Monday, August 12, 2024

Sunday

Showered and washed my hair before breakfast; and put in a white wash. Crossword was again annoyingly obscure, but I did a fair amount of it. Ellen called to let me know she and darling granddaughter, Violet, would be over by noon, which they were. Before that, her Dad, Mike, facetimed me and we chatted. He'll be picking Violet up at the airport in Singapore; he wasn't sure if her mother would be there or not. 

When they got here, El and I chatted for a bit while Violet, a typical 16-year-old. conferred with her phone:

We then went to B & N, where Violet got two books. Here she is with poor Ellen and her ailing knee:

Lunch at the Black Angus followed. It's not one of my favorite places, but since I was with two of my favorite people, it was enjoyable. After that, it was Target for snacks to keep Violet nourished during the long, long (16 hours in the air) trip back to Singapore. They came back to my place just for a few minutes, as it was after 4:00 by that time and they had to drive to L.A. We took some pics:

Who is that asylum escapee in the middle? 

I was nervous about them drive to L.A., but I told El she didn't have to call me when she got home because it would be so late. However, that dear girl did call--it was only about 8:00 and she was in Camarillo, not too far away--for which I was grateful.   

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh, to be 16 again. I was never on a plane at 16 and Violet’s been around the world and back. It’ll be interesting to see where she settles, if indeed, she does. ….PMR from NJ

Mimi said...

Pat, I forgot to mention she's a talented artist. I asked if she might want to follow that in some way and she said yes, but who knows?

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