Lonely Dick

The other day my nephew asked me if I had a boyfriend. I told him no. He said, "You will get one soon. And he will be handsome." I don't know why he told me that, but kids are kind of intuitive, so maybe he knew that I felt lonely.

It randomly popped into my head that I have been single for almost a year. Being single is great! You can do what you want, when you want, and no one is there to question you. But to me, that's the problem with being single. I guess the hardest part is not having someone to talk to about the boring things that happen every day. Yes, I have friends and co-workers I can talk to but, they are not someone who I can be intimate with intellectually. That's that saddest part.

As a kid, you have your family to talk to. Your siblings who will begrudgingly listen to all your boring school stories. You also have best friends you can tell everything to. But as adults, everyone is busy, and although friends listen, they are not there 24/7 because they have their own lives to live. Now I live alone, with Mallow, after living with someone for 5 years. When I come home I am greeted with snuggles and kitten kisses but humans crave other human interaction. Although I may or may not sometimes talk to Mallow, I do wish someone was here to talk to at the end of the day. That's the part I miss the most.

Next week I will be moving from Garden Grove to South OC. I do not like this city, and I do not like Orange County in general, but circumstances being what they are, I am forced to live here for at least another year. If I am going to be here still, then I am going to live where I was the happiest. I am moving to Aliso Viejo. Nestled between rolling green hills, people on bikes, and bleached-blonde OC moms, I will be.

I dunno what this summer or next year will bring, but I will keep my heart open and maybe my nephew's words will come true... for the record, he doesn't HAVE to be handsome. HEHEHE!!!

PS. I watched 3rd Rock from the Sun. You'd think that a show about aliens, one of which is Joseph Gordon-Levitt, would be awesome to ME of all people. But I was, sadly, quite disappointed with it. #whatdoiwatchnow ???

4 Seasons

For some reason, 4 Seasons of Loneliness popped into my head randomly tonight, so I HAD to listen to it, which brought me back to middle school HARDCORE. Boyz II Men were HAWT back then. Now I'm listening to Boyz II Men radio on Pandora which is filled with songs of love and loss, and also MIDDLE SCHOOL. Those were weird times, AMIRITE?

Any-who, THIS WEEKEND I have the pleasure of driving to Nor Cal with my mom, aunt, sister and Nephew probably. Depends on junk. According to my list of things to visit this year, I need to hit up San Jose to tour the Winchester Mansion! However, my trip schedule is hella (HAH) tight, so I don't know if I can squeeze it in, which makes me sad. BUT, do not fret my pretty, cuz the year is young and summer is just around the corner!

This here jar, this is an olive jar. This jar is quite big. When I fill this jar to the top, I am going to cash it in and use the funds to go on my dream vacation of driving all around California and the surrounding states. I haven't been on a road trip since I drove from Virginia to California back in the day... I dunno, 2006? Yeah, that seems right. The jar is about 1/3 full right now (if my math is correct). So I'm hoping that it will be filled by the end of the summer. You guys are more than welcome to add money to this jar! Help a brotha out!

And of course, keeping with the UP theme, I labeled the jar accordingly!

And furthermore, with the UP theme, when I first started this blog back in, what, 2010? Yeah that seems right, it was to chronicle my move from San Marcos to beautiful Orange County.

WELL, look at me now, MOM! I am moving again! Tomorrow I will know for sure where I am moving to, and once I know, I will be sure to continue chronicling my CRAAZY adult years. But enough about that for now. Back to the Nor Cal trip! Apparently a distant relative of mine is having a Quincianera so we are all driving to Watsonville. Never heard of it? That's OK! No one has. For reference, it's just 30 minutes South? North? I dunno, 30 minutes away from Santa Cruz. The itinerary goes as follow:

Friday

• Leave at 8am even though I wanted to leave Thursday night  
• Drive for 9 + hours up the 5
• Listen to mom and aunt gossip for the entire trip
• Get lost in the mountains for an hour
• Burgers
• Back track and get to Watsonville at approximately 9pm

Saturday

• Try to sleep in as my mom forces me to get up so we can go see relatives
• Say hi to relatives I have not seen in almost 10 years
• Awkward conversation about how I'm 30, single, and childless ensues
• Loudly proclaim that I love penis so they don't think I'm a lesbian
• Embarrass my mom and shame our family in the process
• Get ready for Quincianera
• Church
• Party
• Cake
• Get drunk on cake and alcohol
• Pass out

Sunday

• Wake up early to say bye to relatives
• Mom and aunts gossip 
• We leave too late, past 9am
• Hit traffic
• Drive to Palm Springs
• See brother for a few hours
• Drive back to OC
• Drop mom off at car
• Pass out

Although the idea of driving for so long without being able to listen to my heart wrenching late 90's R&B makes me more sad than when I cry silently listening to the music (gasp for air) I am excited to drive that long for the first time in YEARS! It will be good practice for when I go on my road trip! I guess I will need to come up with a cool play list that will last me at least 9 hours... 

I will, of course, take copious amounts of pictures and post them all over the internet, so follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and/or Snapchat if you're interested in what I'm up to! 

And I know you are. Don't lie.

Finally, happy belated birthday to my little angel, Mallow! He turned 1 last month and I forgot! I'm a bad cat mommy lolololol!