brrrr august

I guess I'd forgotten what summer is like in San Francisco - it's been awhile. I'm digging to the bottom of my suitcase every day, searching for long-sleeved shirts and closed-toed shoes.

I'm really happy to be back in the States though, and especially happy to be back with my sister and her family. I seriously have the best nieces and nephews that ever walked the earth and I'm really digging having so much time with two of them. It's a life very different from my own, but I'm digging it all the same.

The Thailand Urp, as Leda and I have formally named it (she has its cousin or something), still remains, and today I went to the doctor. I've dropped a few pounds since I got back from Asia. At first that was kinda cool, but now I'm over the weight loss and ready to eat real food again, especially since I'm (hello) staying with my chef sister! I'm on antibiotics again - prescribed this time - so hopefully that'll do the trick.

Jenn's catering a wedding on Friday night, so I'm gonna work it with her as a server, then Saturday morning we will head to Portland, OR. Our Mom's favorite cousin, and our surrogate auntie, Sharon, passed away last Monday. She went in for heart surgery and just never came out. Sharon was our strongest link to all of Mom's Dad's extended family, so we're glad to go and see the people. Most of them didn't make it to Mom's memorial, so all around it'll be good to connect.

Next Wednesday I'm heading to Southern California. I'll hang with my Dad in Idyllwild for a bit, then go to LA and meet up with some friends, meet a film composer I've been emailing but have never met, and hopefully see the ocean, check some things out. I'll be back in New York the night of August 25th and I think I'll really be ready. I'm missing my peeps and my apartment and my piano.