, because it gets colder at night on an Amtrak train than I would have guessed. And I needed it to keep my shoulders and neck warm.
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Between White Fish Montana and West Glacier, I made a bracelet for Kristin. And then, because I needed something to do before I went crazy with anticipation, I made one for the Porter. She was most pleased.
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I dreamed about Broke Back Mountain. Kept wondering if it was filmed anywhere near where I was. Understandable, but hard to shake. Such a haunting movie in light of Heath Ledger's death.
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I drank more soda's in Glacier in three days than I have in three years in Texas.
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It is time to organize my kitchen. I must harvest the dried herbs and throw away the stalks. I must wipe out the fridge. I must find out what I have in my cabinets and make a plan to use it. And I need tin foil.
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How long do you think it will take me to put the railing on the deck if I work 10 minutes at a time until it's done? I want it done so badly, but that is all I can stand of outside before I am cooked and need to come in.
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Leslie says it's 103 today and going outside takes you breath away. I think I'll move into the loft until summer is over. Good thing I got the windows in the guest room insulated before I left. It's a good thing my mother lives in Oregon. She won't be too upset when I bring the saw horses and the Skill Saw inside to make the remaining screens.
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Mark got chased by a Big Horn sheep. All I got was the swarms of attack mosquitoes. I did mention that I thought there were no cockroaches in Montana. Mark said that's because the mosquitoes ate them all.
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Nelson Mandela turned 90 and Time Magazine published a list of his Eight Leadership Secrets. Funny, one of them was not "outlive your detractors." It does help, tho.
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My friend who works at AutoZone got a pistol stuck in his face. The store was robbed. This caused a long ordeal that meant he would have to be paid overtime. The regional manager told the store manager to cut back his remaining hours that week to avoid the extra pay. The district manager overrode him, but it's too late. Autozone has officially become the kind of place I don't want to shop. Anyone know if consumerist warns people where not to work, too?
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Am I the only person in American who has yet to see "Dark Knight?"
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My grandmother was a cute person when she was very old. It was then, in her last years, when she was demented, that the ugly parts of her personality stopped coming through and her features became likable. When your mother says don't make that face, someday it'll freeze that way, she is absolutely not kidding.
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Fritos can be the way to a girl's heart.
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September can't come soon enough. Just so you know.