CHIP OFF THE OL' BLOCK

Sunday, April 29, 2007

The other day, Sarah decided to make her bed with her nice bedspread. She had an unprompted attack of neat. Oh yeah.

BACKTRACKING II

So while I was at my grandfather's funeral, Sarah and Don were on the 4th grade overnight field trip to the Wild Animal Park! They got to be right up close to the animals and slept in tents in the savanna area.

Of course, Don didn't really sleep much... he had to share a tent with 3 fourth graders and they snarfed up all the earplugs. Don got to listen to galloping giraffes, snoring rhinos, trumpeting elephants, and roaring lions in the wee hours. (IS THAT COOL OR WHAT??)

Cheetahs eating stray children. And animals living together! Next best thing to a safari ticket!

BACKTRACKING I

Saturday, April 28, 2007

I haven't had the time to blog about some of our recent Adventures in San Diego and it really is worth telling... so I'm going to backtrack just a little bit.

Last weekend, we went to the San Diego Maritime Museum, and I'll tell you what, if you have a chance to do this while in San Diego, it's F*U*N. Cheap admission price gets you on board like 5-6 different historic boats including one that was used in a pirate movie, a Russian sub from the cold war, and a 30-minute San Diego Bay boat tour. (This is the first time we have traveled by boat since the Barf-Fest that was Becca's 4th birthday... and everyone was just fine!)


Yes, they still shoot off the cannons a couple times a year... usually not at tourists. Here is a picture of the U-boat from the outside... and someone who definitely would not have made it in the Navy illustrating the lame way to go through the small passages inside.

It was super-fun for Becca to go on the Russian sub. And she made friends with some surly pirate types who were doing a birthday party, argh.

YOU KNOW IT'S BAD WHEN...

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

I was talking to my stepfather about my anxiety stemming from the misplacement of the retainer. And he reminded me that when he and my mom were in San Diego, I forgot my phone in a bathroom in Old Town and it was a big to-do getting it back.

It's bad enough to be forgetting these things. It's TERRIBLE to actually have to be reminded of some incident of forgetfulness. I can't even remember what I'm forgetting.