I have a blog?

Yes....I do have a blog and I love to chat about life here. Sadly, sometimes life gets in the way of chatting about life in the great wide blogosphere.

In the last month and a half I have made a round trip DRIVE to CO from CA (Cameron was a CHAMP in the car...we discovered he loves the "100 bottles of pop on the wall" song. And yeah...that is the version I knew growing up. It was not until a field trip in 8th grade, riding on a bus, that I discovered some people sing the song inserting "beer" in the place of "pop."), taught a whirlwind 4 week class at CSU, made lots of visits to my friends and family in CO, and watched little Cameron come out with a total of 7 teeth, discover solid food, and learn to crawl (he was stuck in reverse for quite some time, and would frequently get stuck under beds and couches. I think an 18 hour trip in the car, however, made him so stir crazy he actually had energy to propel himself forward).

I had a great trip to CO, but many of my pseudo planned/imagined activities (camping, taking photos in the mountains, having Cam experience Casa Bonita, hang out with friends and family for extended amounts of time)never happened. I seemed to forget that I would, in fact, be teaching a class, with all the attendant responsibilities. You mean I actually have to grade papers and prepare lectures? I will have to plan to fit everything in for my trip in October.

Upon returning to our home in CA, I have discovered that San Diego is in the full throes of tourist season. Our epic beach walks will be somewhat curtailed with the hordes of bikini and shouldn't-be-wearing-bikini beach goers. The same principle applies to visits to the zoo and Sea World...I don't feel like battling aggressive youngsters with souvenir sippy cups to catch a glimpse of a panda or dolphin.

So, for the next few weeks, I will put the finishing touches on nesting in the house, catch up on blogging, baby-proof/learn everything, start Cameron's scrapbook, plant a garden-ish area in our courtyard, walk around our neighborhood, send out some fun packages, and prepare for an online class I will teach in the fall. I hope Cam will actually begin taking naps longer than 12 minutes!