Thursday 6/24, I finally got to sleep in until 9! Eric was up early of course and went and explored and got a thank you card for Mom and Dad. He got me up and asked if I wanted to go to Cardiff by the Sea to get breakfast. I did so I was up and ready quickly. Aubs was doing a cheer thing. We drove through Encinitas and to Pipes where we enjoyed breakfast burritos in the sun. Busy place. Can't believe more people aren't at work on a Thursday morning. We headed back and Aubrie was home waiting. Mom came home next and we watched some tv until it was time to go have lunch with Alishia. We picked her up at work and went to a teriyaki place. I was still full from breakfast so I had rice. We dropped her back at work and headed home where I packed and we watched some crazy pickers show. The guy said "awesome" a lot. Hung out until Dad got home, around 3. Headed out to the airport by 3:30, said bye to Aubrie and went down. Bye to Mom and Dad and got checked in, through security and to our gate in about 10 minutes. Never any lines when I go. It was nice. We sat at the gate and read and I listened to music. Boarded, watched Life Aquatic and landed after it was over. Got our bags the fastest ever, called ahead to the lot, caught a shuttle, first in line to pay, Eric got the bags in the car and off we went. We were pulling out at the same time we were supposed to have landed (we arrived 25 minutes early). Home and the dogs were so excited. It was nice. Eric ran to the store for some supplies and I think I just ate cereal for dinner. Not really hungry anyway. It was almost 9. We decompressed. It was so nice out so we opened most of the windows. 76 in the house, the warmest yet! Didn't do any unpacking, just got ready for bed and climbed in. Went to bed glad knowing we only had one work day before the weekend.

Wednesday 6/23, Another morning of getting up early. Mom made reservations for a private safari at the Wild Animal Park at 9:30. We left by 8:15 and got there right as they opened. It was so nice, NO PEOPLE. Unlike the day before. Eric got some coffee and I got an orange juice. We went to see the baby elephants and there was no one there with us for 20 minutes. We took lots of pictures and talked about how we wanted one. Talked to Court to set up plans for later then headed to the caravan area. We were given instructions and all that then boarded. The tour was 2 hours long and the three of us had a lot of questions. We fed giraffes and got pictures and also fed the rhinos and got to pet their heads. We had a blast. Next Aubs and I each got a churro then hit the carousel. We went to see the tiger but he was hiding then down, down, down to find the lion. Momentarily twisted my ankle. The lion was on the Range Rover and he was so pretty. We sat there for a long time and Eric zoomed in with the telescope and I got a picture. We went in the kid area to get cooled off in the water and this little boy was like "Hi guys!" so we said hi back then he asks "Do you guys want to play with me?" but Aubrie told him our Mom said we have to go. He was cute. We walked back up toward the main park and stopped to see the Dik Diks and then to pet the deer. One of them loved Eric and wouldn't stop licking him. Just like Baby Brizo. We went through the misters on the way out (felt sooo good) and to the car. Stopped at Chipotle then home. Called Court and texted to tell her we were headed home. Once there we all three fell asleep and I woke up when Court arrived. Mom wanted to hold Abby Lynne and made her cry. I woke up and went down. We sat in the family room for a long time and chatted. She let me hold her for a while and we played and all that. She pooped everywhere and got it on Court's shirt. It was a big day for pooping. Opened the clothes and loved them. Eric was busy making dinner. Court took off around 6:30. Dinner was not much later and he made his specialty macaroni with big bacon pieces. Everyone was pleased. We watched the new Indiana Jones which was ok and I didn't believe Cate Blanchett as a Russian. I just know better. It was a little too special effects-y for me. We were all tired and I think went to bed not long after it ended. Eric may have watched soccer for a while.

