Laura Vegas

well … vacation is over and it’s back to work time. even though we didn’t take any major trip or anything … i still feel like i need a vacation from my vacation. lol! by saturday night i was just exhausted. we were just on the run all week … never really took time to just veg.

to sum up the parts of our vacation that i didn’t blog about (and mainly doing this so that i can remember myself):

• our first 2 days of vacation (this being friday when i got done with daycare kids and then saturday) we spend doing tons of things around the house. i had a list for each of us hanging on the fridge … all of the stuff that i wanted us to accomplish at some point. as soon as each of us finished something we would cross it off. we had housework, yardwork, deep cleaning, organizing, etc. we ended up getting tons done in just our first 2 days.
• sunday we took the girls bowling. once again … we have no business keeping score. lol! the girls were way too concerned with their score and who was winning. and i did pretty good considering that my right hand is all out of whack. my thumb won’t bend much, my middle knuckle is swollen to twice the size of my other hand, and i just don’t have much strength in that hand. so i found the lightest ball there … and did pretty good. my thumb only got stuck in the ball once and i flunk it backwards. but i got better scores than joe … and quite a few strikes! then we made our way to old navy and got the girls some fun t-shirts … they were having a huge sale so we really made out.
• monday … marine world … see previous post! lol!
• tuesday … mini-golfing … see previous post. soccer practice.
• wednesday we went to the movies to see "daddy daycamp". not as good as "daddy daycare" … but still a good laugh. tons of yummy popcorn too. then the girls wanted to have a sleepover … so i called up deneen and her twins came over for the night. which the girls were so excited about (both her girls and mine) … because they have never really hung out together much. they played games all night (a lot of "scene it") … and watched a movie. i worked on a few assignments that i had saved until the last minute. lol! the girls were all up until about 12:30am … and then we all crashed.
• thursday the girls all hung out … playing games and stuff. joe watched a few movies. i finished up my assignments and got those all send off. after deneen picked up her girls … joe and sarah went for a quick swim at grammy’s house … and alyssa and i headed off to the orthodontist. then joe and sarah went to her soccer practice … and alyssa and i went to her soccer practice. we all met up back at the house for a quick dinner. then alyssa got packing for her big trip (more on that later).
• friday we all headed our seperate ways. i thought it was kind of funny … we were together non-stop all week … and now we all split up. joe went golfing. sarah went to my moms until he was done. alyssa and i left town and i took her to her grandma’s house until her dad got off work. then i headed out to the scrapbook expo. that was totally unexciting … but i did also hit up 4 scrapbook stores along the way. really didn’t buy much at all. but nice to get out and browse. there was a ton of traffic (nothing new to california i guess. lol!) … so i just hung out and did my own thing until later in the evening. then i stopped by alyssa’s dad’s place to pick up a hamster. lol! i’m in charge of the hamster while they’re all on vacation.
• saturday we had soccer pictures in the morning. came home for a bit and did some things around the house. took sarah over to her friend tawny’s house to hang out … they’re on different tracks at school and have to go 2 months without being at school together … as soon as one of them comes back on track the other one goes off track. so they had fun hanging out again together. i tried to work on some assignments and got no where. lol!
• sunday joe went to a golf tournament all day. sarah and i ran some errands. she ended up going to my parents house to swim for a bit since they had some other families over … and i think she ended up staying in the pool for over 5 hours! lol! i did some more stuff around the house … trying to get everything ready for the new work week. all the things that just get tossed around … but need to be picked up because the daycare kids will get into it. lol! also made myself start some on my assignments … and got a really good start. feel good about that.

and today is monday. joe’s still off work … he goes back tuesday night. i really didn’t have any kids today … just ariana for a few hours. but tomorrow i will be thrown back into work really fast. lol! i have my little buddy wes coming to visit for a few days … have missed that boy since he left a year ago. he’s 2 years old now … so i’m sure he’s quite active. and he’s coming bright and early … along with my neighbor kids ayana and ziek. then haley and amanda. by 7:30 tomorrow morning i will have 5 kids here (plus sarah)! that should be an interesting adjustment … especially since i’m not a morning person at all! lol! 

although we’re really missing alyssa. the girl went to hawaii!!! she went with her dad, her aunt, and her grandparents. her grandma was born there and i don’t think she’d been there for a really long time … so this is a really big trip for them. they flew there on saturday … and they come back next tuesday. i know they’re having tons of fun over there. but she’s never been gone from me that long. she calls at least once a day … and she’s emailing me when she can. it’s been 3 days … and i can’t believe i have 8 more days until she comes home. miss my baby!

well … if you’re still reading … kudos to you! lol! i hope to share some scrap stuff later this week. i did good today on my stuff i "needed" to do … so now i started something that i "wanted" to do. playing with some of the new goodies i got at the expo. will share more later!