Our trip to California was full of visiting family, seeing the sites, and working on that little project I was talking about. We tried to pack so much in, we ended up staying an extra day. That extra day with family was nice, but it sure did make the drive home hard! Our goal was to do it one day, but since we left CA so late we had to stop. So that got us home a day and a half later than planned. Now if nothing else had been going on that wouldn't have been an issue. But I was scheduled to curl my niece's hair for opening night of Annie and Mr. Temmie had to pick up my sister from the airport at the same time. So we pretty much got home, unloaded the car, said hello to the pups and turned around and raced out the door again. Here's a not-so-quick and dirty re-cap!
6/10:
-Head for CA
-Win $20 on a quarer slot machine in Nevada
6/11:
-win another $70 on a quarter slot machine before heading out
-Go the scenic route taking and extra 2 hours to get to CA
6/12:
-Nephew's Graduation (reason #1 we went to CA)
-Swap meet (got totally fried in the sun!)
-Grad BBQ
-Work on project (reason #2 we went to CA)
6/13:
-Whole day in Santa Cruz at the beach (remembered the sunscreen!)
6/14:
-Whole day in San Francisco and Alcatraz (forgot sunscreen again got more fried!)
-Work on project some more
6/15:
-A little more time on project (instead of heading for home!)
-BBQ with only family we hadn't seen yet, stayed until wee hours of 6/16
6/16:
-Sleep late and scramble to pack up for home
-try to do 11 hour drive but only make it 7
6/17:
-Got home at 11:00
-Picked up niece and nephew at 2:00
-Mr. Temmie picked up sis at 2:00
-Curl hair
-Find dinner
-Get to park and thouroughly enjoy opening night
6/18:
-Pedicure w/ sis and little niece in an effort to relax
-lunch with sisters
-Church fundraiser festival
-Dinner and bingo (I won the blackout game! my prize was a pre-planted herb garden in a pot. AWESOME!!!) =)
-Small amount of time spent in the Barley and Hopps tent. ;)
6/19:
-Up early and at church to sign in for 5K
-Mostly walk but jog a little and finish 5k in an hour. (not bad since I didn't really train well! And one sister finished in 34 minutes and placed in her age division.) =)
-Breakfast with sisters who also ran 5k
-Home to shower and back to church for more festivities and more time in the barley & hopps tent. Only it was for tequila and lime concoctions with a saled rim. Yum!
-Quick stop at the store (HAH!) for eggs and milk ($50 later...)
-Home to bake a dozen cupcakes and an Elm0 cake for b-day parties and father's day
-Up until 3:00 decorating said cakes. =(
6/20:
-Couldn't get my arse up to save my life.
-Finally got to church for brunch but didn't feel like eating.
-Helped close out the silent auction at 2:00
-Race home to get Mr. Temmie, cakes, more booze and presents
-Get to mom and pops by 6:00 for dinner and festivities
-Stayed until 11:30 p.m.
6/21:
-Had to drag my hung over arse out of bed and go back to work. Where I must say it has been lovely to just sit and enjoy the frigid A/C. =)
6/22:
-Got home from work and took a nap!
6/23:
-Work and another showing of Annie
6/24:
-More work and Closing night of Annie
Today (Friday):
-More out of town company to visit with and enjoy a cocktail or two on sis's awesome deck.
Are you tired yet? I sure am!!!
I'm hoping at some point to be able to do laundry and get to the grocery store. I've about had it with living in vacation mode! It will be nice to have a dinner menu planned and actual groceries to cook with. It will also be nice to stay home in the evening and sit on the front porch oasis Mr. Temmie and I have created. And maybe, just maybe, I'll actually get those gardens planted and more stuff crossed off the project list! =)
