July 8th, 2013
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| Home With Cat |
Since the day I arrived here in Portales, NM, Cat, Seba, and I have been enjoying the most relaxing time together. Most days we’ll go out for a walk where we meet friendly horses, or we snooze away the afternoon, or enjoy a milk shake or a malt(I still don’t know the difference). Yesterday we hung out at the neighbor’s garage sale and made grilled pizza. Life in Portales is so laid back; I don’t even recognize the word ‘stress’ any more.
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| Close Up of Freedom |
We did have two
major outings, however. The first being
our Fourth of July celebration.
Independence Day held particular significance to me this year, as I have
just recently declared my own independence from life at home, a job that proved
injurious on bad days, and a miserable feeling that this was it. So this year I
celebrated my true and extensive freedom from all those things that were
holding me down; here I am taking my dream vacation and going back to Florida
where my life began.
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| Pals |
The other outing was a trip to Roswell to go to the Annual
UFO Festival. After two hours on the
road of nothingness, we arrived in this very odd town and stopped at Taco
Bellico for some Crunchwrap delight with delicious cheesy nacho saucers. There were alien billboards and murals of
UFOs and interplanetary scenes on nearly every brick-built wall.
The festival was scorchingly hot, there were unique people all about, and my tangerine shaved-ice was the best thing around. We got
to experience a festival dedicated to life on other planets, and we had a lot
of laughs. But
then we decided that no amount of frozen shavings could make up for the
intensity of the heat, so we drove back home.
Now it is time for me to head out on the
road again. I will miss my dear sister
and Sebastian, but my stay here must end.
Tomorrow I am on my way to Fort Worth, Texas to see another dear friend,
Miss Ashlee Gomez; choir nerds unite!
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| Creepy Bat Bike |
First of all, a malted milkshake has malt flavoring in it which is derived from barley and wheat grains. It is made into a powder and added to milkshakes if you want them malted. I personally always prefer a chocolate malt. I love that flavor. Have you heard of Ovaltine? It's a chocolate malt powder that you add to milk.
ReplyDeleteI can imagine that a Roswell festival would attract some kooks. It's a well known city for its connection with aliens...so makes since that "aliens" would show up! Hehe...
Glad you're on the next leg of your trip and have some places to stay. See you before we know it...
Hehe! Thanks for the informative reply! I Love ovaltine!
DeleteAnna, is that a picture of fireworks that you took? Very cool. I thought it was a flower at first.
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