See ya

OK, I'm going in a couple of hours. I will be thinking of how many wonderful things are going on in my life while I'm gone, and, of course, gratitude for my blogger friends will be at the top of the list. Thanks for all your comments and e-mails. You've helped me through a lot of stuff -- thank you.

I hope I don't have the same experience today as I did the last time I went through Madrid airport. There are very few toilets for women so the lines to get in are very long. I was waiting and waiting for a cubicle and thought I saw one that might be free. I pushed the door in and there was a woman doing lines of coke on the actual toilet seat. I was aghast. She look horrified and shut the door. I did my business finally then left to tell my family.

I was telling them and saying should I do something? What do I do with my terrible Spanish? Go find some airport officer and say "Amigo! Mujer tiene coke!" or something similar? While I was telling my family, she walked past with a group of friends and eyed me nervously. As a woman, I can tell you that what passed through my mind was 'well, I'd be as thin as you too if I did coke.'

It always comes back to weight gain/loss with me.