I've been out here in California for a few weeks now and I'm still not adjusted to the time change, or the shopping habits. Here it is, almost 4 a.m. (7:00 back in Florida) and I'm ready to start my day. Back in Florida we would expect that to not be much a problem in a big state like California. I mean... surely with such large population centers life goes on 24/7, right? Not!
Back home at The Briars, local population 15,000... I can wake up any time of day or night and get a quick cup of coffee at any of two dozen places within a few miles. If I feel like shopping at 3:00 a.m., I can go to one of three Super Wal-Marts within 9 miles of home; or even to a local Target, although I don't do Target Stores. It's a matter of principle thing with me.
Anyway... here in "the Springs" (Santa Fe Springs, CA), a scant 15 miles outside Los Angeles and surrounded by myriad well populated towns, like Whittier, Norwalk, Downey, and others... packed with a combined half million people in an area one-third the size of all Hernando County, life is shut down at 3:00 a.m.; including Wal-Mart. Go figure!?
All a body can do is browse the T.V. in any of a half dozen languages and hope for something more interesting than infomercials.
I'm used to rising early and jogging, 2 miles, up to the donut shop for my quick fix of coffee and sweet fried dough. Dunkin Donuts, at home, is open 24 hours. Here, I don't have to jog real far. There are 2 donut shops within a few blocks; both are closed. I ask you.... is that anyway to live? I mean... if a body can't get a jelly donut, or a banana split, at 3:00 a.m, what's the sense in living in a place? Surely that's reason enough to pack up and move.
It's no wonder all these California streets and freeways are jammed with bumper to bumper traffic all day long... as the population struggles to get their donuts between 8 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
.... and so it goes!
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