a beautiful day in Santa Cruz

My bf and I took our kids to the Boardwalk on Sunday. It was a gorgeous day! My favorite part was spending time at the beach. The water was nice and cool on a hot day. It felt deliciously slippery around my legs.

Sky got completely soaked! At one point, he went under a wave. I raced in to haul him up, soaking my iPhone in the process. He sputtered and announced "mom, that was SO COOL!!!" So much for me saving his life! ;)

Today I went in to the Apple store and bought a new iPhone. DOH!!!

Bahhhston

I'm sitting in a Starbuck's, waiting for Sean to arrive. He's late. Usually, I HATE when people are late. My time is pretty scheduled, so I don't have a lot of leeway. I try to be flexible, but I like for people to respect my time. In this case, however, Sean's tardiness is actually a blessing in disguise. I logged in and responded to a couple of work messages that needed my attention today. I also got a draft of the burning man holiday card out while I was waiting. So productive!! So timely! So fortunate! :)

Reminds me that when things don't got my way, to look for the silver lining. Not that I need much of a nudge in that direction, as I tend to be a glass-half-full kinda gal ;)

New England in the fall is beautiful. I'll write more later about my tripping around Cape Cod today.

going to Boston!

Ahhh I'm so excited! Tomorrow I'm getting picked up at the ungodly hour of 4:25am to be whisked away to SFO. Spend all day flying, arrive in Boston, drive to Cape Cod, girls dinner out Saturday night with K. Sunday we spend time with her two girls in the country, then head back to Boston, where I am meeting S at the John Hancock Observatory. I know, I know, its strange that he and I are in Boston at the same time. He just moved to St Louis, but his sister is near Boston. It was too coincidental not to see each other :) What does it all mean? Hell, I don't know! I've given up on being able to read the fates. I just like to keep my options open ;)

ADDENDUM: I just started iTunes, random and came up with this song (hahahahah!)

Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby) by

Aretha Franklin

Baby baby, sweet baby
There's something that I just got to say
Baby baby, sweet baby
You left me hurtin' in a real cold way

Speak your name
And I'll feel a thrill
You said I do
And I said I will

I tell you that I'll stay true
and give you just a little time
Wait on me baby,
I want you to be all mine
I just get so blue

Since you've been gone, baby
(why'd you do it? why'd you have to do it?)
Since you've been gone
(why'd you do it? why'd you have to do it?)

(bridge)

Baby baby, sweet baby
I didn't mean to run you away
It was pride on my lips,
But not in my heart
To say the things that made you stray
But ah, babe
Hear me now
(hear me)
I don't know what I'm gonna do
(hear me)
Got to get you back somehow
(hear me now)
Oooh, take me back,
consider me please
If you walk in that door,
I can get up off my knees
I just been so blue

Since you've been gone
(why'd you do it? why'd you have to do it?)
Since you've been gone
(why'd you do it? why'd you have to do it?)
Well I've been so lonely
(sweet sweet - sweet sweet baby)
Baby, since you've been gone
(sweet sweet - sweet sweet baby)
I've been so lonely
(why'd you do it? why'd you have to do it?)
Since you've been gone
(why'd you do it? why'd you have to do it?)
Baby baby baby been so lonely
(sweet sweet - sweet sweet baby)