San Francisco

mmkay mmmkay I'm back in the bay... can i get a HEY? today, today!So I've been here since September 2nd and Ive already had ultimate highs and lows. I realized i was going to be homesick but not to the point where the second i hear anyones voice from home my eyes let down the floodgates. Means i care i guess... The trip up to SF was a little cramped.

My mom, grandma and I drove to Pepperdine to watch Rachel play a 2 day Volleyball tournament. We stayed at my grandmas sisters house and she fed us like she wanted a blue ribbon at the county fair. Baked peach pancakes, chicken parmesan,home grown tomato balsamic salad, fresh ceviche... god dayum i should have left a tip! Eleanor (my grandma) is batshit crazy. We were talking about 50 shades of grey at the dinner table and she says "I'm a country girl, we didn't need to read books about sex, I've seen 50 shades of pigs! thats how i learned!",and then continued to talk about how shed help her dad castrate the pigs and they'd eat the balls. so if you ever came at me with the insult,"your grandma eats PIG BALLS!"... completely accurate, but get da fuck out ma face. The Pepperdine VS University of Arizona game was a nail biter. Pep won the first 2, U of A the next 2. Micaela was on the students side so i went to sit next to her.... bad idea. every time each made a block (at least 30 were made, that little brick wall:)

i stood up and screamed in my raspy ass voice"GET ER DONE!" or "KILL EM". the evil eyes i got did NOT go unnoticed. then some guy yelled at the team , "GO BACK TO ARIZONA" and i snarkishly replied, SHUT UP. then went back to the visitors side and watched them play their hearts out only to lose by 3. shit. Got to say good bye and got a very intimidating team poster. I love that girl to pieces, not like i could ever break that muscled model. Mom and i take the trip to SF just us two with everything I've ever loved in the back of that tin can golden love van with 10 CDs and a cooler of diet coke and apples. We start off slow and easy, a little Shania Twain through the 101, then some sheryl crow on santa monica blvd. because she's the essence of roadtrippin music. The 3rd CD i toss in the Rocky Horror soundtrack... Realized my moms fucking dope. We were singing every word, doing every accent AND I'm positive shed look identical to Dr.Frankenfurter if shed just get a corset and learn how to walk in pumps. Then maybe she can make me a boyfriend, in just 7 days!

We get to the house and its gorgeous! Located directly across from Golden Gate Park and a 5 minute stroll to Haight, well, its more than ideal and i thank my lucky stars(AKA sonya and Jessica) that I'm not in a shoebox on the outskirts of the city. tall roofs, dark wood trim, i got a window! awwwwwwwyeeaaaaaahhhh. after we moved everything in we ordered pizza,got groceries, and sat around until our eyelids gave up on us. My mom came in in the morning to say good bye and we had the usual cryfest as i watched her walk down the stairs and disappear until the next time. Sonyas work was having a BBQ at the park that afternoon so we baked a blackberry apple pie, cookies,fresh salsa, and a greek salad. We played beer bottle frisbee golf and stuffed our faces FAT. Then went home and took thanksgiving naps.THEN KARINA CAME BY! sexy giants reunited! she hitched a ride, sat on my roof and talked about love, then colored fuzzy posters, watched the Dictator, (id give it 2 thumbs Aladeen) then passed OUT. Magical! I wake up to an empty house. cool right? i get to dance around in my underwear while i unpack a little more complete bliss. Then I start to think who can i call to hang out? i felt like in PB there was always someone there, everyone has jobs and school ALL DAY. i went from having such a frequent buzz of people in the heat wave in SD, to below 60 and silence. Just something i need to get used to until i get a job. When Sonya gets back from work we go to ikea for pillows and meatballs. Then we go to ximenas house and laughed until it hurt. A bit of normalcy, made it feel like home again. :)