Tuesday 6/22, Up somewhat early and Eric and I went and picked up supplies to make lunch with a lot of samples from the deli guy. Aubrie picked up Christian and we all packed up our stuff, made sandwiches and hit the road. We arrived on Disneyland property by noon. We ate lunch first then started toward Adventure Land. First Indiana Jones with an hour wait, then Jungle Ride with a 35 minute wait, then Pirates and Haunted Mansion. Aubrie was trying to find the hidden Mickeys. We each got a sweet treat then headed to the Thunder Mtn Railroad, which is one of my favs. Next we headed to Californina Adventure and couldn't decide what to do first so we sat and decompressed for a little while. We decided to do the Bear River one and Aubs and Christian decided not to, so the four of us waited and waited, over an hour and finally got on. We watched people get drenched by the geyser and only about 1 in 8 got it so we were praying we wouldn't be one of the doomed ones. Eric had a great way to avoid getting wet while Mom, Dad and me all got fairly wet and nailed by the geyser; Dad worst of all. His whole head was wet. Mom screamed then yelled up to the people above us to buy the poncho. Found Christian and Aubrie had gone to get our sweatshirts. Next we did the ferris wheel and that was fun. It went by really fast because we were all talking. Went to find dinner and got screwed because everywhere had lines and finally settled on Rainforest Cafe because there was a 30 minute wait, which turned into 40 minutes. Aubrie entertained us with lots of dance moves and we yelled to the djs in the square that their music sucked. Macarena and Electric Slide and all that kind of shit. By the time we were seated we were all famished. Had a good dinner then Mom and Dad took off. We were telling them Pumba parking lot and Eric was like, just think of "Puma" like the cat and I was like "Or Pumba, the warthog" and he goes "I don't know what that means" and then we all discovered, to our horror, that Eric's never seen Lion King. We went back over to Disneyland and said bye to Mom and Dad. We went through the Sleeping Beauty castle and Eric conquered his demons. It was funny. Next the tea cups, which I passed on. Alice in Wonderland was hilarious with us leaving going "Me so stoned" and "Me so fucked up" and laughing hysterically. Next we ran over to Matterhorn and only had to wait about 20 minutes. That one was really fun and we were screaming the whole time. I think I only did that one as a little kid and not since. It was fun. On that note we headed out but Eric wanted ice cream so him and Aubrie waited in yet another line while Christian and I went to get water and go to the bathroom. Apparently I walked right by him when I came out. With ice cream in hand we made our way back out to the shuttle and the Pumba lot, which was pretty much empty. On our way home Aubrie was doing her hilarious leprechaun voice and Christian slept. We dropped him at home and kept doing the voice. It kept us all awake and laughing until we got home. It was 1:30 when we walked in. We all went to sleep.

Monday 6/21, We were up really early to go to Mom's 7:00am Jazzercise class. Everyone was enamored of Eric and Mom was really impressed with his effort. We worked up a sweat and had our pictures taken. Back at home we had some cereal then got ready and went downtown Carlsbad to Spin. Aubrie bought us each a cd with her gift certificate. We headed down to DQ and had some treats then walked around at the beach and people watched. Interesting part of town. I think we ate leftovers and Dad came home for lunch. Nap then outside to sit by the pool. Aubrie and I went down to the outlet and picked out the cutest baby clothes for Abby Lynne then hit Barney's where we were cut off early because dinner was ready. We had fondu for dinner and Eric loved it. Afterward we watched Back to the Future, which was fun. I think we went to bed after that since it was close to closing time.

Sunday 6/20, Father's Day. We got up at like 7:30 and went to Leucadia donuts for breakfast then went and sat at a secret spot to watch the surf and surfers whilst eating our delicious breakfast. We then headed north to see Christian at work and brought him the last donut. His boss was upset there were people there so we left and headed down to the pier. We walked down to Ruby's and watched all the people fish and Aubrie told Dad not to say hi to the Marines. Apparently they're very hard up which we learned when they just sit and stare at you while you walk by - European style. Walked back to the car and headed home for leftover chinese for lunch. I took a nap and Eric and Dad went to Dad's old work to go racing. All the girls got ready and took off early for downtown San Diego. We found Anthology but it was early so we drove around, though Aubrie doesn't like to. I parked for her and we went and stood outside waiting for it to open and soaked up the su n. Dad and Eric arrived and all Eric could talk about was the racing and how fast they went. He kept shaking his head in disbelief. We were seated at an upper booth and it was really fun. We had dinner and ate a ton, I was really full. All the food was good. The Bob Segar "tribute" band was really good and we all sang along to the songs. Some guy asked Alishia if she would dance with him and she bluntly answered "No". Mom wasn't happy so Alishia apologized when he walked back by. Eric told us that guy was drunk and acting a fool and didn't deserve an apology. Dad just shook his head. We left around 9:30 after they finished and headed home, just the kids. Eric and I went in the hot tub for a while then he jumped in the pool and apparently it was freezing. I didn't want to find out. Back upstairs and hung with Aubrie then bed.

