Umbrella Beach

Seth Cohen, or no Seth Cohen, Newport Beach rules.

Ahhh blessed sunshine, coastline and palm trees.

Loved, loved, loved hanging with my olds. 36 hours of Parental company was sublimely good.

Shopping plus wining and dining, made for a wonderful Tiffanys and Bloomingdales filled weekend.

Plus.

Cherry on top of the swirly swirly Pinkberry goodness? Seeing all those splendid college faces from way back when, yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew! Newport Church: WINNER.

Hard saying bye to Ma & Pa, but wouldn't have traded seeing them for anything. So much Starbucks, so little time. Limited tears, taken over by ridiculous outbursts of laughter.

I'm a very lucky girl.

"I think dreamy things as I'm waving goodbye. So I'll spread out my wings and fly..." OWL CITY

If You Leave

My heart hurts.

After about a billion sleeps I finally got to see my Mumma. And it was brill.

But yesterday she had to leave. And I don't like this. At all.

After a week of showing her MY Colorado... (Ahh, the dictionary definition of MY Colorado, is mani pedis, dining at diners, oohing and ahhing at the mountains, the snow and all things USA, countless cups of Starbucks, and of course shopping at Tiffanys, Anthropology, Urban Outfitters, Steve Madden and Mac.) She had to leave. Boo to the world.

The best "Shazza" moment:

Shazza: Please come home in September (teary eyes and tight hug holding included)
Dan: Ah, Mum, I'm gonna see you on Saturday.
Shazza: Oh. I forgot.

Thankfully, the last goodbye has not yet occurred. Sunday night is gonna suck. Bad.

Tomorrow I'm flying out to Newport to see my PA (aka my Dad) and Mumma for a fleeting 36 hours before they exit the land of stars and stripes.

This makes me smile.

My mission, and I choose to accept it, is to find out if Seth Cohen truly does exist. Or I could just hang out with my olds.

Yeh. I better go with option B.

I like option B.

"If you leave, don't leave now, please don't take my heart away." ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK

Holiday

Happy Singles Awareness Day!

Yewwwwww. 10 points for spending Valentines weekend at a resort in Arizona. Summer, summer, summer... Ok. It's still winter, but my sunburn says otherwise. Smiley face. Being on vacation is THE BEST.

And what's better than the best??? A zillion pools to choose from, a giant water slide, room service in robes, great company, lawn bowls, amazing scenery including mountains and cacti, crocket, Valentines candy, wining and dining, winning the occasional card game, American Bandstand, in room movies and GOOD laughs... All in a weekends work. Yes fortune cookie, your wise words came to pass. My hard work DID pay off.

I never thought I'd say this, but... Boo to the snow! I am now officially team summer. For now.

But even better than all of that. My Mumma flies into town in 9 hours and 33 minutes.

All in all. Life is brilliant.

"Holiday, oh, holiday! And the best one of the year, dozing off underneath my sheets..." VAMPIRE WEEKEND

American Baby

Yep. I'm finally in the "club"

I watched an entire American football game.

And I kind of understood it. Kind of. I even donned an "I Heart Football" t-shirt. And yes, this was because I was simply unable to find an "I have absolutely zero idea how this game is played" t-shirt. And while I'm being truthful, yes, I was cheering for The Colts because I thought Peyton Manning was pretty funny when he hosted SNL... And because an 11 year old told me to.

Ok, so maybe I just got myself kicked out of the "club"

But despite all this, I am now most certainly a fan of the Super Bowl. Fun, fun, fun. And like everyone, the ads were my favourite part. Yay for candy, blatant advertising and boys in shiny pants!

Anywhozzle.

My Mumma is flying in to Colorado in just 5 sleeps. I can't believe I get to SEE her. Hooray, hooray, hooray!

And I'm flying to see my Papa in 10 sleeps. Wowzers.

Arizona, Colorado & LA, all in a week! Hello airport. Again. It actually feels weird being in the same place for 3 weeks, how stoooooopid is that?! But good weird. It's stil snowing like CRAZY here. I'm ready for some sun please Arizona. Great. Thanks. Appreciate it.

So in "where's Dan gonna be next" news, I've got til April to decide wether or not I wanna extend my work visa and stay for another year. So many pros. So many cons. Hey here's an idea, how about everyone I adore and miss like crazy town in the wonderful land of OZ, moves over to Colorado??? Yes?? Oh good. Cake. And eat it. Brill.

We shall see...

"You bring me hope, I'll see you soon... Stay American baby." DAVE MATTHEWS BAND