It seems I will not be able to focus on work or any sort of productivity until I've done a brain purge, to rid my mind of all of this excitement, nervousness, worrying and such. So let's go.
My mom is coming back to LA tonight! Picking her and Aai up at the airport after work and hopefully heading straight to dinner. Her extended vacation in Indiana has ended and she'll be looking for a more permanent home somewhere near. It's so weird to think we haven't all been together in close vicinity in a long time, there was always someone in Indiana, or San Diego or Japan. And now after my mom settles down, Vina will be joining us in June after graduation. So what does this mean, now that all of us will be in the same part of the country? More home-cooked meals? More visits to Athai's house? More get-togethers? Or just more frustration at the sight of Timmy... >.<
Not to mention that mommy will be meeting Max for the first time, I think. They may have met during my high school graduation. It's so weird because in my mind they already know each other. My mom knows -of- him, of course, in fact she remembers seeing his name in the from corner of the envelope many times during high school and college when we used to handwrite letters to each other. But tonight will be the first time they sit around a dinner table together, or sit in a car together... and be forced to talk to each other. :)
My ankle is healing! After a clumsy fall down the steps at my apartment, I ended up with an extremely painful high ankle sprain and had to deal with a crutch for an entire week to keep weight off of my right foot. On Saturday I endured the most painful 30 minutes ever: acupuncture. Nobody told me acupuncture involved sending electric pulses through the needles! Ouch! In addition to my ankle, I also treated my left shoulder -- the tension has been bothering me for weeks and threatening another trigger migraine.
We bought a house! Well, almost there. I can't believe how fast this process is. Last Saturday we visited a new housing development in Buena Park and immediately took a liking. By Sunday we submitted an offer, applied for the loan on Monday, got qualified, they accepted the offer and by Tuesday we were signing papers for escrow! We have to rush through escrow and close by May 29th... That's less than 2 weeks from now. Once we do the walk-through later this week, I think it will hit me enough to at least get started on organizing the move. I can't believe that after 10 years I'll finally be leaving West LA.
Work is busy, busy. I just tallied up: 16 projects across 3 clients, most starting this week. Vehicle launches, Facebook games, mobile, twitter, preference managers.... It's a nice change after having such a s-l-o-w couple of weeks (I thrive when I'm busiest) but might backfire and leave me out of brainjuice. Here's to work-life balance.
June 1st is my mediation for my apartment case. I have to take the day off to attend the mediation in Century City. I really hope these cases get wrapped up soon, I'm getting pretty tired of these things dragging!
No time for homework. I am so behind in my UX class at UCLA it's not funny. I have to skip another class tonight to be able to pick up my mom from the airport. I promise that I will put some time aside today and tomorrow to catch up on my assignments. Promise, promise.
Need to go to the gym. I haven't gone in over a week (due to ankle injury, I promise) and we still have to go 8 times before May 25th to get our refund! It'll be a shame to have this gym membership go to waste. I'm going to try to make it a point to keep a regular workout, amidst all this craziness, to really take advantage before I move out of LA and have to think of another way to get in shape for the summer.
