"Just" a housewife

A week alone...

David has flown off for a week with his beloved grand father. I know he's having a good time; speaking Dutch, eating those wierd waffle things and catching up in his home town.

I am organizing the house, finishing packing up all the boxes ready for our pending move, and watching lots of trash TV. Last night it was the final of "Dancing With the Stars" and tonight its the final of "The Bachellorette." Cool hey!

On Friday I'm visiting Eileen - her parents are in town again and its tradition I have dinner with them when they come to visit from Boston. On Saturday I'm babysitting for Sabina, so Anu and Steph can enjoy a night out. And during the day I'm having my hair done, and on Sunday I have a massage booked...

And I'm getting back to fitness after the last few months of laying off a lot of exercise because of my bad back. Tonight I left work early and went for a swim after work, completing 6 days of exercise out of 8! My back is certainly feeling it a bit, but I'm hoping I'm making it stronger...

Who knows I might even get back to running soon!

Roll on Sunday... David its ok without you, but no matter how busy I make myself its still not as much fun without you by my side.

Rain, Rain and More Rain!

The thing I love about living in California is that 80% of the time its dry and perfect weather for outside activities. In Spring and Fall its 70-90 degrees nearly every day, sure there's the fog in the City in the summer, but winters are mild. I sometimes think I was born to live in California to take advantage of the weather; cycling, running, walking, etc.

Then there's the 20%...

In San Francisco it barely rains outside of the months of January and February, but when it does rain, it pours. Its not stopped raining for the last 24 hours and as I'm sat here watching TV, a warning alert is scrolling at the top of the screen warning of floods, power outages and terrible driving conditions.

Its kind of cool...

The Perfect Weekend?

David and I spent Friday night at PacBell/SBC/AT&T Park (the local phone company has been bought so many times that the baseball park needs to change its name every season!) We were there to see the USA soccer team play Japan in a friendly before the World Cup in Germany. USA beat Japan 3-2. I dutifully bought a USA t-shirt and baseball cap!

Saturday we chilled out and ran a few errands before visiting our tax man to find out that the IRS owes us both money! Great news...

Then in the afternoon, we traveled to the Coast to visit my former work colleagues and now good friends, Luca and Dushka (pictured above). They're a great couple, she's from Mexico and he's from Italy. Luca has been ill lately, so it was lovely to spend time with them walking on the beach in the glorious sunshine and 65 degree temperatures. Gosh its tough to be in San Francisco in February!

Saturday night David and I spent 'our' Valentine's night at a great restaurant just a few blocks from here. We indulged with champagne, my favorite Tuna Tartare, Duck, chocolate cake and a bottle of Pinot Noir. After such indulgence, unfortunately, I only managed 20 minutes of the DVD we watched when we got home!

Sunday, I went off to buy all our bedroom furniture for the new house...nothing like spending a bunch of money all in one go...followed by a manicure. David and I then had lunch with another couple of friends before ending the day with a massage at the local spa.

Finally we exchanged Valentine's Day gifts and David had bought me a hand bag I'd set my eyes on a few weeks ago. Writing this I can't even believe everything we did. It was so nice, relaxing, fun, romantic, everything! Wonderful.

Reality set in Monday...back to the treadmill of life. David flew off to New York and I was up at 6:30 a.m. for a client conference call ;-)

What a week!

Our weekend ended with a glorious day on the slopes. David and I had a wonderful Sunday of skiing in Tahoe. Even better was the drive back; just 2.5 hours since the whole of the US was watching the dull and boring Super Bowl. Yes, yes, Pittsburg are the World Champions - whatever!

On Tuesday I was sworn in, sang the US National Anthem and pledged my allegiance to America (David summed it up better than I could!) http://mcculloch.typepad.com/ I couldn't control my emotions and went back to the office with a bit of streaky mascara!

Today we got the keys for our new house...only we can't use them for another month! (The old owners are staying in it until March 8 when they move to San Diego...it was part of the deal!)

And my brand new client sent an email to my boss with the subject, 'Emma is a star.' I guess I should be on cloud nine...

...and I am.

Now if Lauren could come over for tea and a bedtime story, and David and I could have a bit less stress in our lives, then  everything would be perfect!