when it all began

I'm still here...I haven't been washed away in the floods but I have been in Switzerland with my family! It was a great trip and pictures will be posted shortly.

While we were having dinner one night (or maybe it was on one of our many train rides) we were reminiscing about our trip to Disney World when I was a kid. I was fairly young so I don't remember a lot, but one of my memories is of dropping my sunglasses into the water of the "It's a small world" ride. My mom quickly pointed out that I've been trying to replace those sunglasses ever since.

As my family is well aware, every time we are on a trip, particularly at a beach, I am always on the lookout for a new pair of sunglasses. Now I have a legitimate, psychological explanation! Apparently my subconscious has been trying to replace the sunglasses I lost at Disney World. Now I feel validated and that it's somehow okay to keep looking.

My parents also reminded me that on the same trip I had wanted to buy a Mickey Mouse watch but didn't have quite enough money. That could also explain why I'm always looking at new watches. (So you can imagine my joy at browsing and buying a watch in the world's watch capital!)

So children, the moral of the story is we learn young and those [traumatic] experiences impact us for the rest of our lives!