8-12-13
Giant tee-pees are really funny!
We got out to the hotel later than I had hoped, but really
had we shown up any earlier it would have been more waiting around there for
check in. It worked out well that we arrived when we did since we only had to
wait for about 20 minutes, which gave me lots of time for pictures of the
grounds.
Wigwam motel is small. It has maybe 25 rooms, which means of
course, 25 teepees. The pool was actually a perfect size for what we were
looking for. It also was cool that we showed up when we did since we had the
pool to ourselves for a little over an hour.
I swam with the boys for a long time, letting them crawl all
over me in the process. They seem to feel the need to use me as a floatation device
when I am in water. On one hand, you want to get annoyed and ask for your space
back. On the other hand, I am happy that they want to be so close to me.
Ken and I sat at one of the tables in the pool area and went
through our M*A*S*H trivia cards while the boys splashed about. A lady with her
three kids showed up. When they left hours later it looked as though they were
really just using the pool and not actual wigwam guests. There was one couple
who did take a dip or two, but they most just opted to get some sun. One of the
girls clearly didn’t plan on swimming so she had on a white t-shirt with no
bra, which was pretty amusing that she was slightly nervous at first (it wasn’t
exactly subtle) but then clearly determined that no one at the pool cared, so
she laid out with her girlfriend on her back.
The boys swam for a few hours at which point they decided
they wanted to get out and eat. We opted to order a pizza and hang out in the
room, since after all, this trip was about the hotel. There wasn’t much on.
Hangover 2 was on, and despite the clearly adult themes, we ended up watching
that. Thankfully most of it was more over the top funny and not super inappropriate.
Dax opted to go swimming some more, so he and I went out and
I hung out watching him while he splashed about. There were two other couples
out there and I have to say it is always a strange juxtaposition when I find
myself sitting with people I could see being friends with or chatting with
maybe 15 years ago and instead I am now the lady with the kid. Dax was very well
behaved, so no one batted an eye at us, so it was cool.
We found Avatar playing on FX so we were able to watch the
last half of that, which was perfect since then we all fell asleep from a long
day in the sun and water. We had also spent much of the morning working on
soccer stuff, so it was time to sleep.
In the morning, the boys were up way earlier than we would
have liked, but whatcha gonna do? I got up and ended up crawling into their bed
and the three of us giggled and talked about the day. They both wanted to go
swimming, so we had to wait until 9 for the pool to open. We ended up packing
up and went out to the pool for about 45 minutes when it finally opened. The
boys swam and it was a really warm morning so it was refreshing for them.
We went over to Denny’s for breakfast. We probably should
have had food elsewhere, but the city of San Bernardino isn’t exactly thriving.
There were so many abandoned buildings and restaurants. It was actually pretty
depressing. There were so many boarded up houses. We even saw some for sale,
and I just looked one of them up this morning. 4 bedroom place, 6000 SqFt lot,
1400 SqFt house, $90K. Yeah, you read that right. A house for less than $100K
and HUGE! Truly, no one wants to live out there.
We went to the McDonald’s museum which was pretty damn
awesome. It was clearly cheesetastic, but that is what made it awesome. It is
the site of the very first McDonalds, and it had so much in the way of memorabilia
which was really cool. We didn’t spend gobs of time there, but I am glad we
went. We are actually considering sending them our complete mini beanie baby
collection that we have so they can display it.
We came home in the afternoon and the boys went out in our
pool since they were super excited to be able to swim again after the week long
dry spell due to their ears. This allowed Ken and I to catch up on several
episodes of New Girl. Sure, I should have been working, but it was late enough
in the day that any project would have taken me late into the night.
The electrician finally comes this week and with that we
also have to wait for the city to approve the new panel. Once that is done, he
can get everything done. We now have to spend some serious time at the Halldale
house. We have our yard sale planned for the 31st, so I would like
to get the boys’ beds out of their room so we can also put them out. I don’t
have anything pressing for the next 5 days so I should be able to concentrate
on this moving adventure again.
Dax’s birthday is this weekend, so Saturday has us at
Mulligans much of the day. His actual birthday is Sunday, but I don’t know what
the plan is for that day. It does mean a break in house adventures. I am just
happy to have the party elsewhere since it means I don’t have to prep either
house for party time.
I have been slacking lately but today I am going to the gym
again. I have multiple things motivating me right now. I have decided that I
need to get through all of Breaking Bad so that I can watch the season finale
when it actually airs. This is my plan. It will be tough, but it just means I
have to exercise more. LOL!
Now to just get through a work day without yelling. It isn’t
too bad so far what with me getting a box of oatmeal from the facilities
manager. He orders the instant oatmeal for the company, but apparently no one
eats the maple and brown sugar variety in the box, so he gives all those
packets to me. We had a conversation once about them and I pointed out that the
boys LOVE that kind. This has made it now that I no longer have to steal the
oatmeal. They just give it to me. LOL!
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