Day 2 - May Gray

Back again!!!

Today is gloomy again ... apparently, in southern california there is May gray and June Gloom.

Today is May Gray.

I guess the marine layer comes into the valleys and hangs around until afternoon, then the sun finally burns it away. At night it is still quite cool, I think it was down in the 50s again and we all woke up chilly this morning. The weather will turn out nice in the afternoon. It stays cool and not humid at all. If you are standing in the shade and the wind is blowing breezy, sometimes it feels a little chilly even.

Yesterday turned out well, teen tude stayed away! 8-)

I took Muddie, Sushi Princeess, and her friend to lunch after I dropped Mox at preschool. We had a nice time. They were both socialable and we had a nice talk about Mudd's testing and high school sports. Mudd's friend, S., will do cross country and track at NPHS. S. has competed in Junior Olympics on the national level. Mudd is still thinking about trying to do a different sport each season. I am really trying to convince her to stick to swimming and join the Conejo Simi aquatics team. She says no. She would rather try to catch up with everyone who is expereinced in two sports she has never even played before. Oh well, we will see what happens. Volleyball is one of the sports that she is considering, so I tried to get her to join a summer league at the teen center to get some practice, but she says no. She doesn't want to be on a team at the teen center this summer. And yet she wants to try out for the high school team? I am thinking that there a a flaw in her thinking about this one, but I'll let her make her own decisions. Especially since, I would have to drive her to the games and practices if she joined the teen center team.

Mox had school yesterday. He had a good day. We hung out with some other Moms at the playground for 45 minutes after school. Then we came home and the kids played outside in the driveway while I cooked dinner. Mox is trying to learn how to skateboard. He's played the Tony Hawk's skateboard videogame. Being an observant lad, he told his Dad "Those skaters in the videogame are really bad! They don't wear a helmet and they get lots of blood. That is so bad!" He looks really cute with all the pads and helmet and all. I'll try to post a pic of him soon. Needless to say, by the time bedtime rolled around, he had the red sleepy rims on his eyes. But he did not fall asleep before his Dad got to read the stories. They have such fun being silly at bedtime!

I have a little laundry on the agenda today, a trip to the pharmacy and maybe some gardening. Dear hubby has helped me to see the potential of marigolds (I used to hate them.) So Mox and I may plant some in the back. Then we could see them from the kitchen window. I would also like to pick up some more gerbera daisies for the front. Why is it that when you follow the planting instructions on the pots they never fill in? You know space 20 feet apart etc. etc. Really .. if you plant the stuff so far apart, then it looks really raggedy.

Anyway, we'll see how much we get done! Well, must go ... toodles, trix.