Shout out to his homie, Whiskers...

So from time to time in the Mission, you see young kids walking around with tee shirts in remembrance of someone they lost. The shirt usually has a picture of the deceased along with the date. Hate to generalize, but its usually a 'young blood' gang banger that got shot or what have you. In homage to a loss so near and dear to me, I made Max a onesie with Whiskers, RIP 2006. I didn't go so far as to list out the name and date of the deceased. Anyone who has known me for an amount of time, knows that I loved that cat. I had her for 15 years. She grew up with me in Vegas and when I moved to SF, I had to leave her behind with a family friend for a few months. Once we found a place to live, I flew out to Vegas and brought her back with me. Kitty and I rocked it in first class too! Ahh the life. Well the cat had been given a hefty amount of tranquilizers so I'm not sure she remembers much. This one's for you homie [pouring out milk from a 40 bottle] Meowwwww.

We had a date night!

D and I were able to go out to dinner last night (Beretta) and Grandma Bootsie watched Max. We had a great time and even stopped for a beer at The Bar on Mission. The beer, Fat Tire, was only $2.50! And it was magnificent, as I hadn't had for over a year and a half- as I was on a gluten free diet, right before I got pregnant. Oh my, that Fat Tire still holds a special place in my heart.

Here a Ham, there a Ham...

One thing that we have been blessed with this week is people bringing us meals. D's bosses wife made us a salad, and meatballs with sauce for spaghetti (which was delicious!). D's boss brought them all the way down from Santa Rosa (where they live). Apparently, they had 3 friends (including us) who all had babies within a few days of each other here in SF - so they made meals for each of us. Meals are the BEST gift. We had that dinner last night.

Today we got a knock on our door and what appears - but another meal! Yeah! Our UPS guy had a box marked "Honey Baked Ham." It contained a 3.5lb cooked ham, and 2 side dishes. yum

Maternity leave is awesome.

Ok so maybe I'm not missing my job all that much. The first few days after I had Max, I did sneak a few peeks at work emails but now nothing. The sad part is that this 12 weeks maternity that I get off is going to come and go so quickly. tear tear...

So aside from bonding and caring for Max, I need to find a few other things to occupy my time.

Here are some ideas:
1. Go thru closet and get rid of stuff I have been holding onto since the 90's (It's not going to come "back" into style not matter how much I want to convince myself)
2. Make a light up costume
3. Learn a new craft - Crocheting? Knitting? Screenprinting?
4. Sell stuff - clothes, bags and other stuff I've been hoarding. Now I know where the Cheap Ass Bitch gets it from. I blame myself. And her.
5. Read more. I am starting Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle (which I borrowed/stole from Richard G. The reason I know this is his book, is that he made me write on the inside cover with a Sharpie "Property of Richard G.") D just finished reading it (in 2 days!) so hoping that we can have a chat about it when I'm finished. I need to find a book club. I have books I just ordered from Amazon on their way. I haven't read the latest David Sedaris book - so looking forward to that one coming. Also thought I would give "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" a chance. Any other books/authors out there that I should check out??

Rain Rain go away come again another day. I really wanted to take Max on a few walks this week, but its been raining non-stop.

Gangsta's that roll around with the music cranked and their 2 year old not in a car seat.

I'm going to turn into one of those people. Don't be dumb when you have kids on the Mission Madre's turf. I was sitting at my desk, looking out the front window and saw a car stopped at the light at 22nd. I only looked out, as the windows in front of me were vibrating, as a car had their music/bass cranked up so loud it was disturbing. Upon closer examination of the contents in the car (I am on the second floor with an unobstructed view) I see a guy driving, chair reclined as far back as possible - and a 2 year old kid bouncing around in the backseat - no car seat in view. Honestly, I dont care if you are driving a block or 10 blocks - how stupid are you to drive around the city with the music cranked up, windows rolled down and 2 year old hanging out the back window? I don't know what was more alarming to me - the fact that he had the music CRANKED up or that he didn't have the kid in a carseat. Hmm Deafen your kid? or Possibly kill your kid? Had I been walking in the cross walk in front of the car - I would have certainly voiced my concern to the driver. He would have then most likely pulled a gat out and busted a cap in my ass. It's a Catch-22.