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| It's been a busy couple of days. On Monday, I went to Magic Mountain, a local amusement park with my retired co-worker, Maggie. Maggie is a lil' younger than me (in her 50's) and she enjoys walking. I'm game to walk so we buy the yearly pass at Magic Mountain and take a lap around the park. In the summer, we go to Hurricane Harbor, the adjacent water park and walk the lazy river and hang out in the wave pool. Sometimes my son, Joey will come with us and we when we go. During this time of year, there's a "Holiday in the Park" theme, which is usually very nice. Unfortunately, decorations and ambience and ambience has been going downhill since I first starting with the boys back in 2013. This year it was anemic. We took some pics where the decorations were but it wasn't the same. We usually buy the food passes too, which is nice, but every year they seem to cut down on what they offer for food. Usually you can get 5 bone in wings w/fries for the food pass. Now it's just 5 bone in wings. I was better off without the fries anyway.  Our walk was nice. We rarely ride any rides because Maggie tore up her shoulder at work and it's been about a good 5 recovering from that. And she retired out of the blue last summer. No one expected it, but she said her mom was dealing with cancer and she wanted to be there for her mom. The amusement park itself was bought out by Cedar Parks which I think is a big chain back east and so I think it's going through some restructuring. Maggie and I are hoping we'll see improvements soon. Cedar Park also bought Knotts Berry Farm which is another amusement park close to disneyland. (It's about 1 hour to 1.5 hours away depending on traffic.) I like Knotts. The rides aren't so dramatic as they are in Magic Mountain and they have a reputation for making some really tasty fried chicken. Hopefully we can work out a day or two to go to Knotts next year. Here's my friend, Maggie, posing with the nutcracker at Magic Mountain. I tried to load a couple of other pics with me and Maggie but they load rightside up and when I go to fill out the info on the image it loads sideways or upside down. Why is that?  I suspect 2026 will blow in the winds of change for me. Husband needs a cochlear implant and my sister is dealing with my mother's cancer. This is my last working year as I plan to retire in FEB 2027. We'll see what else the winds bring, I just know I have to be flexible, ride the wind and give it up to God when the tough decisions come. |
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