Saturday 6/19, Eric and I got up and went to Rite Aid to get Mom birthday cards. I also picked up some lotion for Alishia and a Father's Day card. Eric found all the good ones for me. At home Dad made pancakes for breakfast and we all sat around the table and ate. We took our time getting ready and at one point went outside where Dad was playing with his race car and Aubs was washing her windows. Dad took Eric around the neighborhood and we could hear the car coming because it was so loud. Eric was laughing manically as they screeched to a halt in the cul-de-sac. Dad persuaded me to go for a ride next and we did like 60 in the neighborhood and since there's no windshield the wind was insane and made my stomach flip like no roller coaster ever has. Apparently he can take it 0 - 60 in 3 seconds. I believe it after that. Also, the car goes 90 - 100 in second gear and has 6 gears. Insanity. Aubs went for a ride last and was just as freaked out as I was. Inside Mom showed me the plans for the new house and where all the tvs are going to go (I think we counted 11). We finally got ready for our hike and Alishia arrived. Took off for Palomar Mtn and though it took a while it was beautiful when we got there. We walked around then went on our hike and it was really pretty and ended at this stream and old abandoned stone watch tower or something. We had snacks and talked and Eric got in the creek up to his calves. It was very relaxing. We saw frogs, snakes and fish. We headed back to the cars and headed back down with a glider plane going right over the top of the car like it was going to land on us. Stopped at a lookout and I saw some birds but no one else did. Really pretty valley. Apparently Borrego Springs was just over the mountains from there. Headed to one of Mom's favorite places for her birthday dinner. We waited for Mindy to arrive then ordered. Alishia took off early for work. We stayed for a long time talking, eating and laughing. I called Court when we got home and made plans to meet up. I showered and got ready and we headed out around 8. Met over at Erin's then carpooled over to the bowling alley. I've never seen so much security in my life and was told later is because it's in Vista. We hung in the bar for a while and I talked to Meghan's bf who has the same car as Aubrie. He seemed nice. Finally got some lanes and Eric and I just watched and talked with Court and Pat and acted as cheerleaders. We left a bit after 11 and texted Aubrie so she would meet us at home.

Friday 6/18, Eric was up around 4 and I was up at 4:40. Got ready quickly, no breakfast, Eric got the dogs taken care of and put them back to bed and we took off for the airport. We parked, shuttled, checked bags, securitied, over to Starbucks for a scone then to the gate and boarded. We were in row 7, nice. Sat on the ground for a while, took off, thumbed through several mags and finished "John" and landed not much later. Deplaned, got our bags quickly and met Aubs on the curb. She came screaming in (car-wise) and we just shook our heads. Headed home and she had to go to a urine test for her new job. We ate some breakfast and relaxed and had a cat nap. Showered, dressed and headed out for lunch. We went to Lola's for some authentic Mexican. We met Christian's dad who was there having lunch as well. I called Court and invited her up. She ended up not coming over. We drove out to Best Buy and tracked down Back to the Future 1 and 2 for Aubrie to buy Mom for her birthday. Back home and went for a walk at the park, the three of us. Back at home we hung out (played Sonic the Hedgehog) until Dad came home. Sat around until it was time to go to dinner at the Wokery. Alishia met us there. Dinner was fun and there was a ton of food. Back home and Alishia came over. I think we sat and watched tv until Lish left. Went to bed at a reasonable hour.

Thursday 6/17, Went to lunch with So and had fun. She had finished cleaning out her desk and office and it was the last day we’d be able to get together like that. Made me sad. P let me leave early since I ran an errand for her. It felt so good to be done with work for a week. Went home, took the dogs out, scooped poop, Brizo ran around in the yard and made us laugh. I took off for my dentist appt a little before 6 as Eric was mowing the lawn and got out of there a bit after 7. Good report, beautiful teeth and couldn't believe I'd never used any whitening anything. Back at home I made some eggs and had a yogurt for dinner. We ran around getting everything ready and finalized. We knew we had to go to bed early since we had to be up at 4:30 but read until 10:30 anyway.

Wednesday 6/16, Didn't get home early, Eric was there, both started getting everything set up for the last section. Busted it out then adjusted some of the other panels. Went inside, noticed Castor was gone, started freaking, driving around, Eric running around, finally get a call from a girl, picked him up at QFC, home, frazzled, ate leftovers for dinner I think. Started packing and got almost all of it done. We were in cleaning mode and got laundry done, house picked up and settled. Read "John" and went to bed.

