Getting Things Started

Well another week down in California. A lot has been accomplished but at the same time there is a lot more to do. We found a couple couches we're deciding between. Oh, and an apartment to put them in (hopefully). All along I've been worried about finding a place because we have this beast of a dog and I didn't even consider the application process. Turns out Zach's less than perfect credit and the fact that Kyle and I currently lack jobs (not for long, but still.. we need to get the apps in now) doesn't help. That and our dog's incredibly annoying behavior at Mitch's house, i.e. running around with crap in his mouth constantly, is really stressing me out.

Besides that everything is going really well. Kyle seems to be really enjoying California. I have to give it to him, I never would have moved to a city, let alone a state, that I had never even visited. He and Kyla have completely fallen in love - sorry Thomas ;). We went out two nights ago to BJ's Brewhouse while we were babysitting Keira and Kyla and celebrated his arrival. We had a super good deep dish buffalo chicken pizza that blew all of our minds. We will definitely be going back there more often. Actually we liked it so much that I'm considering applying for a hostess or waitress job there.

It took me longer than I expected to starting looking for jobs, primarily because every time I would dedicate a day to that something else would come up. For example we were going to go do that Saturday after Kyle got here but then we had a ton of errands to run and had to babysit the girls. Then I was going to go yesterday but we went to Jerry's house to go swimming. When we got there one of those Hollywood tour carts was down the street from his house because he lives near a lot of celebrities. Right after we arrived (Donna, the girls and I - the boys went to watch Mitch play beach rugby) Jerry's grandkids arrived the tour cart was blocking their way into the house and once they realized they were coming into the house they flipped around really quickly so they could see through the gate when it opened. Pretty funny.

We finally went and looked for jobs today - just Kyle and me because we found out today that Zach is definitely working for a lady Donna knows - and it went pretty well for Kyle, but just made me realize I don't want to work in a normal restaurant. I went into Cheesecake Factory in Sherman Oaks because it was near a place Kyle was applying to and it was just dead. As I was about to walk out the manager came over and said they were only hiring in the bakery anyways. Then Kyle and I shopped around this place called Urban Home which was so ridiculously awesome and definitely the highlight of the trip. I ran into PF Changs on the way to the car but they were dead too and only interviewed during certain times, which I didn't feel like waiting for anyways because I knew I'd make no money there. So I'm pretty sure I am going to find a country club again or do a front desk of a gym so I can have a free membership.

Speaking of free membership - one of the highlights of having our own place is that I will go back to eating like a poor person. When Zach and I are only feeding ourselves we usually just eat stirfry of some sort which is super cheap and healthy. Mitchell makes such incredibly delicious food and they eat out for lunch usually so I now know what I will look like when I am three months pregnant. Not so horrible if you're actually pregnant but seeing as I'm not.... yea. Don't love it.

Today we went to Home Depot to figure out what we want to get to renovate the girls' playroom and turn it into a place they can do HW and stuff as well. I have a sick love for Home Depot or anyplace that sells lumber and paint the way they do. I mean.. come on.. it's heaven. Wait, maybe heaven was the frozen yogurt place we went afterward. We usually go to Menchies but Donna said this place is cheaper and better, so we gave it a shot. I haven't had enough to say if it is better than Menchies, but it was definitely cheaper and still delicious. Then we came back to the house and emptied out the playroom and... wait for it... ripped up the carpet. I won't go into too much detail because I realize I'm the only one that can get so thrilled about this stuff, but let's just say that today was a really awesome day (besides job hunting).

The only part of job hunting that was fun happened while I was waiting for the Cheesecake manager. Some lady walked in to ask me if I would be interested in modeling or acting in commercials and stuff for the company she scouted for. It was probably bogus, and even if it wasn't I still wouldn't do anything about it probably, but I enjoyed it because it just seems so LA. The woman has called me twice already so this may come back to haunt me.. but still, its an experience.