Every once in a while I drive down to work with Jorian early in the morning and spend the day in the 'big city' of Modesto/Turlock going to Target, Trader Joes, Kohles (pretty much all the stores we don't have in Sonora), and visiting with my parents and brother.
Yesterday was one of those days, and I got a lot accomplished. I had been dying to get down there to see all the orchards in full-bloom.... and it was spectacular, as usual for this time of year:) It was also the first time I had ever done it all with Forest in tow... usually I have gone down when my mom is off so she can watch him while I shop.
It went OK. Because my car has studs on the tires during the winter I don't drive it out of the county when I don't need to, so I was in the Tacoma. It is higher and harder to get him in and out of than the 4-runner, so that was kind of a drag. He made up for that by being an AWESOME little shopper, but he experienced a first that I had never thought of... the WIND!!! Oh my gosh, it was soooo windy in the Valley! He has never been out in the wind like that before, and he really didn't know what to think of it. One time when my mom was holding him outside of her class (we stopped by her school so she could show him off to everyone!) he actually startled big time... his arms were flailing and he took weird breaths. He would shut his eyes when a gust hit him, and then open them to look very confused.
Every morning we look out his window together when I open his curtains, and this morning everything was blanketed in a layer of white snow, and was very, very still. He didn't even bat one of his amazingly long eyelashes at that wonder of weather.... instead he seemed to feel very at home and at peace. We'll have to work into the wind slowly. Boy, what's he going to do when the heat hits?????
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