posted 2005/06/05 at 04:55
I just saw my parents off on their six-hour drive (followed by half-hour ferry ride) to the Shannon family vacation house. I know I'm too old for this, but whenever they take off like they did just now for long periods of time, I really worry that this will be the time that something happens to one of them and I won't be able to do anything to help. Especially since I'm the only one in the household with a cell phone, if something happens to them and they're far away from a phone, how will I find out? Sigh, I'm still just a snot-nosed kid when it comes down to it.
On the subject of comfort, while I was off-diet here for the past week I let myself have quite a lot of red cream soda. When I was at Antioch -- one of the greatest times of my life -- I basically subsisted on Fruitopia and Barq's Red Cream Soda. Back when Final Fantasy VII came out I was on a Barq's Red Cream Soda kick, so that kind of doubles the whole comfort aspect. (And of course I've been playing through Final Fantasy VII recently, so there's that angle too.) These days, though, I haven't found any Fruitopia in years, and I have to buy Kroger brand red cream soda because I can't find the Barq's anymore.
Oh well, I'm just about to have my last taste of it, because when I wake up later today it's back to the diet. Hopefully my insides can take it ...
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