Is it Monday already?
Mood:  lucky
4:00 Friday N and I were on the phone doing our 'normal' routine...

Me: What would you like to do this weekend?
N: I don't know do you have any ideas?
Me: Not really... any ideas yet?
N: No, you?
Me: No... you know we don't have any kids tonight for the first time in AGES I think we should do SOMETHING
N: But we don't have any money!
Me: Well... We do have XXX even after paying for the car repairs
N: Really? a Well let's DO something then.
Me: I think it's your turn to deside
N: Alright - I'll go home, through some clothes in a bag and we'll drive to Tahoe
Me: OK! see you in a few!

And we did! By 6:00 we were on the road and by 10:00pm we were in Reno (slight change of plans enrout) It was fun to be so spontanious, though we didn't win a cent! I was kind of bummed at how tight the slot machines were. I got on a craps table and managed to play for a long time, but didn't win any money (broke even)

Saturday morning we started for home. We left Reno at about 6:30am as I was supposed to pick up the girls at Ikea and the ex had said he would be there 'when they opened'. So I called when we were almost home. They hadn't even LEFT monkeytown yet. I told C to call me when they finally got to Ikea. that ended up being about 2:00pm! BUT it gave me a lot of time to catch up on the sleep I had lost the night before. Spent most of the rest of the afternoon shopping - woo hoo loads of fun!

Sunday we desided to head to the beach. It gave C a chance to try out the bathing suit we bought on Saturday. The beach was great, though we did have an exciting moment when mediflight tried to land on the beach next to us. It seems some gentleman had collapsed. He eded up being alright. The water was FREEZING as is normal for Northern California beaches, but we made the best of it. When we came home we grabbed some pizza and C and I picked up some 'girl stuff'from the store. We then sat around and watch black and white movies while giving each other facials and eating pizza. A great ending to the GREAT day.

Today - WE GOT THE VAN FIXED!! yay yay yay! We now have our vehicle back, I am SO happy! Took it for a drive after just 'because'. Ok, actually took the little one down to get her hair cut since she's been begging for a while now...

OH and I bought tickes for a show for C and I. It's her 16'th birthday present....Cavalia

this is just another example of why I love my man so much...

Saturday on the way to pick up the girls, we drive past Golden Gate fields and notice they are setting up a tent. As we get closer we see the sign Cavalia! I mentioned that I had wanted to take C there, but 1) I thought we had missed it this year, and 2) they were EXPENSIVE!

So on a lark I went to this web page today - it was breaktaking. From there we 'of course' checked prices and WHEW! it was expensive as I expected. And what does N say? Well he hands me his credit card and says "Get tickets for the two of you... and get a VIP tickets, because this is a once in a lifetime kind of thing and if you are going to do it, you may as well go all the way..." Did I mention that the VIP tickets were $169 each? HAH _I_ have tickets for opening night and I get to take my daughter and she's thrilled! Ok - I'M TRILLED too... I'll give a full report after - I assure you.

And that gets you up to date