Andrea’s Blog

Just got back from Florida. Love that place - you feel so young cause everyone driving around is 100. 

Took my two and a half year old to the zoo today.  I thought it would be fun and he could see some new things. We saw zebras, sea lions, giraffes….. A chimpanize even got right next to the glass where we were squatting and kind of snuggled with us. All of that paled in comparison to his discovery of a monkey turd on the bottom of their cage.  It was the hightlight of the trip for him. “Mom I see poo.” “Mom, poo poo.” When I failed to match his enthusiasm  - he just spoke louder. “Monkey poo Mom - it’s right there!” I finally took a picture of it and we left.

I’ve given up so many things in my life. It all started with drugs - once I gave those up I couldn’t stop. I gave up cigaretttes then alcohol.  More recently I’ve given up coffee, sugar, bread, dairy and all wheat products.  I basically live on chicken and vegtables with water as my only beverage.  And then I realized I can never go to Paris again.  I couldn’t bear to be in France without drinking wine, smoking, eating chocolate, bread or cheese. Sitting in a cafe eating rice cakes wouldn’t cut it.  In LA it’s okay. In LA bell pepper sticks are the new pretzels. In LA I’m fine - I just can’t travel.