The Day I Went to America

...was yesterday. Whilst there, I

Saw
--an inflatable and operational Ferris wheel, each car of which was filled with a lovable Christmas-related cartoon character. It was going backwards (cost: $US179)
--big hair
--7 massage chairs (cost: $400-600)
--infinite gum
--a brand of candy called "Palatable Pleasures" (cost: too much, considering)
--more than 4 purple houses (we lost track); one each that was teal, lime-green and salmon
--children making a scene


Heard
--nonstop Christmas carols, excepting one song by Genesis and one by Steve Winwood
--drawls
--"honey," "sweetie" and "darling" from people serving us in stores and restaurants
--children making a scene
--a refreshing lack of honking no matter how poorly anyone was driving


Consumed
--FOUR different kinds of pop, all unknown and unattainable north of the border($1.89 to $2.25, so worth it)
--one bite each of three truffles (these were being shared; it was complicated and messy, but very good)(Cost: won from a scratch'n'win)
--all-you-eat salad and breadsticks at Olive Garden (cost: ~$15)
--fistfuls of Trix on car-ride home (cost: approximately 1/8 of $3.59)


Purchased
--two pairs houndstooth tights (cost: $4 and $6)
--box of Trix ($3.59)
--2L (or Imperial measurement equivalent) bottle of Cherry Coke Zero ($1.59)
--2 3-packs of Orbit Bubblemint gum (cost: $3.59 each)
--*Midnight's Children* by Salman Rushdie (cost: $15)

Felt
--that things are very very slightly, almost imperceptibly, different since November 4 (cost: priceless)

(c'mon, you knew I was building towards that)

I found music/and he found me
RR