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!