This is a sunrise I took in San Jose Las Cobas in Mexico last week. It was a fabulous trip. Much too short. Our hotel was right at the end of the Baja Peninsula. I took this picture and then attended a yoga class right on the beach with waves crashing beside us. It was wonderful. The instructor looked just like Gandhi and the National Tennis Team from Spain just happened to be staying at the hotel -- and four of the young men took the class with me. I'm old enough to be their mother or grandmother but they were SO handsome, it was fun. I met many people from other countries and plenty of Mexican's on vacation. What a great place. I'd go back in a heartbeat.

I've got some great pictures that I can't seem to get to upload. I'm not as up on this as most of you. I can't figure out how to get the pictures down from too large of a meg??? Once a year the turtles hatch and go into the sea. Only one in 1000 will make it to a 20 years. We got to each hold one and they drew a line in the sand and we let them all go at the same time around sunset. It was a simple experience but somehow so rewarding.

Some of the blogs I read are so great. It's amazing how many interesting life experiences everyone out there has to share. I've viewed some phenomenal photography as well.

Ok that being said.... here's my not particularly exciting writing for today. My daughter is going to Homecoming. Which is great because it's her senior year and she's never been to that or the Prom. She's got her first boyfriend. He's a sweetie. Nice kid, nice family, eagle scout, works, checking out colleges, etc. etc. I'm happy because prior to him she was showing too much interest in kids that I found less than favorable. (I know the difference because I was a teenager in the 70s and I know all the crap I was doing and who I was doing it with). So get this -- my husband I are going to be away all the week before and night of Homecoming. I feel TERRIBLE. Can't be changed. We're going to Baja Mexico. We're taking ourselves there because we just celebrated our 25th Wedding Anniversary. Anyway, our family dynamics and/or locale do not afford us loving relatives to take over in our absence. So our daughter is on her own for this big event. So far we've got everything - dress, shoes, purse, jewelry, etc. Appts. set up for nails, hair, flowers, etc. It's just such a drag that I won't be here.

I never went to a prom or a homecoming dance. My "crowd" felt that it was lame to attend such events. It was "cool" to go against the norm in 1974. Anyway, I really think these events are way out of control. I have spent a small fortune and who knows how many hours of shopping to help prepare for this dance. It's not even the prom. I shudder to think what that will entail if she goes to the prom. I did my own nails, hair and makeup for my wedding. (Which had a full mass and reception at a firehall, ha ha.)

It's been a long time since I've written anything. I read plenty of others blogs all the time.

Today I went to a crabfest. It was a benefit for an area fire company. Good Time. All you can eat hardshell crabs, pig roast pork, hamburgers, hotdogs, soup, fries, beer, etc. I haven't had hard shells in at least 15 years. When I was growing up we had hard shells in the summer all the time. My mom would prepare the picnic table with newspaper out in the yard and my dad would go buy a bushel that came straight up from Baltimore. It was such a great time. Later on we we used to go to the beach for vacations and would hit the local crab shack. These days a bushel of crabs is up to $140.00. No real reason to be chatting about this, just made me remember some really good times from growing up in the 60s I'm glad I can look back on.

My husbands birthday was Friday. Last Monday I asked him what he wanted that inquiring minds want to know. So he called me at work and told me he'd like to go out to dinner, wants a cake, a case of Guiness and Sex. So I bought a cake, a case of Guiness and took him and the kids out to dinner. Having sex for us is really hard. He works nights, I work days and we have two teenagers who for some reason are always around. Now grant it we have our own room but I have a dog with separation anxiety, so he sits outside the door (because you absolutely can't leave him in the room) and usually ends up crying or something. So when the kids are home we're not comfortable because the dogs outside the door, etc. etc.
It's been Friday and Saturday and BOTH our kids are right here. WHERE ARE THEIR FRIENDS, WHY ARE THEY SUCH HOMEBODIES. I know I'll miss them when they're gone and am thankful they don't go out and get in trouble but between them and my stupid dog (who I've indulged in his separation disorder) it's pretty hard to have any kind of spontaneous intimacy. I know you think I'm NUTS. When we got this dog he had been abused. We laugh say it's because of this very issue! Actually it's really NOT funny.

Tonight I'm feeling somewhat like the bad housewife more than the bad mother. Not that I'm June Cleaver/Betty Crocker by any means but I do have certain areas that I take responsability for in the household. My husband works very long hours as a truck driver. This enables me to either not work or work part time. I choose to work part time. I admit I've really been a slacker lately. I do get help from my husband with the house and some cooking. My 20 year old pretty much takes care of himself, does his own laundry, makes his own food (sandwiches and pizza) and lives in his own filth as his room and bathroom are his own responsiblity. My 17 year old daughter does very little beyond her own needs, but allow me to buy her affections with shopping trips to the mall, but I don't mind because I know "it's just a phase" (she said, lol). Anyway, what I'm getting at is my lack of taking care of the house around here. It's not as much of mess as some of seen but I've really been lacking in things like regular cleaning of the bathrooms, kitchen floors, family room, etc. Not to mention the cooking thing. I take on the resonsiblity of shopping for food. I do it better than my husband and my kids are out the question. Hubby certainly doesn't have time anyway and I do. Well, I've been on this health kick and not buying anything, or cooking a whole lot. Then on top of it on Saturday I put my turkey burger on the grill along with my daughters soy burger and a bunch of brats and burgers for hubby and son. I then took the dog out front and got talking to a neighbor and burnt everything to a crisp. My poor husband had worked all day and was starving. We managed to salvage it with some hot dogs. Then today I took the teen girl shopping for school clothes (like she really needs more clothes) and we did the taco bell thing. So my son comes home from loading trucks all day on a Sunday and no dinner again tonight, except the leftover hots from last night. So now I'm watching Lifetime shows and on my laptapb. Maybe this week I can catch up and do something for the family. I think sometimes I just need to take a break from stuff.