newness

For brevity's sake, and my (not so) secret goal of defeating the expert level of minesweeper today, I'll simply write that my memorial day weekend was glorious. Good food, family, and lots of fun. The newest Indiana Jones movie = okay, but I hated the sci-fi elements. Oh well. Milo had a blast. As usual, he wreaked havoc and ran amok all weekend, until the very end, when he refused to surrender himself from under the house and engaged in a battle of wits with my mother...which he lost:) Now he is filthy, and I'm pretty sure he is getting a bath tonight, if he can stand it.

For those of you who don't read my personal blog, my ear has been weird the last two days. I can't hear out of it (the right one) and it feels numb when I touch it. I tried decongestant before bed last night, and cleaned my ears thoroughly, and today I lavaged it at lunch--no deal. It worked for a second and now it is even worse. I dunno what the deal is, but I'm gonna look into a quality ENT here. Mother(s) dearest, have any suggestions for me?

Also, today I (drumroll please)...cut my hair! I may post a picture when I take one, but in all reality that won't be for awhile unless Laura takes pictures of us at small group this Sunday. We'll see. Until then, know that I am learning to love it! It is a little above the shoulders (!), with layers at my chin. I just had to change something cause I felt like I had the same length hair as all the 7-year-olds I see around town. I can't wait to go home and shower and play around with styling it! And hopefully Nolan will like it, too (I haven't told him yet!).

That is all the news for today...OH and I am picking up Cindus at the airport in less than a week, so we'll have another woman in the house for a couple weeks! Hooray for estrogen! hahaha

~A

Back to the cold

Our warm weather didn't last the whole 10 days as predicted. Oh San Francisco.

I didn't run in Bay to Breakers. Long story, but basically I ended up at home reading and Nolan texted me all the exciting events from the race while he was there :)

My wonderful in-laws are coming to visit this weekend...hooray! I am going to start planning fun stuff to do and maybe even get stuff to cook dinner with! I seldom get a chance to cook nice meals, so this will be fun :)

I am still deciding which volunteer opportunity to take. I can either do one that teaches illiterate adults to read, or one that teaches English as a second language to people. One is a six-month commitment, and one is a year-long commitment, and one of them is in the city, and one is in Menlo Park. So I have all these things to consider. I am leaning towards the ESL one, but we'll see what happens. I'm just not sure if I can commit to a full year program, when things are always changing in my life right now. The literacy one is a year long, and I want to do it, but a year is a long time...then again, the ESL one sounds fantastic, but it is in Menlo Park. Eeek. We'll see.

Milo got his first birthday present/card in the mail yesterday (and it had a little treat for his mother in there, too!)! Nolan has been begging me to let him open it, but I told him he will just have to wait until June 23, when Milo can open it himself :)

Anyway, that is all the news for now...over and out!
~A

Oh, what a beautiful morning!

The weather outside is SOOOOO nice! Hopefully all of you are enjoying the same! I get to wear shorts to work today, and plan to sunbathe on lunch...hopefully I won't be so pasty this summer as I was last summer. I didn't let myself go in the sun, because I wanted to at least TRY and be a similar skin tone as Nolan for our wedding pictures :)

We are running (walking) in the Bay to Breakers this Sunday, and even though I posted these pics in my other blog, I am going to put them here, as well. I think you can click on them to enlarge them. Looks like this race runs in the family! Here is our own Silver Fox running the race in May of 1985...2 months before I was born! Sorry for that perspective, John, I had to do it :)

Sunshine, sunshine!

Well, the weather down here is supposed to be sunny and HOT for the next 10 days, at least! It is going to be between 70 and 90 (!!!), with low wind. Hooray! This means days at the beach, playing/going running to the beach after work, and reading on the roof at lunch. Times are sounding good ;) Also, that means it is going to be a fantastic Bay to Breakers this Sunday. The weather will be just perfect for all the weirdos in costumes and possibly even real athletes (imagine that!) running the 12 km from coast to coast in San Francisco. Whoopee! Of course, you kind of have to go with a group...and since I am not REALLY part of the UCSF group, I may just be walking alongside them and taking pictures...and working on my tan, of course. This all sounds like a plan for me! I'll be there in shorts and a tube top (perfect tanning gear), with camera in-hand, and a holster of starbucks iced white mocha in my hand to keep me goin. Haha, this is why I can't see my abs anymore. Oh well. The weather is also going to be fantastic for our bonfire on Friday night at the beach. Yay!

In other news, Happy Mother's Day!

~A

It's a Wednesday...

It just feels like the middle of the week today. Slow going.

Nolan is having a poker night tonight with the boys, so Ash M. and I will be having a movie night at her place with Glory dog :) Poor Milo will be the only one without a buddy. He also is staying home this weekend with Nolan as I head on up to Placerville to hang out with Ash Young and my family. Mothers' Day weekend, you know ;) I plan on sleeping til an ungodly hour on Saturday morning, since I will have no kitten/husband to wake me up, and Ash could sleep til the sun goes back down.

I'm thinking about signing up for an opportunity in the city to volunteer for a couple days (evenings for me) a week to tutor illiterate adults and teach them to read. I think literacy is SO important, and it is something I feel strongly about. On the other hand, there are some opportunities out there that are teaching English, and that whets my appetite too. We shall see. The only problem with all the opportunities here in SF is that there are SO many!
~A

happenings in SF

I am no connoisseur of multi-cultural foods. I am not going to pretend I have tried everything, and can afford to be snobby about different types. BUT...Nolan took me to Tasty Curry for dinner the other night, and it was fabulous. I tried a place today for lunch, but you know after that Tasty Curry, it just wasn't that great. I'll be going back :)

We have 1.5 months until Nolan leaves for Africa, so my internal countdown has begun. I am trying to remember that that is still a long time, but it just all feels so serious. I mean, what if he is kidnapped by gorillas (the animal) or gets dengue fever or something serious? Maybe I worry too much, but it's hard to try and give him the space he needs to study (and stay sane!) when I just want to spend time with him. He, on the other hand, seems to forget he's leaving, other than the constant stream of work he's doing to prepare. He should be getting all his vaccinations and stuff soon too, I think, so maybe that will make it more real.

While we're updating on our home unit here, I guess I should re-mention that Milo's birthday is coming up. He's one lucky fellow, who knows what we'll get him! Maybe a toy? Maybe a bag of special food? Maybe some fancy litter? Hah.

I get the chance to go to an AIDS foundation dinner tonight. I'm going to start investigating service opps here in the city. Nolan always bugs me about doing more with my life, and I WANT to, but I just don't know how I want to invest my time--what I am that passionate about. However, all the bugging is finally sinking in, and I need to be proactive and seek out things to do, otherwise I'll never know how I can make my mark in this world. It's something I've been thinking a lot about, especially lately, and I have several ideas I want to test out, but yanno, we'll see what happens :)

~A