aaaah summer!

...11:30p and I'm so wide awake...what else is new? hubby and i took a supposed 10-minute nap when we got home from work at around 5, which stretched til around 9p! we were so tired yesterday...watching the fourth of july parade under the sweltering heat at webster street (historic and vintage-ish, awesome!)...and then watching the fireworks at treasure island last night...with the cold ocean breeze freezing my cheeks...(incidentally, we celebrated my first year here in the US too...last year, my plane landed as America lit her fireworks....grand entrance wasn't it?).  yesterday was fun, but i was beat! this morning i had to down one whole can of rockstar to get me going at work, i think i almost fell asleep at a stoplight...good thing i didn't have to cook tonight, it was al's turn! we just had hotdogs that he cooked on the grill (he's my grill guy and fry daddy).  it's nice to be out there at the backyard deck now...nice and cool, not totally warm yet but not that chilly...we lit the tiki torches...the breeze smelled like trees and soil (from plants i just watered), with a hint of smoke from the grill and the citronella tiki torches...perfect! (i could almost hear bob marley singing in the background) i'm redoing the backyard by the way. yes, yes...i'm going through some kind of evolution these days, from "sore" thumb (i think it's more of "sour" for me), to green thumb. who would have thought! al and i bought flowering plants and vegetable seeds and it's been a week since we started cleaning up and re-organizing the yard...we started a little bit too late though...should have done some in the spring...but the project just hatched at the start of summer so we have a lot more work to do still...a little bit of landscaping here and there...plants to be moved...sprouts to ah uhrm uhrm keep sprouting? tell me, i still don't know a single thing! i hope my flowers survive, they kinda look a little sad to me...al said they are probably going through some kind of shock from re-planting...my cousin Ate Bing said i should water them more...hahaha...al thinks i should TALK to them more (i'm trying!)  well, i got the whole summer to enjoy this hit and miss project...the bottomline is the therapeutic fun i am able to get out of it. i'm just so excited! the backyard's almost fit for all those summer fun now.  we still need to replace some of the wooden planks at the deck but they will have to do for now.  i want a jazmine plant...or something that smells really really good. i can't wait.  i can take out my canvas and start painting and do my sketches outside now...i have a fresh set of acrylic paints i got on sale at beverly's...i won't hear al say don't spill paint on the floor anymore...haha...what else? i am finally going to be able to use my old english tea set for some real afternoon high tea in the backyard with my bestie...actually, my niece Dana, and hopefully when my stepdaughter gets here for her summer visit.  we'll bake some scones and cookies, make tea sandwiches, dress up...the whole nine yards!!! summer fun in the backyard and beyond. al has finally gotten the mountain bikes ready too...and oh those evening summer walks!  i'll be busy wednesday nights with new hula and tahitian classes...and a recital at the end of the summer...(my tummy isn't tahitian performance-ready...they shake even before i throw my hips, oh darn...) hopefully this will be an incentive to lose weight fast  before i become a diet pill junkie...i'm almost there.  almost.  well....i'm occupied...living some of my dreams...and happy. 

summer rocks!