We are back from our trip out to the OC. We stayed in San Clemente, which is now Our New Favorite Place. Adorable beachy vibe, not too big, not too touristy. Walked by the ocean, ate breakfast outside at a local dive and are now home.

The family party was fun--it was goodbye party of the Niece and her husband. Her parents worked for days and cooked up a huge Chinese feast which was deelish. The Douchebag husband of niece only stayed a little while and, while he was there, he sat at a table in the far corner of the yard with their friends and did not speak to any of he guests. The baby needed changing at one point and he announced that was a "mother's job" which did not sit well with me.

Niece comes from a smart family--her mom is the VP of a big IT company and her dad is an attorney and it seems like her life goal is, literally, to become white trash. Married at 19 to a high school dropout, pregnant two months later and broke. I don't get it.

The baby needed changing at one point and he announced that was a "mother's job" which did not sit well with me.

Well, yeah, that's a dick move.

I hope he comes around or Niece figures something out. I don't get it, either, Scrappy.

Ouch, Scrappy. That's not a good situation.

I'm not getting enough done today, and I just found Bell, Book, and Candle on TCM. Uh oh. I can feel my motivation to do anything but watch waning.

Scrappy, that absolutely bites.

Lunch was... awesome. Our table got shushed by a grumpy old lady, which was kind of ridiculous. Lady, you're in a restaurant with 25 foot ceilings. Sound gonna carry. But the food was awesome, and we got free housemade shots because our food was slow to come out, and had a lovely time.

flea's off to the Quarter for museuming and cruise, and I'm going to have a liedown before probably heading out to a dive bar to meet up with a friend, possibly with Nora in tow.

Oh man, Scrappy. At least she'll have family support if she ever decides to get it together?

I am now the final person in my family to own a smartphone. This post is coming at you all from my shiny new iPhone 3GS. I will now most likely never not be online ever again.

Argh -- the pleather is peeling off my only purse big enough to carry a computer, so I guess I can't use it for my meeting tomorrow, huh? I guess I can put everything in the computer bag I took from the office, but I hate it. Ah well -- remind me to buy a new big-ass purse.

zuisa, congrats. ;)

I'm loving the smonster (and flea and Nora) New Orleans updates.

Scrappy, I don't get it, either. And I LOATHE fathers who say shit like that. And depending on the company, I'll call them out on it. (See also, "babysitting".)

Okay, pre-approval is in place. Offer has been decided. Meeting with landlady this week to actually write up the details of the purchase contract so that we can divvy up closing costs without going back and forth with counter offers. I do NOT know how you people buy houses that you don't already live in! It's stressful enough without the actual house-hunting AND moving aspects added to it. I am veddy veddy lucky. But. Still.

I can NOT wait for escrow to close so that I can go out and RIP OUT THE UGLY-ASS evergreens in front of the house. My neighbors and I are so excited.

Woo, javachik!! So cool.

Wow, Java -- that was fast! Exciting!