So it's decided that I'll probably only have time to post in here once a week. I'll try to make it Wed or Thurs of each week so my family doesn't get frustrated... haha.
The first week went well I feel.
Only a few bumps in the road, and we're still in business ya'll.
As I said in the last post.. the roads are bizarre. Seriously, if you saw my route to take Sophie to school each morning, you'd gasp. Out loud.
Once I buy another digital camera, I'll take pictures.You'll be amazed.
And then I'll try to snap pictures of the insanely nice cars that fly by all the time and everywhere. They're so nice!! You can tell I'm such a Beverly Hills rookie when I stop and stare at cars driving past. And it happens a lot.
We're talkin' mustangs, porsches, astin martin (or however you spell that), lambourgini(again with the spelling), viper, camero, BMW, jag, audi, THE WORKS. And it rocks my world. I'm a girl that can appreciate an amazing piece of work when I see one. And by appreciate, I mean drool over. In fact, all this weekend they had some filming event for Porsche on the corner of our street.
My first initial reaction: saweet!!!
Reality: No parking anywhere near our house, and security everywhere. And I didn't see one Porsche. The heck? Invite the ginger down the street guys!
When they film movies up here it's not cool. It's just an oober pain to deal with since the roads are insanely windy and it's a tight fit without three cars trying to pass each other on a 15 ft. wide road anyway.
I guess they film movies on our street a lot. It's cool in theory I guess. But there's no chance of seeing anything ever.
Maybe I'll make friends with one of the grumpy and expressionless security guards and he'll introduce me to.. i dono... Chris Pine? Holy smokes. I'd DIE.
As far as the single ward up here? meh. It's fine as far as singles wards go in the summer time anywhere in Utah. Not many there and the ones that are, are pretty set in their ways and have been there since four bishops ago. Know what I'm sayin?
And maybe picking Labor Day weekend for my first week in that ward was asking a lot. Quite a few were out of town. Plus none of the universities around here start until the end of September/early October. I was surprised to hear that, but whatever. It's the same season year-round so they can do what they want, right? haha.
I'm still mentally preparing for the cold to set in any day now. And it won't! Heh heh.
Some of you were asking what my days consisted of, so I'll give you an average day.
I wake up at 6:45 and MAKE myself walk out of my room and into the kitchen so that I look eager and ready to work at 7. And let me tell you friends. That is probably the hardest part for me.
I help get Sophie and Tobin's lunches ready for school and help make sure they have their homework and are dressed, ate breakfast, brushed their hair, yada yada. Or else I'll feed Thomas his breakfast and unload/load the dishwasher. Pretty much whatever Amanda wants me to help her out with that morning.
Then Chapin drives Sophie to school on his morning route to work, and Amanda takes Tobin to school and either helps out at his school, gets groceries, goes to some appointment, or does a workout, or a mix of a few of those, and all the while I'm feeding Thomas his breakfast, and helping him stay enthralled with some toy in the living room or outside.
Then I put Thomas down for his first nap at 9, and I run around like crazy picking up toys from the night before, cleaning the kitchen, doing laundry, ironing, homework, work-out, shower,-pretty much as much as I can fit into a 45 min-1 1/2 hr time slot.
Then I feed Thomas a bottle, change him into an outfit, and play with him until Amanda comes home or until I feed him lunch.
Then Amanda usually gives me a three hour break when she gets home (she's awesome) and I can finish whatever I didn't get done while Thomas was sleeping, or take a nap or check the book. Whatever I fancy.
Then one of us will pick up Tobin from preschool, then Sophie from school, then it totally depends from there. Sometimes they have piano, after school programs, swimming, a play date, ya know whatever's goin on.
Then have them do homework, shower, jammies, Amanda's an amazing cook so she usually makes a great dinner that we all sit together and eat, then bedtime for everyone. Pretty much by 7 or 7 30.
So then the rest of the evening is mine! To usually drown in a bunch of online college homework! But hey, I'm so happy I get so much free-time.
Then I get Saturdays and Sundays off, so that's suuuuper great.
I usually have all my crazy experiences/adventures on the weekends.
Except today, I swear I saw Sandra Bullock pull out of this one private school parking lot. And me and Amanda discussed it and debated it a long time and decided it couldn't have been her... bummer.
Wanna know some things I've learned about L.A.?
-there are a bunch of hippies here that know all about organic and soaking grains and raw milk/honey, and all the random health stuff I love to do. I told one girl that I don't really like to eat meat. Usually only fish. And she said, Oh you're pescitarian? And I was truly shocked she actually knew the technical name for it. Her response? Ya well, welcome to L.A.
-Not as humid as I thought. It's quite nice actually. It's like lotion in the air. I got sunburned while at the Bellair Bay Club on a beach with the family monday (insanely posh and fabulous), and I haven't even peeled because of all the moisture in the air. Cross your fingers!!
-Drivers aren't as crazy as I thought, but the roads are horrid.
-California drivers go bonkers when it rains tho. Their brains fall out or somethin and they don't remember how to drive. They would NOT survive winters in Utah. Just sayin.
-Parallel parking is... everywhere. oy.
-one way roads!
-workers for everything. (not necessarily at our house though)from nannies, to gardeners, to chefs, maids, window cleaners, people to wash your car (seriously!), piano teachers, personal skateboard lessons, valet parking(I haven't had to do that yet. I don't know how that goes down. Do I pay him? before? after? I just hand him the BMW keys??? idk. sketchy.), you name it-they have it!
-alarm systems. more of a nuisance than anything. So much louder than fire alarms and so touchy! my goodness! And in Beverly Hills and Bellair they have full-on patrol officers just for beverly hills and bellair security. So if you don't call and say you set it off on accident, they come full force. ay cha cha!
-weird street lights.
-no one smiles. and if you smile at them, they smile back but give you a look like, "do I know you or somethin?"
This is a crazy adventure and I'm trying to soak it all in! It's late and I have to get up early...
I'll update soon!
Xo
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