Fall is upon us....

It's finally October.  My favorite month of the year, and it's finally here.  Fall leaves, the orange and black decorations, the colder weather....October has definitely shown it's face the last few days.  While I could do without the colder weather, I love this month regardless if it's sunny or raining.  I'm sad to say goodbye to bikini season, hot sunny days, pool parties, summer cocktails.....but I'm more than willing to welcome this fall.  Because after fall, comes winter, and after winter....comes the new year. And God knows, I need something good to happen soon, and usually that happens at the beginning of the new year for me.  So yeah I'm waiting impatiently for something good to happen to me....and soon.  

In the meantime, work's been good.  Life has been good.  I find it amusing that people are so quick to assume my life contains much more than it really does.  

My normal routine doesn't vary far from: 

Waking up, walking Tango, getting Cailin to school, me to work, picking her up from school after work, walking Tango again, making dinner, watching tv, going to bed.  

Lather Rinse and Repeat.  

My life is very mundane, but for right now, I like it that way.  Occasionally I enjoy going out with my friends to lunch, which I've made it a point to do more often.  Finding a couple spots in San Diego I probably never would have, if it weren't for them.  (extremely thankful!)  I haven't been out to a bar in over 3 months.  I drink very rarely now....a glass of wine maybe once a week-and it's usually on a day that entirely calls for it.  My adult-time has completely vanished, whenever I hang out with my friends, it's usually playdates or meeting up with friends online to play Call Of Duty a couple times a week(which is something I'm totally addicted to and blame a lot of people for). 

 Doesn't sound so exciting right?  

I'm okay with it.  

This mundane, "boring" life with an occasional "let's grab lunch at this place i found!", is something I'm totally okay with. I like routine, and schedules, and plans.  This is something I can handle for the time being.  Don't need anything else thrown on my plate.... while this life I speak of may sound boring to you, it keeps me busy, keeps my mind off of the nasty things in my life, and makes me happy to look forward to every day.  

With that said, it's time to make some dinner for me and the boogerbutt.  She requested "soy-sauce"chicken, rice, and corn.  Yes... my 4 year old requests dinner menus.  She also requested that we watch The Lion King (which I bought today at TARGET-super excited!!!).  So that will be our lovely little night in.  Or as Cailin likes to call it, "It's a girls club night mommy!"

Well......onto  "Girls Club Night".......  :-)

Freaky Friday

Today's my day off and I'm planning on spending it productively.  Got up this morning bright and early, woke my baby girl up since she didn't have school today because it's Good Friday, got ourselves ready after breakfast and got OUT of the house.  Ran some errands (bank, groceries, etc), and then made our way to Downtown Pacific Beach.  There's an awesome store down there called Pangea, it has everything you can THINK of.  Can I just say how proud I am that I have a kid who won't touch things in stores, knock stuff over, run amuck?  I'm SO proud.  All I have to tell her is "Baby, just stay close to mommy and don't touch anything please."  and she's following me around like my shadow, gawking at all the pretty little things we see.  After Pangea, we were both hungry, so since it was our "Mommy/Daughter Day Out" I took her to McDonald's for some chicken nuggets (Filet o' Fish for me), and a strawberry lemonade, then made our way home.  I'm thinking of spending the rest of the day doing laundry (yuck), washing dishes (even more Yuck), putting something out for dinner, and then relaxing catching up on some dvr'd shows and playing some COD.  Yes, I'm a nerd.  Bite me. 

Here's how my week went:

The Positives:

+Got my paycheck. Woot!

+Lots of hours at work. Puppies puppies puppies!

+Started this blog, and have kept up with it so far.

+Making some kick ass Carrot Cake cookies for Easter Sunday at my parents.

+Looking forward to spending Easter with my family again this year!

+Feeling more positive everyday.  This is a difficult task for me!

The Negatives:

-Cailin having an ear infection. Dealing with a sick and whiney 3 year old=not fun.

-Spent a quarter of my paycheck already.  Booo.

-Not enough sleep.  Enough said.

-Awkward learning how to fill my tires up with air.  Yes, I'm THAT much of a girl.

-Got scratched on my throat by a cat at work.  

My week's playlist:

1. Rolling in the Deep - Adele

2. Good People - Jack Johnson

3. Price Tag - Jessie J

4.  The Cave - Mumford and Sons

5. Fidelity - Regina Spektor

6.  This - Darius Rucker

7. Stupid Boy - Sarah Buxton

8. Daisy Cutter - 311

9.  What the Hell - Avril Lavigne

10.  Say - John Mayer

I listen to a variety of stuff, (as noted above), and anyone who listens to one of my mixed cds usually tells me it's the MOST random cd they've ever heard.  Meh.  I don't like to limit myself to just one band, or one genre of music.  I like listening to almost everything, and I usually find something to relate to in every song on my IPod.  This just happens to be this week's favorite songs for me…old and new. 

What's up with this weather, so-cal?  It goes from being freakin' frigid, to the sun showing it's face and warmth for a couple of days, then back to cold chilly weather.  Enough of the bipolarness, weather!  Give us some freakin' sun and heat! It's almost summer, for God's sake.  I want to be able to lay out in my baby pool in the backyard with a daiquiri in my hand.  No, seriously. 

Overall, I'm just glad this week is over.  Tomorrow I work all day (yeah, boo to work on a Saturday, but I need the hours), but Sunday morning we're driving up to my family's house in Orange County.  Looking forward to that.  So with that, I'm signing off for now.  

Much Love,

Luci