Tuesday 6/15, Home a bit early again. Took the dogs out and changed clothes. Eric wasn't far behind. We started busting it out on the fence and worked for an hour and a half and got three more sections done. Only one to go. Yay! Kristel arrived right at 7:30 and she hadn't eaten so we went and picked up some pizzas. Back at home I showed her where all the dog stuff is and what to do and then we ate pizza and watched the Jillian show. I showed her a few more things and she took off around 9:15. I got ready for bed and read for an hour or so. Cuddled with Eric for a few minutes then asleep.

Monday 6/14, I got home a little early and we started on the fence right away. We got one section done in about 45 minutes, but that included getting our process going and figuring out what to use as a one inch spacer (ruler standing on end - close enough). We strategized for the next day and admired our work; it's going to look really cool when it's done. I took some pictures and sent them to Dad who said he'd wring my neck for doing horizontal slats if I'd made him help me. More work I guess, but way more interesting. We went inside and Eric made some turkey helper, easy since he wasn't feeling good. We watched tv and at 8 I showered and kept reading my book until 10:30. Eric passed out by 8:45. Had some trouble falling asleep but eventually got there.

Sunday 6/13, Eric was up early and I was up around 8. I wanted some cereal but no milk so Eric ran out. I dressed and got ready while he was gone. We took Castor to Marymoor so he could run around and then we could wash him. We walked around for a while then back to the dog wash but they don't open until 10, thought it was 9. We drove home and Eric got to work on the fence holes while I struggled with cleaning the shower. I hate grout. Eric said he'd get some professional stuff later. Eventually he was ready for me to come out and help and I was in charge of the water. It took us a while to get the line marked out where the fence was going to go because I had a lot of questions and wanted to make sure it wasn't going to be crooked. All the concrete was mixed with water from the rain barrel! So green! I clipped some of the black spotted branches off the pear tree and admired how many pears are already growing. Like 100! Can't wait! Eric had to go get another post and more concrete and while he did that I ate my chipotle leftovers then went to the store. I haven't been there in weeks since Eric does all the shopping now. He came back after I was back and we finished off the last two posts. After we finished we cleaned up and went in the front and got the new house numbers up, took the old ones down and I did some more pruning of the roses. Tons of blooms but didn't cut any. Next, we washed Castor in the front yard. I went inside as Eric finished some other things and hung the owl prints I bought in, like, February. Started to get the hooks on the collage I finished a while ago but couldn't get the screws in so Eric got a teeny bit and drilled the holes for me. So much easier after that. I was restless. New tile we bought was too long. Damn. Need to get a tile cutter or scrap it. I took Nyx for a little walk around the neighborhood then back and I think finally showered. Eric wasn't feeling good. We both fended for ourselves for dinner. I started "John" by Cynthia and read until late, like 11:30. Took up the rest of my evening. It's interesting.

Saturday 6/12, Eric was up early and took care of the dogs. He left to go shopping I assumed so I got up to go walk at the park. I didn't feel great, but was feeling better and knew Castor would enjoy a walk. Just as I was taking off Eric arrived with a french pastry for me and a box of warm croissants from the french bakery. I took Castor around 1 time then headed back because I didn't feel great. I ate my breakfast and started on chores. Eric was bustling about vacuuming and cleaning while I worked on my bathroom and organizing cds (through K now). He started cooking and I nibbled a bite here and there. Schuyler arrived at 11 and the food was all laid out. I showered and got ready then had a few plates full of salad and potatoes then took off for some errands. It was beautiful out, finally. I went to the bank, BB&B (steamers are f-ing expensive) and got my lotto ticket (won $3 - finally). Back home I had some bacon and eventually went in the bedroom and finished a Jake Gyll GQ. Schuyler took off a little later, like 2:30 after him and Eric cleaned up. He was sleepy so I made him cuddle up with me in bed and we took a nap. Him a little one, me a big one. I think I woke up around 4. He was outside reading in the sun on the back deck, shirtless. I tried to wake up, put my suit on, brought the dogs out and they just loved it. Eventually I got an umbrella for some shade for them since they were all panting (a rarity). I paged through my Martha Stewart Weddings and showed Eric the rings I like. We stayed out there for a long time lounging until the dogs were gunning for dinner. We fed them, dressed and I found a sandwich place that looked Mediterranean and wanted to surprise Eric. We went down but they were not serving sandwiches after a certain time, boo! They had a market though and Eric and I perused and now he knows where to get gyro fixins. We decided to just go easy and head to Chipotle. I only ate half of mine and we enjoyed the light streaming through. It was almost 8 by the time we left. Went home and relaxed with the dogs. I put on Forgetting Sarah Marshall in the bedroom and Eric rolled his eyes. Love it. I watched a few minutes of SNL then turned the tv off and went to sleep.

