Monday, June 29, 2015

Let's rock this 4 day work week!

6-29-15

4 days looks doable!

My weekend was busy, but quite good overall. Much of it was spent wearing my AYSO cap as we had registration on Saturday, followed up by 3 hours of working the Lomita Founders Day event handing out shirts and smiles. It wasn’t too busy, which only sucks because we need the signups.
Once we got home from Lomita park, we hung out waiting for the fireworks show. We were able to watch it from the back porch, which was cool. Since we are not planning on going to watch the fireworks in Redondo this year, we got our fix. I still maintain that we will end up seeing some on the actual fourth what with us normally seeing them around and it being a Saturday. But it will be so much nicer to hang out, swim at home and BBQ. My plan is to start marinating some chicken this week and grill that. My folks are coming over and we will have a good time.

Sunday could have been more productive, but we opted to use the day for rest. Bobby and I did spend some time in the pool, which was very awesome because we spent the time talking while I did what felt like quite the workout. Dax came in later and we played monkey in the middle for a while which resulted in gobs of laughs. The pups swam, too, which is always entertaining. I like how excited Luna gets to swim, and she truly enjoys it when we get a good whirlpool going so she can float along. Lily still isn’t keen on the actual swimming part, but she does love hanging out with us.

Bobby and I also hit up Savers to find him some more shorts. We were quite successful, although in some ways I should have waited until today what with everything being 50% off. Sadly, that would have required me going in the morning to really find the shorts before they all got scooped up. Sure, I would have saved $15, but the convenience fee was worth it.

I figure when I get home today I will have a little time before Ken and the boys get home. They start camp today, but since it is the first day, I kind of expect them to be a little later than normal. The first week only goes till 12:30, but I would imagine there will be a little bit of chaos and set up still needing to be done. They went on Friday and unloaded most of the bins. I came by to pick them up after work and helped a bit. The helpers will be there today, too, so I am guessing they will take some time to be prepared for the next 4 weeks.

I am not happy that my chores this afternoon will be tackled when it is going to be 80 degrees out with gobs of humidity. That being said, I have no plans on leaving the house so I should be able to be in tattered clothing and look all atrocious and not have to worry about it.
I also intend on cleaning up the yard a bit so that or BBQ on Saturday won’t be gross. In reality, it isn’t too bad. Lily did chew up something recently, so the debris from that needs cleaning, but I think I can get a lot of that done Friday. Ken and the boys have camp on Friday and I don’t have work. Woo for me!

I started my squat challenge today. It is for 30 days and I figure I will go as far as I can. So far this morning I have managed 20. I have to do 50. I have a feeling I can do at least 40 before I leave for the day. I would like to get Bobby to do this with me as he has a little pudge to get rid of. He passed the 100 pound mark yesterday which even though isn’t horrid, I figure between swimming and working all summer he will trim down. Plus, he will start soccer not long after, so I am thinking if I work with him, it benefits both of us! I am also hoping that over the course of the summer we can replace the boys’ bikes so that we can bike around a bit. If the boys start riding their bikes to school, it will mean when Bobby goes to Hull, he will feel more comfortable doing so. Sure, he can walk, but I would think it would be quicker and easier to bike there.

I have been self-conscious about my hair these last couple weeks. It felt too frizzy. I also have decided I really do prefer the purple color. This morning I brushed some good ant-frizz stuff through it and it looks so much better! I will start changing it over to purple soon. We are considering adding red to my blue touch up conditioner to see if that starts tinting it correctly. I can also just add purple to it to see how it goes. I think I just got a little jealous of folks debuting their new summer cuts and it makes me want to do the same. I am trying to stay strong and have long hair for a while. The problem is I end up putting it up because it’s too hot, so it feels like I don’t try to style it so I feel not as good about it. Hopefully a color change and this texture solution will make me feel better in the long run.

Sarah wants to start a book club with Alyssa and me. I think the first book looks to be Judy Blume’s new grownup book. Now I need to go get a copy. I will suggest the next book and will choose from my stack of books I have. This could be a fun venture. Stephanie and I have discussed starting a book club from time to time. I have never actually done one so I am unsure as to what one discuses after the fact. Then again, I think most of the time it is just an excuse to sit around and drink wine, which I gotta say is a damn good reason.

Ok, now I am working for the weekend. Once this three day weekend is over, I will look forward to the week off when we go to Salt Lake City. Should be an interesting next couple months!


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