On a lighter note

It is the weekend.  Yesterday, I went to Ryan's first soccer game of the season, it was an exciting game ending in a tie of 3 to 3.  I get nervous and anxious watching these because you get proud and want only for your team to succeed.  But they are fun and it is great watching the kids mimic soccer stars like David Beckham.  After the game, we went to Costco to go on the "necessities" shop.  That was one expensive shop.  I guess we were out of everything.  Then after my ritual weekend nap, I perused Barnes and Nobles for french study aides and browsed for a while.  It amazes me how many people are there on a Sat. night just hanging out.  

Next Tues. is my birthday, I am still young I guess.  My last name won't be. I am actually officially changing it through the DMV on Monday morning when I need to renew my drivers license, this is a feat that has taken me 8 years to do. I want to stop flip-flopping my maiden name and my married name and just have an idenity.  I am going to take my birthday off of work and I decided to do....somewhat absolutely nothing. I may go off and take my weekly french tutor hour so I don't miss work doing so this week but other than that I plan to catch up on episodes of tv that I am neglecting.  Usually on my birthday I reflect on the last year for a brief moment but other than that it is just like any other day. I also think of all the free meals that I could get using my drivers license from participating restaurants but never take advantage of the deals.  

Ok, I haven't given up yet but there is no pool or startings of a pool in my backyard, it is on "hold".  I officially have a mowed weed yard, our gardeners probably think we are crazy telling them we are killing our lawn for nothing. I keep imagining prettiness someday.  I guess that is what hope is for. 

I erased my likes etc. on my myspace and facebook pages, it is time to think anew, what are really my favorite tv shows, movies, interests etc... I feel I have somewhat evolved in the last few months. I am going to reevaluate and rewrite in the next week or so. 

Last weekend, I went to my grandma's birthday celebration up in Los Gatos which is near the San Jose area.  We landed on a Sat. morning,  I took the kids and we drove down to Santa Cruz for the afternoon.  It was a good time, the road is windy from San Jose to Santa Cruz but all the memories of driving there as a teen came flooding back.  I used to go to Santa Cruz to boogie board and just to hang out, those were the days. After Santa Cruz, we had a family get together on Sunday with about 44 people.  This included 2 babies under the age of one and a handful of kids under the age of five.  My kids are over the age of five, which sounds crazy since the parents of the kids under five are older than I am by as much as 17 years or so.  I really enjoyed my day with my family, I have to do this a few times a year to keep me sane. It gives me a calm to see my mom and dad.  Overall, It was a good weekend trip away.