Last week I wrote about all the things that were weighing me down about traveling.  I actually felt better after getting it all out there and realizing that for most of them I have no control.  The day after authorities uncovered a plot to blow up several planes.  Fantastic timing.  You can’t even bring lip gloss on a plane now because terrorists were planning to mix liquids together in flight to make bombs.  I miss being a kid and not knowing the word terrorist.  And I’m going to miss my lip gloss, lotion, and ever present bottle of water on this flight!

The day I left my best friend a (slightly hysterical) message declaring that I would be arriving ugly, dry and thirsty to pick him up this Saturday I snarfed down three (Okay, five.)  Krispy Kreme doughnuts.  I haven’t had a doughnut in months, and they hit the spot!  Perfectly yummy, and definitely helped with the anxiety about flying.  The next day all of the Krispy Kreme franchises in Arizona declared bankruptcy and closed their delicious doughnutty doors.  Suck.  Maybe I should have been eating more doughnuts over the last year.

And on that same Thursday I sat on the deck in my backyard relishing my doughnut high.  My nephew Zach was sweeping the patio (The kid likes to clean, we don’t complain.) when he suddenly stopped and got very serious.  “Jen?  Do you like avocado?”  He’s almost three, where did he learn avocado?  I never expected to be so surprised at things the kids said.  There are times he says something and you have no earthly idea where he learned it, let alone why he is so concerned.

Nothing avocado related happened the next day, but I dare you not to snort with laughter when a wide eyed three year old asks you about produce with such a serious mug.