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Originally uploaded by surlygrrrl [ELBfoto] My feet/ankles have been swollen since I got off the first flight in Denver on Saturday.
It is crazy warm here, in part due to the fires.
It is still really smoky.
I played a lot of Wii tennis at Erin's & my arms are so sore I can barely lift them over my head. It's ridiculously fun, though, and now we want a Wii even more.
My cousin Gia came over last night & it was the first time I'd seen her since our grandma's funeral about 10 years ago. She's as beautiful as ever. She was drunk when she arrived & continued to drink. It was both funny & sad. Fortunately Erin was driving.
Dramaz: Remember the wedding we went to in PV last year? The whole reason we're able to go back this year? Yeah, my cousin Sabrina. That marriage ended 2-3 months later. !!! Apparently they were having issues beforehand & had even been in therapy for about a year, but I guess it didn't take. Erin thinks he's gay & was just looking for a beard, but the pressure to have sex with Sabs was too much for him. Who knows. I sure don't. They never filed the marriage papers in the states so at least they didn't have to divorce, he just asked her to move out & that was it. I guess she immediately went back to her previous boyfriend. Sigh.
Now Sabrina isn't talking to her mom because, I guess, Diana was totally on her case about the expense & somehow this is all Sabrina's fault.
My cousin Mariah married the dude she brought to the wedding last year. He smokes cigars & everyone says he's really boring. I barely spoke to him so I can't say anything about that. Erin says Mariah isn't in love with him, but had it drilled into her by her mom that she better get it while she can because this is her last chance. ??? Mariah is in her early 30s & stunningly gorgeous. Her mother is crazy.
After all of this discussion I thanked my mom for being so awesome.
We walked around downtown Huntington Beach & the pier yesterday. I brought the wrong lens & no film. I need to just stop trying to use my busted 50 1.8 because maybe 1 out of 10 shots is in focus.
We're going to some BBQ joint for my birthday dinner when we get back from Mexico next week. Then on Monday or Tuesday we're going to Disneyland.
We're probably not going to be able to go back to the aquarium in Long Beach because it's so expensive. Erin said something about seeing the Bodyworlds exhibit in LA, but I checked it out & it looks like it ended in September. We really wanted to see it back home but it was like $25 each.
It feels so good to be with family back "home." So much talk about my mom & Bob moving here (they'll be looking at property while we're here) & hopefully getting something that will allow B & I to move out here, too. It wouldn't be for awhile, but it's something to look forward to. I love Minneapolis, I'd be content living there for the rest of my life if I have to, but B is sick of winter & wants to get the hell out. He loves it here & loves my family. Be could be in his 50s before this happened, though. I also won't be surprised if it never happens. For us at least. My mom & Bob will definitely be moving here.
I fear the change regardless of how much I want it.