can i call you mine?

listening to: july flame - laura viers

so tuckered out

today i ran a lot, taught three advanced classes, chased a three-year-old all over as he played hide-and-seek whilst running errands and got caught up on everything.  you know when you have to-do lists that are so long that if you don't tackle them your head begins to spin; or maybe everything starts spinning?  i'm using "-" a lot....
carrying on...
the great news is everything is done.  that feeling of everything off your to-do lists is over, crossed off and done for.  i like this feeling.

i start school full time tomorrow.  i have the nervous bugs.

i am about to welcome a new life of being a full-time mom, full-time student, full-time calling, training for a marathon, part-time hair stylist for only big weddings, part-time model, part-time yoga/pilates instructor and whatever else i am part of.  i know it's only a year.  it shouldn't be hard; its just a little more time away from my little j.
       it's all for him.  nursing school's waiting list has my name on it still but as of today, i'm looking at two years from getting looked at of the school of choice.  jackson is my number one so everything falls into place with decisions.

i love being a mom.  i wouldn't have it any other way.

photo by daniel jackson

vrooom

listening to: broken headlights by joey ryan

i bought my own car the day i graduated from high school.  a volkswagon jetta.  i loved that jetta like a child.  i cleaned it all the time, kissed the roof every time i almost ran a red light and only played good music in the stereo.

ever since jack's first word after mom was "vroom vroom" i've taken a liking, no, love to cars.
i like car shows, collecting cars that jack doesn't have from different states, stepping on little cars in the hallways, looking at cars, reading the same classic cars book to jack before bed, knowing car terms, dreaming of owning a BMW someday, the smell of leather, the disney movie cars, the cars ride at disneyland, dressing up like a race-car driver for halloween...
we are a car family.

i have been caught once or twice for a ticket... for speeding.
if i could be anything else, i'd be a racecar driver.
no i wouldn't, but i have had a policeman tell me i should look into it.

my favorite ticket was for going five over.
five.
in a 65 zone.
everyone goes five over.
i got caught.

oh well.
so i'm signing up for traffic school and had to share these with you.
it made my day; hopefully it can crack a smile.

Comedy For The Less Traffic... School

Pizza 4U-Great Comedians

Great Comedy School

La Clase De Trafico Para Los Latinos

The Improv Traffic School

Cheap School

Troung Day Vi Pham Bang Tieng Viet

Pacific Seminar-Traffic Safety

Second Wind Traffic School Inc.

Sunday and Everyday Traffic School

Gay Community Traffic School

I'll Never Speed Again Comedy T.S.

the rest were like defense driving, traffic school 101 yatta yatta... but truly, these were the options i had to choose from. the whole time as i am scrolling down i'm thinking how much i can't read these without taking them seriously... i don't see how any of these classes would prevent me from speeding since i can't get past it's title.  that is a distraction in itself.

online traffic school is my only option.  

stache sister sanfrancisco

listening to: tonight by lykke li

sitting in my hotel lobby

this weekend was a lot of fun.  i have a bunch of things i would rather do than blog about it but here are some highlights:

--- we had moments where we couldn't stop laughing. 

--- we of course bought little stauches since we find them every time we are together. this time they came in grape flavor.  

--- we found black licorice pipes and sucked on those while shopping. 

--- people thought we were sisters.

--- at the airport wendy forgot her ID so she had to pretend she was my 17 year old sister.

--- sang with a bum in the BART station.  he was a normal, clean, talented bum.

--- we stayed in our beds as much as possible.

--- wendy's husband surprised her and came up to the city to take her to dinner...

... then he bought us tickets to see WICKED...

{more details to follow}!!!! i'm still freaking out that i saw it. finally.

--- um, we took our hotel shuttle to too many places but DAME was great.  he took us even to target out of the city!  ha.
--- caltrain was fun to ride... sitting on the top floor.  i decided trains are romantic; decided this last night.
--- i ran over 30 miles and i want more. i think i'm a long distance runner... completely addicted.

--- it's great traveling with a pretty friend; the perks seemed endless of people just throwing things at her.

--- hotel jacuzzis are a good time anytime.
--- saw suessical down in the peninsula.  such a cute/colorful/clever play!
--- fog and cold the whole time but of course i like that {except i forgot a real jacket}
--- lifetime movie marathon in bed-----> all the books i brought to read were neglected. junk was watched.  

and walking back to our hotel, we found all these messages in chalk... totally random.

we played.

we played hard. 

i tired.

now, i get to see jackson soon.
it's like christmas morning for me!
can't wait to see that little boy.
i've missed him so.

lovely

okay, so computer was brought.  
school needs to get taken care of... 

but... internet is off my phone now.

life is becoming more simple.

i feel sorta sick. 
dairy, gluten never agree much with me.

