Sack of Tomatoes

I had considered being nice and not give the capital of our fair California my usual moniker, to call it the Golden Capital or something Golden related. However, since my plan to see the Capital has failed, it is now a Sack of Tomatoes again.

We arrived in Sacramento on time. Joshua was already having issues with boredom only 20 minutes into the trip. LOL I met a new friend sitting across the table from us, and we bored everyone talking about spiritual things like Astrology, Tarot, and reincarnation. She is an Aries, like myself, so we were delighted with excitement of discovering someone else who tends to bother other people without meaning to, and having people never speak to us again for speaking honestly...things that only Aries seem to understand with one another....like how we are actually really shy, which we know no one understands how we say we are shy and introverted when we are here making friends with a complete stranger and talking about personal things. Perhaps we are shy because we unintentionally offend people so easily. Although, I tend to talk and smile a lot when I am the most nervous. It takes an Aries to understand another, I am sure. I think everyone else just tolerate us with a sigh and a rolling of the eyes, but love us anyway.

The two block walk from the train to the station was a reality check for Joshua and I. Oww! Joshua has a very kind heart and helped this poor man on oxygen whose battery in his scooter died halfway up the hill to the station. Joshua dropped the bags he was carrying and push him the rest of the way, making sure his scooter would go once he was on level ground.

My first complaint with the Amtrak station in Sac: no place to put our luggage unless we pay $4 per piece. Josh and I decided to nix the two block walk to the Capital due to the painful reality check.

My second complaint with the station: no electrical outlets to charge our electronics. I am at Starbucks two doors down to do an update. I will probably do another post later on this evening.

I know I shouldn't be too hard on Amtrak, as they are remodeling the station, and we would have to be stuck here until tomorrow morning either way, but it doesn't seem very customer service focused to me.

Josh only wants to play Magic: The Gathering, and he is happy. So once I am off of here, I will play with him. MTG is a card game that Josh has grown up playing. It is popular to the point that if we pull out cards on the train, there is usually someone who will pull out their deck and play with us, or borrow an extra deck from us if they don't have theirs with them. Last time we rode the train, both of the conductors were interested in watching our game...they play when off duty, as well! It is a strategy game similar to chess, played with cards in a deck of 60+ cards. Last summer Joshua begged me: "Please, Mom! Play with me!" Not something that you usually hear from a fourteen year old, so how I can resist? He is doing that now, "Please, Mom! Let's play MTG!" We have all night, so I am updating first.

Joshua just found his squished birthday cake in his backpack! LOL

Thanks for reading! I'll post again later.