Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Bay Boat Trip LX

A. Britton home teaches James.
B. For some reason James home teaches Britton too.
C. James just happens to have a really really really nice boat.

A + B + C = Best boat trip ever

The weather was sunny and pleasant. The company was delightfully amusing. The Oreos were double stuff Halloween edition.

Let me introduce the crew. We'll start with the stunningly handsome Britton. (On board we call 'im Neck Beard.)

Me sporting fuchsia. So hot right now. Can't think of a good pirate name for me.

And the one and only Fearless Willy.
Cap'in Jimmy...not paying attention to where we're going?
Our faithful crewmates.
Here we are coming into a good view of the city.
We went under the Bay Bridge and got to see all the construction they're doing. We had lunch in a lagoon at Treasure Island. Really, I'm not making that up.
We swung around "The Rock" Alcatraz. From the boat we could see some of the buildings that aren't included in the Alcatraz tour.
We stopped to get gas, and found these weird floating brown things...
What could it be?!
No worries, it's just sea lions. I loved to watch them jump out of the water and climb all over the other sleeping sea lions.
We had fun switching babies and making them giggle.
Back to Daddy.
Little buddies! It's so cute to make babies hug each other!
Getting into mischief together.
It's tiring having so much fun. Here's the boys snoozing in the womb-like hull. (Engine noise, water splashing outside, soft comfy bed...as close as these guys can get to the womb post-birth.)

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Saying Goodbye


I made a few friends while we were in Oakland that I'm really sad to leave behind. I didn't meet them at church because we were a little to transient for that. None of them actually live in Oakland. You might know them though. Stacie, Clinton, Giada, Anthony Bourdain, Bones and Booth, Padma, and Oprah. I could go on. There was so many new people to meet this summer and so many things they wanted to teach me (sell me). The time just flew by.
I've hardly had any TV since leaving my parents house back in '01. And besides the summer with Britton's family (when I couldn't figure out the many remotes), this is my first time with complete control over CABLE! That and the big flat screen TV was really a treat for me. Unfortunately in our small apartment it was hard to escape from the TV and I became kind of an addict.
I spent every lunch time with Stacie and Clinton learning what not to wear. Too bad I have to continue to wear wrinkled, disposable clothing. Dinner time was spent giving Bones and Booth advice about how to find various murderers. Britton and I would drool late at night as Padma criticized some scrumptious looking meal.
Now we're back at our own apartment in Stanford using hulu on our computer screen. I'll just have to look on the bright side. At least I won't be ignoring Will so much. Will managed to not get caught up in the funny/eye-catching/dramatic shows. I wasn't even sure he could see or understand what was going on with the screen. But one day he got all excited and said, "doggie, doggie!" during a dog commercial.
So what do I do with all the time I have reclaimed from the TV? I'm not really sure. The house isn't any cleaner. I haven't started any new hobbies. But Will has sure been enjoying the playground after being cooped up most of the summer!