There’s only so much of this staying at home stuff that I can take in one stretch. I’m debating the wisdom of having three consecutive weeks in the apartment with the Kid and OSM. Heh.

Didn’t get to do as much relaxing as I would’ve liked but I did manage to get some work done both for the day job and for my apartment.

On New Year’s Eve, OSM began pouting about not seeing huge fireworks displays from Waikiki Beach. So I drove everyone to First Night Escondido, held at the California Center for the Arts. It was a very nice affair, not the raging sea of bodies I’m used to from Honolulu. There were kid things to do, mom things to do, and lots of mediocre music that seemed better than it should have thanks to the event itself. We were able to find seats at a table with a bigoted group of cowbillies (ugly & wrinkled white women with red lipstick, wearing sparkling Stetsons and very cheap perfume). We were able to find better seats at another table with a sweet couple munching on funnel cake. The food booths offered a nice array of tasty stuff (OSM had never had funnel cake before and loved it). The weather remained pleasant. But at 11pm they all wanted to go home. I stared at them. The fireworks were an hour away! Ah, well.

When we got back to my car there was a ticket on the windshield that read, “in order to help prevent crime, please remember to roll up your car window.” I thought it was quite chic of the City of Escondido. Guess I pushed the wrong button and lowered a window instead of rolling it up.

On Wednesday I headed to the office with grateful glee. It was quiet there - not a kid or OSM in sight! It was sheer joy to be able to speak with a goober instead =)

How did you spend your holiday break?