The Kid in the Candy Store

The Kid in the Candy Store, originally uploaded by Stephanie A. Richer.

Here, let me take a break from cemetery pictures and throw a happy one up from this past week . . .

I have a friend whom I regard as my baby brother (and, likewise, I am the big sister he never had). Every once in awhile, we do a "field trip" on a Thursday, his day off, and head out with backpacks and a sense of 3rd grade fun.

We had attended a conference in San Diego a few weeks back and decided last Thursday to go back to San Diego, via train, for the day. I knew my buddy was excited when he remarked how it has been years since he rode a train and was even more excited as soon as we got there to head over to the USS Midway, an aircraft carrier that is now a museum. Can I tell you how delighted he was to crawl into every aircraft they had there (both fixed wing and choppers on the flight deck), try out the various seats, flip the switches (now defunct, but use your imagination and you're shooting Zeros again), and poke around the machinery? It delights me to see an adult escape the drone of daily work and become a kid once again . . . thanks for a great day, Johnny!