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Which Peanuts Character are You?
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Life can be only understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.

I'm feeling funky. I haven't been on a normal sleep schedule since throwing myself headfirst into the patio slider and now the last few days I've been fighting off a cold (which as of today has officially beat me in the battle.)

Today I went to Knott's Berry Farm with the Big Sisters of OC program. I really didn't want to go because of the heat and summer crowds; but Amalia called and said that they were basically in a panic because they can only have two "Littles" per "Big," and they were running out of time. *sighs* okay, I'll go. Even though the Littles in the Bright Futures program are 7th grade and above, I was somehow convinced I'd spend a day in Purgatory (Camp Snoopy). I was really happy when my Little said, "You aren't afraid of roller coasters are you?" Heck no. And off we went.

First we hit the Silver Bullet, then it was off to the Ghost Rider. I hadn't been to Knott's in AGES and it's like they've built a whole new theme park. She also thought I was the "coolest Big ever" because I packed lunches that could be eaten while standing in line so we didn't loose any ride time. Everyone else met back at the entrance at 4:15 to go back to the drop off point, but I called Amalia and told her I'd take my Little straight home. We basically hit all the hard core rides with the exception of Accelerator and Perilous Plunge and we started and ended with Silver Bullet. We left the park at 5:30.

So then of course on the way home; my body reminds me, "Hey stupid - you're sick." Onward ho with the migraine, runny nose and cough. I came home and took a nap (6-ish to almost 10 PM.) Now its 12:30; still have the headache and am realizing that I should go to bed since I have to go to LA tomorrow. Thankfully Amalia is driving.

In other not-even-closely-related-news, Stacy educated me that a "clove" of garlic is not the same as a "head" of garlic. Now I'm realizing why things tasted strong all these years when I was eyeballing teaspoons of pressed garlic from TJ's in measuring out the amounts. She also introduced me to the not-so-icky world of fresh baby green beans. I can now expand my realm of veggies I'm willing to eat: corn, Ralph's canned green beans, and Stacy's fresh green beans. The world is my oyster.

Angelina adopted another baby (my hero), Tom-Kat are still engaged, Bennifer are having a girl and I have no idea why I care about any of this.