Good old February. One month later. Yesterday was 77? outside and Gavin decided he wanted to try to go in the pool. Of course it was too cold, but he walked around in the kiddy pool for 5 minutes or so anyway. Then we fell back to the hot tub which, in my opinion, was now too hot for the current weather. Gavin didn’t think so. My mom was here visiting last week. My mom, Gavin, and myself went down to Disney on Tuesday and Wednesday. Gavin fought off sleep hard that day. With so much to do in Disneyland, who would want to sleep right? He rode the Star Tours ride twice, watched a Jedi training session, rode the Runaway train, went in a haunted mansion, discovered churros, met Mickey, Goofey, Mary Poppins, Flick, Mr. Incredible, Darth Vader and Darth Maul, watched a Muppets show, flew over California, nearly avoided getting blown up by cannons from the Black Pearl, and a whole bunch more. He had a blast. As did my mom and I. It was really nice seeing Gavin so happy.

After my mom’s departure, I took another drive down to LA for a RSCDS dance. That is when I had my first real encounter with a tubleweed. lol.

It came at me at about 90 mph (my speed plus it’s speed). The wind was incredibly strong and it was advised that trailers and campers not go through the mountain. This created a lard dust storm that lowered visibilitiy no about 20 feet. Yet, people (including trailers and campers) were still traveling along at about 70 mph. Crazy california drivers. 🙂

Gavin is going to have his first playdate today. We received a letter from one of Gavins school mates. It was from his parents and it explained how Gavin and Jeep arranged to get together some weekend to play. So we finally called them and made the arrangements. We’ll see how it goes.

The days creep along quickly.?¿ Hmmm. As we wait for each day to slowly pass to get that letter or wait for that appointment or get that phone call, we suddenly realize that time has moved a bit quicker than we thought and then panic. Then we do it again the next day. lol. It’s funny how something can be around everyday and still seem like a surprise each day. 🙂

Happy 2008! Already this is promising to be a good year. I am happy and there is much to look forward to. Mary has been here for the holidays and it’s been nice. Gavin is loving having her here and we dread the time when he must say goodbye. Holly witnessed the prior parting of them and said it’s a hard thing to bear.

My mom comes to visit in just over a month. It will be a little hectic. I was worried when she first bought her ticket knowing that she would be here practically the week before my lease ends. At which time, Holly will have her apt packed and crammed into mine and will be living with me for the month until we can find a new apt for the both of us. But doing some research and asking questions has made me feel much better about how easy it will be to resolve the living situation. So hopefully by the time my mom comes, we’ll have a place set up already and possibly have stuff moved in. We have a bit more of a plan now. And plans are good. Holly functions much better with them, and they make me stress a little less.

So yeah. Things are going well between Holly and I. And this year will be a good one. Now if I can just get back to open mic night.

The weather peoples predicted rain. Then amazingly, it rained. I couldn’t believe it. And on my way to pick up Gavin from pre-school, I witnessed a Bakersfield rarity. Check it out.

I think I need to sleep now.

No. Really. He fell asleep like that.

Gavin is officially five. It has been a weekend of decadence. We spent hours in Mutha Shuckers waiting for crab legs and fettucini alfredo. Apparently they were just in the paper with a good review and they were not prepared for it. In other words, they had 2 waitresses and one cook for a full house. But we stuck it out and it was good. I’d certainly go there again if it was less crowded. On Saturday, we at our traditional pre-birthday Thai food dinner. Man that was good. Nothing like indulging in curry and thai noodles and sticky rice. Oh yeah. Gavin on the other hand opted for pizza. Sunday was the big day. Gavin’s birthday. He wanted to see Alvin and the Chipmunks and so it was. Before hitting the theatre, we stopped at Toys R Us for birthday supplies. Then after the movie we stopped for the birthday cake. Chocolate of course. After arriving home we ate leftover pizza and Thai food for lunch. Then Holly set up the cake with 5 candles and a couple of star wars figurines while I blew up a few balloons. “Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you…” And before we had time to snap a picture, the boy had made a wish and blew out his candles. “Gavin, you have to cut the cake.” We handed him a knife and watched him carefully stab the cake. “Can I open my presents now?” He carefully, but without hesitation, opened one present at a time making sure to ask who each one was from and saying thank you after opening each one. He was so polite. You could see the excitement in his eyes. It made me very happy to see him happy and enjoying his birthday. Although it wasn’t a super busy day, it was an exciting day. And it ended for him at 5:30 on the couch trying to find a holiday movie to watch. He was such a good kid. So perfect and polite and patient and cute and on and on.

It’s play time