My Boy Bryce

Bryce "hit the highway" last night to sell at Alameda today. I look out my front window, his truck (that he just got out of the shop after weeks of repair) is loaded beyond your wildest imagination. It is raining, it is raining hard! I watch him pack for his trip. He comes out of his room with a lime green tote bag,which has a big cartoon panda on the front with green bamboo shoots behind the panda bear. I'm guessing it's Morgan's bag?? He fills the bag with several small bags of chips, water, soda, and I don't believe I saw anything resembling nutritional food get tossed into the bag. He grabs a few other essentials, and tells me his headed up to LA first to meet David (another young dealer at our store). They are following each other on theircaravan to Alameda, which for those that don't live here is near San Francisco. He tells me it should only take them six hours and he will text me in the morning. I watch out the window as he pulls away and I say a little prayer that he will arrive safely. He texts me a short time later to thank me for my help. I text him back and tell him to text me in the morning that he got there safely and that I love him. His text back, "K, love you too". I go to bed feeling somewhat better. I wake up this morning, and is there a text waiting??? What do you think? It's "my boy Bryce", off course not! I text him, he arrived safely, and sent me these pictures to share. I have NO idea why the pix's are tiny, damn iphones!!




He's learning this business well, and I know (hope) as he gets older, he will slow down a bit, take his time more, plan better, all the things that will help ME sleep better. I'm also a realist, so I don't count too heavily on this wish of mine! When I look at Morgan these days, and I see so much of "my boy Bryce" in her. I say a prayer thanking God for giving him a girl!! I couldn't imagine what it would be like for Bryce to have a son! A "mini" Bryce might really do me in!! Bryce makes me crazy as is, although I've always had a bit of that craziness in me as well. Not like our "BSC" Sunday customers, just a little crazy! Oh no, I just realized what day it is. It IS the dreaded "BSC" Sunday!! Better savor my last quiet moments here at the computer before I enter the world of the "BSC's"!!!

Alameda & My Boy Bryce

This past week-end, Bryce was solo at the Alameda Flea Market. Tim & Lisa decided not to go because of the chance of rain. Bryce, being young, ventured up North on his own, and actually did well. Ever since Bryce was a little boy, he has had, let's call it "an adventurous spirit". So, a little rain or snow was not going to keep him away! Kind of a funny story about his drive to Alameda. Apparently some woman was following him, then motioning for him to pull off the freeway. I'm guessing Bryce probably thought he was losing something out of the back of his truck. Nope, the lady wanted to buy something off the truck and he made a quick $400, and got back on the road! It never did rain, but was pretty cold, and Bryce ended up having a good day in spite of the cold weather. Thankfully, he spent the night at the half way point of the trip home. And even though I told him not to take the Grapevine tjat next morning, but to cut over to the 101 freeway because there was a chance of snow and ice on the Grapevine, Bryce took the Grapevine anyway and got through right before they shut the highway down. It's not always easy being Bryce's mom, but it's not boring either, and "My Boy Bryce" is certainly a daily adventure for me!! But wouldn't trade him for anything!

Alameda Flea Market

At the beginning of each month, Bryce heads up north with Tim & Lisa to the Alameda Flea Market. I've been after him to send me some photos. He finally sent a few. I believe he took these when it was time to pack up and head back home.


Not sure what the clown head display is all about, but I'm "guessing" this just might be Tim's! Maybe on the next trip, I can get Bryce to take some pixs of some of the displays other vendors have. One of these days, one of these months, I would like to take a week-end off and take up a road trip to visit my Country Roads family up at the flea market. Alameda is supposed to pretty awesome I hear. But for now, at least there are pictures!