Current Hobbies

Lately I have been wanting to read a good book and something that I know I'll get caught up in. Well, a couple of friends suggested the Harry Potter books because they loved the whole series and I thought that I should finish it up. I have read the first three but couldn't get past the big Quiditch match at the beginning of the fourth. I know that I may sound like a nerd to you but I like them and I have started to read them again. I am on the second book and I am determined to read the entire series this time. Dom gives me a hard time about reading these. He says it hurts his soul to see his wife reading these books. I am hoping one day he will just give it up and read them too. I got him to read Twilight but he says Edward would kick Harry's butt any day. Whatever.

Something else that I have been up to is Dom and I have started to watch Lost. He was sucked into the fourth season when his roommates were watching it and so now we are starting at the beginning. It's so weird but they have a knack for leaving you wanting more. Cliffhangers are their specialty. There are 25 episodes in the first season alone and they aren't short episodes either. I don't know what we are on now but I am sad to say that I am actually getting into it. I think that I should be able to use this as leverage to get Dom to read Harry Potter with me but somehow I just don't think it will fly. Anyway, this is what I have been up to lately.

SoCal

I got back on Friday from a wonderful trip to SoCal where I saw family and friends. Dom and I got in late on the 7th and just kicked back on Saturday with the family and their amazing pool and then on Friday we went to a beautiful wedding by the beach. I don't know if any of you Biola people know the couple, Allison Remmington and Joey Ross. It was really fun to see all of Dom's old roommates and their girlfriends. We had a really great time. That Monday Dom and I spent some more time by the pool and then it was time to say goodbye to my wonderful husband. He had to go back home that day in order to be back to work on Tuesday. As a special treat though my dad, who is getting his pilot's license, flew Dom to the nearby International Airport in Ontario for his connecting flight. Dom said he had a lot of fun and was only nervous in the beginning. He is a brave man.

That night with the husband gone, I had some of the girls come over for a sleepover. Taylar, Stephanie and Brooke all spent the night. It was so fun staying up late and talking about our lives and friends and Twilight. That next morning was filled with doughnuts and hugs as I said goodbye to the girls. The rest of that day was so lazy. Wednesday morning was a movie with mom, The Proposal and then she dropped me off at Brooke's house. It was so nice to hang out with her all day. She was leaving early that next morning so this was the last time we would get to hang out until she comes and visits me in September.....hopefully she comes to visit. That Thursday was shopping with mom which was amazing and the pool. Friday we left early to take me to the national office of my parents company for me to see first hand the products I order for our patients and then I was off to the airport to go home to my husband.

Now when I would come and visit Dom while we were dating It would just be heaven when I saw him and we would try and stay out as long as we could so we could be alone together before we went back to his house. It was so nice to be able to be alone the whole night. I was so happy to see him again and to be able to have a whole night alone with him. When we got home I opened the door to a super clean apartment. The night before, after we got off the phone at midnight, he vacuumed, cleaned the kitchen and took out the trash. He is just too good to be true.

That next day we went to the river with some friends and then we picked up my baby. :) He is so big! I could hardly believe how much he had grown in only a week. I was so happy to be back with my little family even though I had such a wonderful time at home. Everything is better with Dom around though. :)

Homeward Bound

I am visiting home tomorrow!!! I am so excited about it. Dom and I leave tomorrow night and he comes back on Monday and I come back the following Friday. I am hoping that next week is filled with visits with friends and time with family. I can't wait to be on my home turf. I has been a little difficult for me being here, so far away from everyone I know and in a "foreign" place. It will be nice to be by the familiar and such great people that I love. :)

Even though I am just going back home, I am excited to pack up and get away. I love packing for trips. I am a weird packer I guess but this is how my mom packs and so I learned to do the same. I pack in outfits. Funny right? I always pack too much and usually stay up late trying to figure out what I want to wear for the next week or so. I am thinking it might be a little easier this time since it is just home and I don't really have anyone to impress. I also need to pack up for Scramble like he's my kid or something. I have a list of what he needs and what I have to take to my In-Laws for him. I even typed up instructions for how to take care of him. I could be going a little overboard but I like going that route rather than missing something and having a problem.

All in all, I am stoked to be going on a trip home!