Baby, baby, baby, BABY! ha, a little old school Toni Braxton for ya :D

I got up early this morning since I couldn’t sleep anyway… my baby comes home today!!! So, thought I’d get my run in and get it over with. Man, do I feel good! Who’da thought I’d ever say running felt good? Ha! This makes three days in a row for me, and I am feeling so very good about myself and about my ability to DO THIS! The honeymoon phase, I know. But hell, I’ll enjoy it while it lasts.

Last night was AMAZING. I think I have THE most romantic, thoughtful hubby ever. We dropped of the kiddos, headed out to a delicious Italian place, and followed it up with about an hour and a half of walking through downtown, then the beach, and lastly through the neighborhoods there. I want to buy a house here so bad and stay, but they are just so expensive! How can people afford all of this stuff? I mean, not just the real estate; everyone here has really, really expensive cars (saw my first Porshe SUV… didn’t even know they MADE those!), no one is caught dead with a lowly Macy’s purse like me. Oh no, It’s all Coach, Louis Vitton, and Baby Phat here. It’s almost too materialistic for me. I am from a lower (LOWER) middle class family and even though I am educated and make pretty good money, I find it hard to spend on stuff like that (especially cars! do you know how fast they depreciate??). Then there is that greedy little part of me that wants all of it just to prove I can have it. Ah, such is life I suppose.

Anyway, off to shower and make a Welcome Home banner! Happy Saturday!!!