Wow,
hi, here I am again. Only temporarily MIA, not dead, just tired
from traveling. Today's 15 minutes of baby-sleeping reprieve will
be used not to write thank-you cards or put short films up on YouTube
as previously planned, but to write a quick recap here of our road
trip up north. Last Saturday we embarked on a vacation to the Mendocino
Coast to stay with Gray's family, and I will cut to the chase of
the story by saying it was a fine time with virtually no family
chaos or meltdowns. Astounding, really. We played with the dogs
on the beach --
And
we gave the baby baths in the kitchen sink --
And
I took more pictures of him than is normal. I have to make a conscious
effort to not see his babyhood only through the lens rather than
with my own eyeballs, like how I feel sometimes I saw more of London
through the viewfinder when I studied abroad than without. This
baby is already really good at looking right at the camera, and
he's not yet four months old. This tells me his mother is a camera
junkie.
We
went to the movies (me for the first time in five months) to see
Knocked Up and it was the best movie I've ever seen in my life.
We left the dogs behind and Beans was sad.
We
hung out at his namesake beach --
And
there was lots of sleeping, which was fine with all of us.
We
looked at pretty sunsets from the living room, too.
And
now we're back in Burbank where it's very hot and our schedules
have resumed their prior normalcy. I watch the baby grow and learn
(most recently: shrieking, outgrowing 12 month clothes, grabbing
and holding toys and hair, and not rolling over), and Gray goes
to lunch at Dreamworks and sits at the table next to Jerry Seinfeld.
I'm not bitter completely, because the baby is cool. Although maybe
I should go back to therapy because then I'd have some adult conversation.
People pay for hookers when they need sex, I could pay for an hour
of chatting. Now I must go get dressed and ready, because the gardener
will be here soon and it's my one guaranteed bit of social interaction
today. In broken english we will perhaps discuss crab grass and
roses, and right now that sounds awesome. And it will save me ninety
bucks.
