Ahhh...it's Thursday night!

Almost Friday! Yeah!!

Andrew skipped his soccer game tonight because he had a ton of homework for this weekend and will be gone all weekend. He needed to get it done. Finals are next week and it's a time crunch now! Besides, he would have had 3 games this week which is way too many for normal people.

Jessica had the usual meetings after school every day this week and skipped her practice tonight. I don't know what it is with my kids, but they would rather make sure their school work is done than go play soccer :)

Andrew and Joe are camping this weekend with the Boy Scouts. They leave Friday after school and don't return until Sunday afternoon. The troop rented out Robert Ferguson Observatory near Santa Rosa. It sounds like a great trip, I know the troop has been trying to plan new outings rather than stick with the samo-samo.


So, while the boys were gone I thought..."Girl's Night". I invited a few friends who have boys in the same troop as Andrew,and whose husbands will also be gone, then realized I have NO TIME to clean or shop. Another friend could tell I was stressed and offered up her house. Thanks Cathy! I even cheated and bought the super-duper yummy artichoke-jalapeno dip that Costco sells to bring with. Plus,there is a bottle of 7 Deadly Zins just waiting to be cracked open...

One of the reasons I have no time this weekend is because I am taking Jessica up to the mall on Friday night. I have a corduroy blazer I want to return to Ann Taylor Loft. It is super cute but I"m thinking I would like it better if it was anything other than corduroy. Besides, Jessica has a gift card to spend and this is a great way to leisurely work our way through our favorite stores.

Saturday morning is reserved for swapping out t-shirts for sweaters in the closet, plus tons of reading I have to do for my ecology class. It never seems to end! My good friend Eva is lending me her new Dan Brown book and I'm picking it up right after work on Friday. Although, not sure when time to read will present itself.

I'm starting to think about Christmas a bit, and have a few ideas. We usually don't go overboard because that ruins the spirit of Christmas. I'm generally happy hanging with friends and family. I have noticed that as I have started to shed my materialistic drives I've been more content with my life. That's not to say that I don't like nice things, because I do, and I do love to shop, but it's not who I am and doesn't define me as a person. I'm lucky to be self-aware and have a clear vision of what I want in the future.

It's quiet now. Heading on towards 9pm. We skipped survivor (not that great lately) but Glee is DVR'd. I might get to it this weekend, but I doubt it. The only show I really like to watch the night of is the Amazing Race.

Most of you know that my dad's hip replacement surgery has been postponed until next Tuesday. This is one of those times I wish I lived closer to my parents.

Glorious Saturday!

The weekend has come and it brought with it cooler temperatures. Today's high is only supposed to be in the low 70's, which is much better than last Saturday's high of 101. Even after living here for 22 years it is still hard to adjust to the loss of 4 seasons. Although, I did see a couple of trees with leaves that were starting to change...so there is hope!

The Football game was fun. Monterey Trail beat Vally in a crushing victory of 51-0. That puts the team at 3-1 for the season. It was homecoming as well...although floats are not allowed on the new all weather fields/tracks, which is disappointing.

I just got the book for my Ecology class. I'm the only one in the class, which is weird, but the professor is allowing me to create my own course of study. I"m going to focus on the San Joaquin Delta. Water rights are enveloped in historic controversy on the west coast. This is one of the most fascinating topics to study..especially since I live at the eastern most edge of the delta, and the natural phenomena of the delta breezes provide the southern part of Sacramento with cooler temperatures.

I'm wondering what I did with all my time before I went back to work and school...I'm thinking I must have wasted it. This ticks me off...people will say that time flies, but until it is actually gone there is no concept of the reality. It is obvious that a lot of my time is taken up with kid activities, but it still seems like forever before I'll get to choose more of what I want to do, versus what I have to do.

So now I'm going to think about working with weights...and if that doesn't happen then I will make Andrew a large pancake breakfast!

Sunday night

Up from my nap and checking the blogs/FB. We went camping, for one night, with Andrew's Boy Scout troop at Morning Star Lake up near Foresthill. The weather was wonderful...probably in the low 80's, and the lake water was warm. We swam, canoed, and kayaked. Plus had a major campfire at night, including tons of jokes and antics. The best thing, though, was the night sky and the big dipper so low in the northern part. That is one of the worst things about living in the city...no star viewing.

Friday night football is here! MTHS obliterated EGHS this last Friday night. It was an exciting game and a great way to kick off the home opener. The new synthetic field is fantastic!

I'm tired from the weekend and have not started laundry yet. At least it was only one day's worth of clean-up. Plus, we actually did not cook at all. Love it!

Time flies...

I cannot seem to FB and blog at the same time. Blogging requires signing in every day. Besides, I don't have any good pictures to post.

We are going family camping this weekend with Andrew's Boy Scout Troop. Jessica will be staying home, possibly spending the night at a friends. It depends on her homework amount and the time finish of her soccer game. Either way it will be weird to be without her...Although all of you in blogging land know that I was without kids most of the summer, so why is it weird now?

I'm taking Friday off work to do some grocery shopping for the camping trip, plus to catch up on the homework I would have done had I been around this weekend.

Survivor starts tonight...I love the show but don't know if I want to invest so much energy into watching it. We are pros at DVRing and watching when we have time, but then we end up with hours and hours to watch.

The first home football game is Friday night, which is why we are not camping until Saturday. Andrew doesn't play and Jessica doesn't cheer (thank God to both! Those are time commitments and expenses I can do without) but they like to attend to hang out with their friends...so we all go.

Thursday...and the weekend cometh...

So, we had a good time at the last Friday night concert. We'll be back again, I'm sure, next summer. It has turned into tradition for this group. We have tons of fun, and sometimes we continue the party at someone's house.


Joe and Dan


Julie and Tricia


Richard and Chrissy


Linda, Pedro, Henry...and Tricia as the ornament.


Tricia



Chrissy and Cathy