13 posts tagged “satx”
I finally have some time to sit down and blog a little bit. Jeepers Creepers...
So first things first, I want to apologize to everyone I didn't see when I was in San Antonio. I was only there for 7 days and those 7 days went by so fast, before I knew it, it was Wednesday night and I was packing to leave the next day. So I'm so sorry I didn't see y'all. PLUS to add to it, I didn't have internet access. Who knew that people would secure their networks in my Mom's hood? Anyway, the little connection I did have was so unreliable that I could stay on for only like 2 minutes. Forgiveness all around, please...
Second, my Famils are the best! They just rule the world. How awesome it was to just hang out with my mom for 3 weeks? She was with me in Califas for 2 weeks and then for a week in Tejas. It was great. I miss her so much. I wish she was closer.
See, just as I sat down to blog I hear my kids coming up the drive ready for dinner. Luckily I have the nuggets in the microwave and the strawberries cut and ready to go. Shh, don't tell anyone that I make my kids microwave food when I don't have time to cook. Tomorrow they will have pizza with their Dad because I have a meeting. SO, that's that with that!
What did we do while in Texas?
We arrived on Thursday, late and starving of course. Got the rental van and then we were off to my Mama's house. Ate a late dinner and the kids went to sleep, I hung out with the Muth. She's the best.
Woke up early on Friday morning and the Muth, the Kid Sis, the Twinkles and I got ready for a full day. We went to have breakfast at Jim's on Hildebrand and San Pedro then it was off to the Zoo! Had to show the kids a real zoo. They have only been to the lame Oakland Zoo. We had a great time! It was a blast. The kids loved it. Jake has always really really wanted to see a rhino and he was just so excited to finally see one in person! After the zoo we got on the train! It was so fun! I remember it from back in the day but this time it was just so much better than it ever has been. Must have been having my own kiddos with me, experiencing it for the first time! We got home exhausted but fulfilled! It was a fabulous day.
Saturday was flea market day. We got a later start than I wanted but still, it was so much fun. We bought so much crap it wasn't even funny. Did I mention the kids $5 cowboy hats? No? Ah, well, yes, there are cowboy hats! Spent all day at there and came home with a HUGE watermelon. AND the kids had their first raspas. Coconut for Jake and Strawberry for Kate. Good time was had by all. Spurs game afterward. Holy Shit Spurs, double overtime!
Sunday was Famils day. We woke up early, ate breakfast at Jim's again, then went to Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. The kids went to meet Grandpa Texas for the first time and we also saw my Tio Louie. I hadn't seen his stone. It was sad but the kids had a good time. Does that make sense? When we got home we had a bbq with all the famils present. My Tia, my cousins, my sister and John, My old friend Jenn and even my brother and his family were there. It was great to see everyone. I made me realy miss Texas more. I miss them all. ROCK BAND! After everyone left we played Rock Band. "Mommy we love you but we don't want to share!" was what the kids told me when it was my turn to sing. John, Jenn and Jake and Katy srsly played Blitzkrieg Bop 3.489 million times. It was AWESOME! If anyone in my hood has it, you should invite me over. I will bring Pepsi and Doritos and we will have a good time, okay? I srsly can sing the hell out of Celebrity Skin.
Monday was Fiesta day. We took the kids to the Mercado and they had a good time. I need to mention the humongous turkey leg that they ate. They LOVED it and of course my hands smelled like turkey for the rest of the day. Gross, yeh, I know. Then I had dinner with my beautiful friend Sylvia. I met her boy. He's nice.
Tuesday was Selena Day. We went to Corpus Christi to take Katy to go see Selena's grave and her statue. She LOVED it and we even got a video of her doing her Selena moves. It was awesome. So sad when I really really sit downa nd think about it. She was so young. Then we ate lunch at WHATABURGER by the Bay. Oh yeh, it was de-licious! BEST BURGER EVER! Then we went to go see the Selena statue downtown and we were thwarted by some really tanned old man. Apparently the statue was closed because they were getting ready for a boat show and the statue was right smack dab in the middle of it all. So I paid some girl twenty bucks to drive us by it in her little Landry's golf cart. Then we went to the beach for a walk along the sea but we ended up getting in and getting wet. The kids were baptised in the Gulf at last. The gulf coast water taste sweet as wine... Got home late and watched the Spurs game.