{fffffound}

i am sitting in my hotel bed at an ugly hour to most, trying to get my mind off how my tum feels. anyway...

so our flight yesterday wasn't bad at all.  boom, bam, done. 

flying to san francisco feels like ten minutes now.  

jackson read the instruction pamphlet just in case there is an emergency, and re-enacted all the motions with his body so half the time he was dangling his little arms down to his feet and asking the lucky person next to us to practice the same!  

the hotel my friend and i are staying at is so quaint.  it's the only word i've found so far to describe it.

it has been decorated very nicely and guess what...

totally came with one of these.  i know.  we are dying over it too.  maybe people might be getting a token from this trip from us.  just maybe.

i'll try my best to take pictures this trip.  wendy is super fun and creative so it will be exciting!  

i don't normally journal what we do, but whatev.

we ate at a fun pizza place that you can design your own pizza and it takes ages to make.

came back to our rooms and watched juno, relaxed, made some phone calls and then i got picked up.

i went out with one of my friends to this amazing place right next to deloras park {which is where the reese witherspoon movie Just Like Heaven was filmed} called bi-rite creamery (hence why i'm probably sick) and had the best ice cream my lips have ever tasted. the best.  lavendar honey was one scoop and the other was toffee coffee.  weird mix?  yeah, the guy thought so too.  it was soooooo good.  you have to wait outside in a long long but it was worth it.  the place was small, perfect, great.

twin peaks... never been until last night.  you can see the entire peninsula!! it was beautiful.  fog or no fog.  it truly was gorgeous.  if i can kick this ache, i might run it soon.  i have been told it's green during the day up there.

so today when wendy wakes up, we plan to go to our favorite thai place in the financial district, she needs to go shopping, might paint our nails, take our bikes around town, have a picnic near the civic center, farmers market is open today, go to a few favorite book stores in the mission district.. but we aren't much planners or have a huge opinion either way.  that's what is so nice about traveling with someone that is so easy going and fun.  

of course the first day is hard for me to be apart from jackson but since this is my last weekend of fun before i start school and have no social life, i'll try my best to relax and enjoy!

{post script}::::::::::::

things are really good!  like really smashingly good.

i can't describe it, but things are just great.  

i'm just really content.  it's that feeling when things are just always good, everything is positive, the house is in order, my face is hurting from smiling so much. food tastes even better.... {tastes...}

this feeling is great.

i'm totally smiling while i'm typing this.  

trolleywood

san francisco we go.
herbal tea, rollarskates, high socks, reading, bed picnics, walks in the park, laying around, dried mangoes, clam chowder, hippie watching, no computers, phones on silent, maybe indoor sunbathing?
i feel pretty good about it.

tolleywood 

photo by ryan bunker

may gray go away so small J can come out to play

listening to: la roux: bulletproof

exhausted.

little jackson... oh little jackson.
-still singing jingle bells.
-puts my hair down if it's up with his hands in the motion of smearing paint on a wall.
-NEEDS popsicles everyday
-still getting into my computer when left unattended...



-enamored completely with the little mermaid so much so that she might be at his birthday party.
-he can't wait to be four.  he says he is done with being three.
-if he finds out anyone knows how to draw a dolphin or shark, you are his new BFF.
-likes to make noise when it's silent at the dinner table. white noise actually.


-enjoys peanut butter almost as much as i do.  even chunky.

-tells me he needs to exercise daily....
-thinks his tongue is such a fun thing.
- loves trader joes. especially their tester tables that he goes back to a few times for their juice.
-he dances anytime music comes on.
-he repeats anything he hears or twists it then repeats it...

-all of this traveling has him thinking a 7:00pm bedtime is for the birds...

-loves his "pack-pack" so much that he will sleep with it.

-still flirts with the flight attendants from the moment we get to the airport to the car. they love him; he loves them.  it's a win-win relationship.
-throws down a 18-piece pack of gum in 10 minutes like his old days.
-sneaks snails in the car. he then gets sad when i make him put it outside..
-still sporting everything red. his underwear must have red too.
-loves ingrid michaelson's voice so much that he asks for "that pretty voice girl.... put her on mom"
-just had his first pop rocks....

he thought pop rocks would be fun to put in everything... so he did.

everyone's water, the dog's mouth, the laundry room, the carpet, his hair...

this little boy keeps me busy.