Monday morning catch up

So now that the post-vacay blues is winding down...what have I been doing the last week?

1.  last Sunday we took Narayan to the playground across the street.  He loved it.  Lately he's obsessed with Uncle Dave so he was happy for some quality time.

2.  Nasty crazy smoke.  Flying home to the grossness was so awful and it has felt pretty doomsday-ish watching the smoke roll in from the west every night. Can't open the windows :( can't turn on the AC :( uggghhhh it's so nasty. It makes for some brilliant sunsets and spooky / ashy evenings ... 

 

3.  NBA finals!  woo Dallas!  Actually I don't care that much, but it kept me entertained at work all week and the weekend games give me an excuse to eat yummy bar food.

4.  I had to get used to wearing shoes, pants, and underwear again after being in my swim suit and sundresses for a week.  It took me more than a week to unpack and I still haven't folded my laundry from more than a week ago. 

5.  We've been watching the HBO series "Game of Thrones" (we downloaded it, shhh) and even though it has some gratuitous sex scenes, I like the dark ages drama.  It's pretty similar to Rome and The Tudors:  incest, betrayal, sex, war, torture, horse back riding, sex, etc.

6.  I started reading Tina Fey's book "Bossy Pants."  It's pretty fricken funny so far.  I <3 TF.  A gf was reading it in Jamaica and I kept wondering why she was chuckling, now I get it.  She puts in a bunch of little zingers and it's hard not to laugh out loud.

7.  for some reason I have finally come to terms with home ownership.  I Rebecca Ann Palmer, would like to own a home.  So far we've seen about 5 and I've scoured the internet looking in the 87106 / 87108, and I've realized that our options are scarce, AND that people do some weird ass renovations to their houses.  Let's just say we have seen some "unique" homes.  We're in no rush and the realtor lady who is helping us says more houses will come on the market during the summer / fall so we can afford to wait til the perfect one comes along.  (There is one house that I can't get out of my head and I really really like it, but it was the first one I saw and want to see more options before I make such a big decision).  So you ask, "RP! does this mean you want to stay in NM?!"  Nope.  My plan:  buy a move in ready house, live in it for the next 3-5 years and do minor projects, move out of state and rent out the property, celebrate my 57th birthday by making the last payment on my house in NM and consider moving back to retire and live there / sell it because hopefully it will appreciate ten fold :)

8.  Yesterday I went to my first movie in a long long time.  I saw "Bridesmaids" and it was totally worth it.  hil-ar-i-ous.  I laughed soooo hard!

That's all for today!  Have a happy Monday!

oh wait!  I forgot!

9.  We went to the Pride parade on Saturday!  I LOVE going and David is such a good sport and has a good time watching all the party floats make their way to the fairgrounds.  I usually get a ton of candy and free toothbrushes, but this year we were too far down the route I guess.  Still, it's the best people watching event in the whole city and every one is so pumped!