Friday 6/11, Peggy let me leave, suggested I get allergy medicine, headed home, when Eric arrived I asked him to get me some non-drowsy. I took a Claritin and started feeling better within the hour. I went in and out of feeling ok but mostly felt better. I had some enchiladas and had a big appetite. We decided to go get some dessert and went to Baskin Robbins and I got a banana royale. I shouldn't have eaten all of it but I did. We sat and talked for a long time and people watched. It was a beautiful evening and we had a lot of fun being out, even if it was only for ice cream. We went home and I think went to bed at a reasonable time.

Thursday 6/10, Still feeling like crap so I left work at 4 and headed home. Cleaned up a little then showered and laid down and called Susan. We talked a bit then hung up and Eric and I talked. It took him over two hours to get home. Ish. He heated up some enchiladas and we watched tv in the living room together. I wasn't feeling all that much better so at 8 moved into the bedroom and put on Pirates of the Caribbean. Didn't make it all the way through without falling asleep several times and eventually turned it off for good at 10. Had horrible dreams of a killer going through everyone's attics (houses were next to each other and accessible by some woods or something) and broke into my house twice and killed two different people on two different occasions in the same bed. They got Eric and when I called 911 the woman was a phony and no help was coming. Ugh. Bad dream.

Wednesday 6/9, Felt like garbage all day, runny nose, sneezing, sinus pressure, went home at 4. Showered and crawled into bed and put on Charlie's Angels. Eric made guac and it was so good. I ate a ton; too much so that when he made two pans of enchiladas I could only eat a tiny corner piece. Went to bed a little after 10 and I think Eric was still watching tv in the living room.

Tuesday 6/8, Took the dogs to the vet for their 6 month checkups. Everyone is good except the little dogs need to drop some weight. I stayed late at work and Eric picked them up. At home I showered and got ready and headed into Seattle for my hair appt. Sean and I had a great time and covered many bases including making out with other people when you're with someone (neither have), SNL skit with Kristin Wiig with the big forehead, kids, rock and roll marathon and his piece on Fox news and Bill W*xey and his hair. It was a fun hair cut and there was chatter the entire time. It was 8:30 before I was out of there and headed up to Kristel's for dinner. We had flat bread pizzas and they were so good. Who knew?! Then she made yummy cookies with white chocolate chips and blueberry flavored cranberries and shorted the butter so they were super healthy! We chit chatted, a lot about D*n and the barefoot bandit. Other stuff. I ate too much. Left after 10 and it was POURING. I couldn't see the lines on the freeway, yikes. Asleep but woke up with the worst stomach ache ever and moaned and writhed for at least an hour. Eventually fell back asleep but woke feeling like ass.

Monday 6/7, Came home and got the dogs settled then took off for Chipotle for dinner. We had a nice dinner then went over to QFC so I could get some candy. Next we went to the theater for "Get Him to the Greek" which we both enjoyed. Very funny. We were home before 10, took the dogs out and got into bed.

Sunday 6/6, We were up relatively early and Eric suggested we go out for breakfast so we got ready and headed down to Little Jon's and I haven't been there since dating Nic. We got a table in the back, split a cinnamon roll and I couldn't eat hardly any of my breakfast, too stuffed. We had a nice time and it was fun to go out. Saw Bruce G. on the way out so that was weird. We drove down to Home Depot to pick up house numbers, outdoor bulbs and concrete. We took a scenic drive back and managed to find the entrance to the country club, and let me say, it looks really nice. Eric replaced all the lights in the courtyard and I cleaned up more black spot on the roses and raked up all the petals and fallen leaves in hopes of slowing the spread. It was kind of drizzly out but we worked away anyway. Eric sprayed all the roses, I decided I like the black house numbers instead of the silver and cut some more roses for inside. We went back out to exchange the house numbers and so Eric could get some masonry bits for the drill since those numbers are going right into the mortar. Relaxed at home but Eric wanted to go out and run errands so I stayed home and cleaned a bit and he brought back groceries and all that. I think he made dinner and I believe I watched a movie. Or maybe we watched Happy Endings? Can't remember, probably went to bed around 10:30.