It's been a week since I got home from CA. We came in late Wednesday night and I had to be at work the next day. Not fun. But I gave myself the weekend to rest and relax. On Saturday, I unpacked and did laundry and cleaned up a bit around the house. I also started getting back into my workout routine. On Sunday, I went from my bed to the couch, watched movies and at the end of the day, went right back to bed. It felt so good. It was gorgeous outside but I was fine inside all day. Sometimes you just need a day like the one I had. I'm ready to play this weekend.

We have a busy weekend ahead of us. We have Omaha's Summer Arts Festival. I'll be going with my friend Molly on Fridday night to the Old Market area. On Saturday, we have FIELD DAY! It's 24 hours of Ham radio operators working all the bands and making as many contacts as they can. I can't remember if I ever wrote about that, but last month I took the test and got my technical license, my goal being that I didn't have to use Rick's call sign this year. So I passed and I can get on certain bands and talk to people. My call sign is KD0EFD. Yes, very geeky. But I did it to make Hubby and happy and while in CA, he bought me my own handitalk radio. So yay for me. :) Hopefully I will have some more interesting things and pics to put up next time.

Francisco and me being silly at the beach

SOOOOO.... while in CA, Rick and I rented a car. We knew that we were going to have a busy week and I wanted to a lot of stuff. We went to Andrew's wedding on Saturday. On Sunday, we went to the beach and took the long way, through the mountains and rivers and trees. I waved at Felicity's house from the main road since it's on the way to the beach. We had an awesome breakfast and then went to the beach. It was COLD! Yes, I know, it's usually cold in the middle of June at Half Moon Bay, but I was hoping there would be a little sun. Nope, no sun. Well, we had to get going by midday. We had another wedding to attend. This time it was an old family friend. We hadn't seen Jaime in YEARS but he had found us through myspace and let us know that while I was in town, he would be getting married. It was a lot of fun and I was so happy to see him and his new wife and twin daughters.

Do you recognize Felicity? Near home!!

Trees!

Mama, Francisco, me, Rick at Jaime's wedding

My handsome brother

It was non stop because on Monday, Rick and I drove down to Monterey. Unfortuntly, I forgot my camera's SD card so I didn't get a chance to take pics on my camera. But we met up with my friend Matthew and he had his so I got a couple from him. We went to the aquarium. It had been a while so it was great to go. While there, I texted my friend Nikki to let her know that I was at her old workplace and missed her lots and lots. She called me back and told me she was moving back to Monterey this weekend. WHAT THE HECK!?!?! I missed her by a couple of days. I was quite upset about that since it's been almost 3 years since I last saw her. Oh well. Afterwards, we went to Carmel Beach (will get pics of that soon hopefully) and then we went back to Matthew's place. We stayed the night at his place (yes, it was okay with him and Rick, no problems there) and the next morning we left and took off for home.

Monterey, oh how I miss your froggy days... sometimes.

Matthew and me

Fishy fishy!!!

CHEESE!!! At the aquarium

I hate flying... I'm so glad I had Rick and Eugene my monkey to help me feel better.

What the crap?!? And it went up a little higher while we were here. Ridiculous!


At Andrew and Cory's wedding


Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Blum



The Meadows and the Blums

These are just a couple from my trip. It was a blast and I wish that I had more time to stay. I ate A LOT, slept a lot, got to see old friends and spent lots of time shopping with my mom. :) I am sad to leave but I can't wait to see my babies Leo and Bella and Chris and Michelle's new baby!! Yes, they had the baby while we were gone. I was so sad about that but I glad that they are all safe and happy at home.

It's Wednesday! This time next week, I will be on a plane on my way to CA. So excited! I have started picking out my clothes for that week, putting it all in a pile. I love packing. I usually start packing about 2 weeks before any trip. But it's been busy.

I went out with my friends Sophie and James on Friday night. Fun night, Saturday was spent shopping and doing errands with Rick. Sunday was food shopping day. As soon as we got home though, it was clean up time. The house has been a disaster for the last 2 months. I just couldn't take it anymore and decided Sunday was the day we would tackle the living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, laundry and mowing the lawn. It all got done. I was exhausted by the end of the day. I hadn't worked that much on cleaning a house in a long time. I am definatly not a domestic goddess.

This week is going by too slow at work. Last week we had our downstairs program going on and I think with the energy of the kids and the stresses of the coordinators, the days went by FAST. I was sooooo tired at the end of each of those days. The days now drag on and I'm scared that's what it's going to be like for the whole summer. Blah.

On a positive note, I am loving my haircut. We were driving in the Corvette and at a stop sign and that's how my hair fell with just a couple fingers running through it. LOVE IT!