Hot Ball

The Parkes' came to town! They are one of the few married couples that I can stand to hang out with for long periods of time mainly because they are BOTH flipping awesome.

We went to dinner at some Italian place with big bottles of wine. This is Jill partaking in the group sing along of "That's Amore"

Parker claims he got his shiner from playing "softball".

It was fun but super packed. I got accused of having sex in the bathroom because it took me so long to pee.

Game day!

This was shortly after we arrived. The Parkes' were pumped. (PS there were an inexplicable amount of preggos at the game. Breeders!!)

Then we realized that it was 90 degrees with no clouds or breeze

His name is Jesse Soto 

Mere seconds before I took this photo a cockroach-like bug was crawling on this grandma's neck. BLECH

We had good seats though.

 

Joy and I moved back a few rows to sit in the shade while everyone else stayed in the sun. Dont they look miserable?

Mmmm beer...

And ice cream

I may have documented the only known instance of Joy eating ice cream. She has pretty much shunned it ever since she worked at Baskin and Robbins in high school.

Did I mention it was hot? I think this man was offering up his do-rag clad baby to jebus in exchange for a little rain. 

We had fun even though the Dodgers lost. Hopefully I will make it to more games. Preferably in shady seats!! 

Lucky ones are we all 'til it is over

LJ is a baller!


Actually that thing on her head is what I like to call a "bald girl baby identifier". She gets called a boy a lot unless she wears it.


Totally mesmerized


I ended up in Redondo Beach for a night (by myself and it wasnt one of those pay by the hour joints either). If you ever need to get away Priceline is tops. Hotel room by the ocean with a king size bed? Yes please!


And lots of salty sunshine


Jenkins had these in her closet.


I like your mustache, ma'am


Red eyes = creepy nurse puppet


Hard at work


Girl wonder

The Little Things

I found this rad little cafe/candy store the other day in South Pasadena. I felt like Augustus Gloop. If you are high you may want to skip the following photos.

I want a giant pillow made out of peppermint marshmallows. 

Also, I made it back to the dark side.

Be aware that this shiny new device may not guarantee that I will be any better about picking up my phone. I set my ringtone to "Ninja". Heh

We never tell each other when we are sad

No news is good news I guess. I cant believe I have been in LA nearly a month! I feel like I am still on a temporary journey. I think it will feel more real when I actually get to sleep in my own bed. Two more weeks and then I move into my new place. Its adorable and yellow with a white picket fence. Cant wait. 

I have been working like mad which is a good thing. I was unemployed for two and a half months at the beginning of the year and thought I was going to suffocate from boredom. You think when you have a bunch of time on your hands you are going to get super motivated and do all of the things you have been putting off and lose 20 lbs and learn how to make a souffle. But you dont. You end up just having more time to worry about what comes next and if eating macaroni and cheese and ramen exclusively will save you enough money to pay the rent. It wasnt all bad though,  I had a lot of fun and took lots of trips and read tons of books. I just dont think I am built to be without a job. It doesnt feel right. I need something to put all of my energy into so that I dont have time to deal with stupid things like feelings and remembering to pay my electric bill. 

Then there was the tour with its frantic pace which I am apparently still moving at despite the fact that I now have time to hang out with my niece and take bike rides. I am on the road again in a few weeks so I suppose there really is no reason to break the cycle of staying up late and sleeping little. In some way living like this proves I am not the giant wuss I secretly suspect I am.

It is pretty here. This is the view from the parking garage

And there is always Brunch...


And places like these.


I was fascinated, but the store was closed in spite of the open sign....