lazy

So I'm totally lazy and haven't posted in quite a while. I like to waste a lot of time reading crap online. well a lot of it is crap but not all of it. and I like to do who knows what for hours on facebook. I did watch some tv tonight...got to see the Red Sox lose to the Rays in the ALCS. Glad to see the Sox didn't make it back to the World Series, now I'll be able to watch it. It would have been too painful otherwise.

I had a great time in NY. It felt like I was there for a month. Weather was good, got to see most but not all of the people I wanted to, and most importantly made it to Yankee Stadium one last time. Well, is that more important than Danielle's Christening? Not sure, it's a toss up.

It was hard to come back but made a little easier knowing my parents will be here in a few weeks for Danielle's 1st birthday. Can't believe it's been a year already. Although if you told me it's been 5 I'd believe you. She's almost walking for real. She walked all the way across the living room today. Partly carried by momentum but she did it none the less. She's getting a lot more demanding. She's starting to discover that she can communicate what she wants. Like now everytime I eat infront of her she wants some. She'll stand by me and try to grab whatever it is. To be fair she likes to feed me her food, too, which isn't always a good thing. Have you ever tasted cold pureed vegetables? She's also starting to realize what I react to, like touching the outlet on the wall. It's a game to her. She stands by it and looks at me like with a big smile on her face knowing I'm going to come over if she puts her finger on it. and she likes it when i crawl around after her all around the upstairs of the house. At least I'm getting some exercise.

In other non-Danielle happenings, I had a massage this weekend for the 1st time in a very long time. It was great. I went to the La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, which happens to be 5 minutes from my house so hopefully I'll get to take advantage of it often. Mike got me a gift certificate for my birthday back in March and I finally used it. I spent about 2.5 hours there. They have a pool,, whirlpool, sauna, and steam room that you can use before and after your treatment so I took full advantage. The whole complex is relaxing. As soon as you drive in it feels like you're on vacation. Hard to believe it's so close to my house. Not that I can complain about anything around here, you know, living 10 minutes from the beach and having sunny weather all year long:)

Looking forward to NY

Danielle and I are flying to NY on Thursday. I can't wait. I haven't seen my parents in 6 months! (other than on the webcam). That's the longest stretch in my whole life. We'll be there for 12 days. I'm hoping to meet up with a bunch of friends, maybe even get some time away from the baby. I love being with her but you know sometimes you just need a break. and I'm sure my parents will be thrilled to babysit. It's all about the baby now for them. She's the only grandchild and they have 6 months of spoiling to makeup for. I'm also looking forward to seeing my brother's new apartment. and congratulate him and his girlfriend on their engagement.

Things I'm not looking forward to about the trip- packing, getting up early for the flight, packing, having Danielle climb on me for 5 hours on the plane, and packing. I'm not a very efficient packer. It stresses me out. Stress combined with my tendency to procrastinate leads to me staying up until 3 in the morning the night before a flight. Every time. Even if I swear to myself I'm going to pack ahead of time. I never do. Like now, I'm planning on packing tomorrow since we're going to the Yankees/Angles game on Wednesday and I won't have much time then. So we'll see what I do. I'll let you know.

I'm in the mood for brownies. I think I'll go make some.

1st post ever!

This will probably be kinda lame as I get nervous about writing. Stuff always sounds great in my head and then when I see it written it's never as good. I've wanted to start a blog forever. Some days I think of all this stuff I'd write about and of course right now, when I'm actually at the computer I've got nothing.

I'll talk about my evening...the yanks almost got no-hit by a rookie. I've held out hope all season that they'd turn it on and get going like always but I think now, on Sept. 5th, I have to admit it's over. 11.5 out in the east and 8.5 out of the wild card with, i think, 21 games left, they're not going to do it. At least I know I'll be at the 2nd to last game at the stadium. We're going to see them in Anaheim on Wed. Danielle's 1st Yankee game. I'm ashamed to say she's been to 3 Padres games before seeing the Yanks. Although the 1st Padres game was against the Dodgers and Joe Torre, that kind of counts as the Yankees, right?

Nothing much else to say...baby is sleeping and Mario is doing his usual laps through the kitchen, living room, and dining room. He'll be 16! in about 5 weeks. Not sure how much he's got left. He still loves his pizza and going for walks, though.

Hopefully I'll post regularly. gotta go catch up on some ugly betty and gray's anatomy from last season before the new one starts. If you don't already know, I'm something of a procrastinator.