We use a lot of cups.

All the cups we used Sunday morning. The number of cups used is slightly higher than a normal morning because we both had sore throats.

All the cups we used on Monday. This is after all the dishes were washed on Sunday. Again, slightly higher than normal because of our sore throats, but still. That's a lot of cups. Plus a water bottle.


I guess we just get thirsty. And forget where we put the last cup. And have to get a new one. Good thing we have a lot of cups.

Laura is Still a Spaz

I locked myself out of the apartment again, sometime last week, on my way to pick up Troy from work. I was holding something in my hand as I walked out the door, and instead of checking to see if it was my keys, I just locked the door handle to our front door and the screen door in front of it. 

Two doors, too easy to lock.

Oy veh. I should probably stop doing that. Luckily, we have awesome friends for neighbors, and Yesenia let me borrow her car to pick up Troy, so he could let us in. Thanks again, friend! Some banana bread in on its way for you...

Life in L.A.

This post is to explain to people what it's like to live in Southern California, the L.A. and Orange County areas. Cuz that's where we live right now, and sometimes it's great (not often) and sometimes it's crazy (more often).

Awesome: Getting to see local music. This is a band some friends from Laura's Skilled Nursing Facility job are in together, it's called MiSLeD. (All the capital letters are the initials to their names. I don't know what "M" stands for, but "S" is for "Santi" and "L" is for "Lara". I don't know what "D" is for.)

Awesome: Beach. And it's so close to us in Long Beach. When we lived downtown LB, it was a 15 minute walk, but now we're uptown, it's a 15 minute drive. Boo!

Random but funny: Apparently people other than Laura and Jenny appreciate Salad Fingers. This was somewhere in Seal Beach.

Snookie's Cookies are driving around L.A. County.

This used to say "A Historical Landmark" but, someone got fed up with it because who knows anything about the Kelly House? Nobody. So yes, it is a Hysterical Landmark. People of downtown Long Beach, you get it. 

A typical bike in Santa Monica.

A typical lady in Santa Monica. 

Not uncommon - year round. It seems like these signs come up every couple months. All that kush is effecting their memory, they forgot they just had the expo! And traffic. All the time.

Not so awesome: Bad parallel parkers.

What about all this space behind this red car??? Why did it have to get all up on Phil the Ford Focus???

Yiddish in Downtown L.A. Naturally.

Fancy rich people name their houses in Belmont Shores of Long Beach after old books.

And this is what that fancy rich house looks at across the street.

Lots of appreciation for zombies in Long Beach/Seal Beach areas. There's a zombie convention every year in Long Beach. People dress up zombie like, and roam the streets. There's a race, and probably other stuff too.

Gross. And it never rains, so my windshield doesn't get a free washing.

Dead roach found in Troy's church shoes. That nasty bug was a good 2 inches long. *Shudder* So glad we're not in that ghetto apt anymore.

Walmart in downtown Long Beach. Someone just set their empty coffee cup wherever they happened to be when they finished their coffee.

Fantastic trees in Pasadena. You can kinda see Jason and Troy hanging out on the tree roots there.

A restaurant that sells grilled cheeses and cereal (also in Pasadena). And have an epic food challenge! If Laura decides to eat meat, she may try this challenge sometime.

This amuses Laura. It sounds like they're saying "Like and share Long Beach Lesbians!"

Kacie and Laura went to the top of Signal Hill to look out over Long Beach. It was very windy. Apparently it's a popular place to take prom pictures.

It was also cloudy. We got to see the splendor of Long Beach/San Pedro's industrialism and smog.

And Chloe. Chloe makes it all better. Except when she scratches. But then she does something like this, and it's all better again.