Last
weekend, Guinevere and I went down to San Diego for the second time in her life. Aaron had some work stuff that he needed to
do in LA, so he wasn’t able to join us.
There were several reasons for this trip: a) I wanted to finally show
Guinevere some of the sites of San Diego b) I wanted to clean out my room at my
parents’ house c) attending a friend’s wedding.
It was so hot (again) that I ended up not getting much cleaning done,
but at least I got 2 out of 3 goals accomplished! Poor Guinevere is going to start to think
that San Diego is hotter than LA!
On
our first full day in San Diego, I took Guinevere down to Seaport Village while
we waited for my sister’s plane to land.
Sharon was a bridesmaid in the wedding this weekend, and I thought it
would be fun for her sister and niece to pick her up from the airport. I am so glad we left as early as we did! When we arrived at Seaport Village, it was
already 85 degrees at 10am! By the time
we got back to Mira Mesa, my car was reading 101.
Guinevere at Seaport Village |
Guinevere with the Coronado Bridge in the background. |
Back
to Seaport Village – I’ve always loved this place! For those not from San Diego, Seaport Village
is a cute little shopping area downtown.
It’s on the water and super close to the airport. In fact, it was much easier for Guinevere and
I to stroll around at Seaport Village than to sit in a parked car in the cell phone
lot. I walked Ginny out to the
waterfront and we wandered around for a while. I
even bought myself a big floppy hat.
I
don’t care if it looks silly. I’ve been
having some issues with irritation with my eyes and am trying to avoid contacts
as much as possible lately, so I needed to get a hat.
Later
that day, I attempted to get started on cleaning up my room. Some kids have parents who turn their room
into a guest room the moment they leave for college. Not me.
My room in SD is almost like a time capsule to my teenage self, complete with bunk beds and all. Yes, Aaron and I still sleep on my bunk beds
(me on the top bunk, him on the bottom bunk) when we visit! I had this great idea that I would go down to
San Diego and clean out my room and donate the bunk beds and all the other
stuff that has accumulated over the past however many years. Then I would go to Ikea, buy
a new bed, and voila, we would have a real guest room to sleep in. Yeah . . . that didn’t happen. First off, it was so hot that I could barely
move. Also, Aaron wasn’t there to help
hold Guinevere while I cleaned. I
thought that would be fine since I would be in San Diego and my mom and my
sister would be fighting over who got to hold her . . . but my sister had loads
of bridesmaid duties and so wasn’t around and my parents were busy getting the
final arrangements done for the Mira Mesa Street Fair, which was the next day.
I
tried putting Guinevere down for a nap in her pack 'n play in my room while I
cleaned.
But there were two problems with that:
1. She was hot and fussy and didn’t really want to nap 2. I realized as
I was putting my old trinkets into the various “keep,“ “donate,” and “trash” bags,
there was a ton of dust in my room! I
really wasn’t comfortable stirring up that much dust with my 2 month old in the
room. So I finally gave up on finishing
everything. I figure if I just allocate an hour
or two of cleaning/organizing every time I visit San Diego, we can eventually turn it into a more grown up guest room. In the mean time, the bunk bed stays!
Saturday
was the Mira Mesa Street Fair. My
parents are very active in local community planning, so they played a big part
in putting on the street fair. It was
forecast to be even hotter than Friday, and my dad was worried that the heat
would make people stay home. I took
Guinevere to the street fair as early as possible to avoid the heat. My friend Corey and her daughter, Mikaela,
joined us. We had fun pushing our
strollers up and down the street. We
found my mom selling her book on the history of Mira Mesa. Of course, when we showed up, mom wanted tons
of pictures. After the “grandparent
paparazzi” session was finished, Corey and I bought some snowcones and ate them
in the relative comfort of some shade.
Guinevere in front of mom's book signing table. |
I
have no idea how hot it was while we were at the street fair, but later that
day, my car’s thermometer said 107!!! I
don’t EVER remember it being that hot growing up! The newspaper said it was the hottest day on record since 1988. Guinevere and I ended
up escaping the heat at my friend Jfer’s house.
I’m actually really glad we hung out in the air conditioning for a
couple hours. G and I were much more
comfortable and it gave me time to tell Jfer what Guinevere likes and doesn’t like, what time she goes to
bed, how often she eats, etc. since
I had Jfer lined up to watch Guinevere while I was at the
wedding the next day.
I’ve learned that with the baby, it takes a
long time to get ready for an event where I have to do more to my appearance
than just throwing on a pair of yoga pants and a nursing tank. I think I took about 3 hours to get ready for
the wedding this Sunday (including a couple of feeding breaks). The wedding was beautiful! I’ve known Becky, the bride, since she was in
kindergarten with my sister. My Girl
Scout troop and hers would get together for camp outs, service projects and
other events. I love Guinevere, but I will admit it was kind of fun to leave
her with a trusted friend for a couple hours while I had fun. I was able to dance and have a couple glasses
of wine!
My sister and I at the wedding. |
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