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10/24/2003 Archived Entry: "red day"

There's a fire in the next county and there is smoke covering the sky. The pic to the right shows what the sun looked like this morning. It was weird because it was dark, but not a grey dark like before a storm, but everything seemed to have a tan pallor over it. It was strange to see the sun look so red and I had no trouble looking right at it without squinting, though I thought about it and now I'm thinking that wasn't such a good idea. I've probably done irreparable damage to my light-sensitive eyes, lol. Anyway, while Tabitha and I were running errands, I had to keep hurrying her into the car and stores because it is practically raining ash and we were getting it in our eyes. My poor, beautiful new car is now covered in ash. It'll probably be a couple weeks before the fire is completely out, I just hope the wind doesn't pick up like it's supposed to or the fire could spread to homes. As always in our state, it was started by a human and they suspect arson.

Yesterday, we did go to Disneyland and had a pretty good time. First we went to Build-a-Bear so Tabitha could give her bear, Christiana, a bath. Then she picked out a whole new outfit because my mil gave her money to shop there. Afterwards, we went into the park and checked which Villains where there and got a pic of Tabs with Prince John and The Sheriff of Nottingham together. Sometimes it's hard to get two characters to pose together, but it wasn't crowded so they very nicely agreed. Now I have enough pics of those two characters to do a scrapbook layout for Tabitha's Disney Character book. We then went to eat a bit at the Blue Bayou which is the restaurant inside Pirates. See, Pirates is a ride that Tabitha doesn't particularly care for. It has two short drops at the beginning and they've always bothered her, though she loves the rest of the ride. I've got her on it a few times, but she's never happy about it. I refuse to take crying children on rides, so I don't push her. Anyway, when we were at Disney on Tuesday with our friends, all of us went on Pirates. Tabitha sat on my lap and was telling me she was to scared to go down the drops. I was talking to her and keeping her calm when we passed the Blue Bayou restaurant. She asked what it was and I told her. She said she hoped we could eat there one day. It happens to be the most expensive restaurant in the the park, so it's not somplace we frequent. Well, knowing how she feels about Pirates, I told her that if she goes on the ride with me and Chris the next time we came to the park, without being afraid, that we'd take her to eat there. Turns out she loved the ride and now declares it her favorite in the whole park, lol. I'm not sure why she changed her mind, but I had to make good on my promise. Anyway, so we did eat at the Blue Bayou and Chris and I shared one of the vegetarian meals. Oh.My.Goodness was it absolutely fabulous. It was marinated and grilled portobello mushrooms atop some heavenly mashed potatoes surrounded by a black eye pea relish. I know, it doesn't sound good but it was honestly one of the best meals I have ever had at a restaurant. Today I'll be searching for some recipes to recreate it at home. I am so glad we went there.

We're going to be plenty busy with Halloween activities the next two days, so I may not be around much.