Wednesday I took the rental van back and started packing and getting ready to go the next day. I was already sad that I would be leaving my mom and that I didn't get to see some very very important people.
Thursday, went to the airport early, hung out a bit before we had to go in and get to our gate. It was SAT to LAX to OAK. LONG FLIGHT! Got home, kissed the husb and I got right to work on the newsletter and on my consulting gig...
It's been non-stop ever since...
i'm just feeling a little sad today. i wish that things were easier but they are what they are and that's all... i miss my mom and my sister...
i guess i should call sarah to see if she still wants to go to sconehenge.
YAY!!
The SPURS WON!!!!!!
It's good to be from San Antonio right now!
I miss San Antonio. I miss the cicadas singing. I miss hanging on the porch after it's cooled to 80 degrees. I miss heading over to Sonic and getting a slushie or going over to Jim's for a bowl of cinnamon ice cream.
and I miss my Mom and my Sister and my Brother and my Tias.
I have been down with a headache. That's why I haven't been voxing lately. That and because I have just been busy with the kiddos.
I miss having friends in the bay. I miss San Antonio something fierce....
It's not a political writing campaign. It's a person letter writing campaign. I just wrote my first 2 letters. One to my friend Jennifer in NOLA and the second to my cousin Cindy in SATX.
I'm excited. Pretty soon everyone in my address book will receive a letter. YAY!
Well things here have been pretty uneventful which is NEVER a bad thing. I have been trying to get back into the whole working out at the gym at least 3 x a week. And walking 3 x a week as well. That will leave me with one day to be utterly lazy.
My adblocker is still going wonky on the occasion. I have to whitelist whole site several times. It's annoying but whatever. I'll do it anyway.
The Kate is pretty much potty trained for day time use only! Night is a different story. The Jake wants nothing to do with pull-ups or underwear.
I have had a headache pretty consistently for the last week or so. I can't make it go away. I had weird dreams last night. My kid sister is coming to the bay area in a week! YAY for company. She will be here for a couple of months! Then I am going to go to Texas for a week or so. I miss my family so much and I miss the friends I left behind. I can't wait! I'm excited!
If you could open a restaurant, any kind you want, what would it look like and what's on the menu?
Submitted by A is for Amy.
How can I NOT answer this QotD! It's mine! YAY!
I have thought about opening a restaurant ever since I started working in a very cool deli in SA. That is when I decided I wanted to be a chef (one of my many, when I grow up I want to be a ... phases). My idea for a restaurant is a cafe/deli/comfy/cozy/ vegan/vegetarian/carnivore friendly/artsy/live music kinda place. Gourmet and a taste of down home cooking. Soups (at least 4 different soups everyday made from scratch), salads, sandwiches, sautes, several specials that change daily (at least 7 specials daily), enchiladas of the day, chalupas, nachos, fresh baked breads and muffins and cakes and pies (baked daily). Something along those lines.
It actually helps a lot that I worked at the coolest restaurant in SATX when I lived there, I have never found anything like it here in Cali...
I have soooo much laundry to do today. I mean a lot!
I have to do my laundry, the kids laundry and the sheets. UGH! I don't want! I wish someone would come over and do my laundry for me. I just want to chill it all day with the kids.
Yesterday my friend Sarah and I had a Tejano brunch! It was so awesome! But the best part of the whole thing, besides seeing her was drinking BIG RED! RAH!
What are your personal memories of September 11th?
I was in San Antonio, Tx. I had just spent the evening before in the company of Vicky, Sylvia and Dave. We were at the Slayer midnight record release party. My friend Dave owned a record store and he had the party. I remember think how cool it was that I was here in SA with my friends. I was leaving in a couple of days so we still had some hours of debauchery left... I was completely hung over when my friend Deena called me to tell me to turn on the TV. I did and all the joy and happiness of the evening before fizzled.
I remember being really scared and almost frantic because I wanted to go home. When i talked to my mom I told her, "I wanna go home" and she said, "You are home." And at that moment it was when I realized that my home was with my now-husband, then-boyfriend Dave. Defining moment much?
As I said in my post before, 9/11 was also the last time I ever saw my Grandma alive.
