Thank you WYC

Jamie, a dear friend of mine from back in the day, was so kind to post a little spotlight today about "Hawk My Life"... http://workyourcloset.blogspot.com/2011/06/reader-spotlight-katie.html

Thank you Jamie and http://workyourcloset.blogspot.com/ for your support!

Hardest Goodbye

Court was all morning and the verdict was that Little Man's dad gets him and Kelly and I get him every other weekend.  I am pretty shocked by today's end result, but as I have stated before...family law is written so poorly and, in many cases, not looking out for the best interest of the children.  Today, Little Man even went in front of the judge{only 6 years old} and said reasons why he is scared of his dad and didn't want to go with him...and the judge still sided with the father.  Your TITLE means everything in family court and because it was two Aunts vs. a DAD, the Dad won. 

Walking back to the car with Little Man to grab his things and say goodbye was the hardest goodbye I have ever experienced.  I am going to miss him so much...

See you soon Jakey! 

Me and Jake

Randoms Weekend Stories

This weekend was filled with a lot of in-ness.  We had a bunch of family and friends over Friday night for our cousin, Rebecca's birthday.  Random FYI...I love design{interior, exterior, anything having to do with design}, so I wanted to think of a creative way for every guest that visits our home to leave a little mark, so Friday night we asked people to sign our kitchen table.  This was the end result:

Kitchen Table{Art Project}

 Anyways, We all drank vino, ate cupcakes, and then headed downtown Palo Alto for some going out action.  I ended up passing out before anyone else cause I was so tired from the long week{I'm getting so old}.  The next morning I woke up with a little dog in my bed next laying next to me and my guy friend next to the dog{so random}.

Saturday morning was an emotional and hard day for me.  I woke up and knew this was my last weekend to spend with Little Man until mid July.  Lately, I have been trying my best to be as honest and open with him, but while still trying to preserve his innocence and youth.  When I saw him Saturday, I literally was like a little cry baby...I just saw his face and thought about how much I am going to miss him. He is such a little man; when he noticed me crying he grabbed my hand and said it's ok Auntie, everything is going to be ok...I promise.  He was consoling me!  I love him so much.

Saturday we spent all day at the pool and then did dinner with my brother, and that guy I went on the date with the other night.  We tried this beyond diggy place in Palo Alto called http://patxispizza.com/.  It was so treaty!  After doing some major digging, me, Jake, and my friend hit up Stanford Hospital to drop food off for the brother-in-law.  I do not know how doctors do it...he had been working a 48 hour shift and not eaten anything for almost a day{I would be dead; I can't go 15 minutes without digging}. After our Stanford excursion, we got some desserty.  It was such a great day...I wouldn't have changed it for anything!

This weekend flew by, I can't believe it is already Sunday night.  I am really glad that I got to spend so much time with my nephew this weekend...he makes me appreciate life so much more and realize what really matters! I'm going to miss you Little Man.  

Little Man

I need a playdate…

For the past couple of months every single day I was spending with Little Man{my nephew}; we were hitting up sky high, swimming pools, museums, dog parks, movies, restaurants{our all time fav, taco bell}, basically anything and everything fun.  We, literally, were attached to the hip. 

I don’t think I fully realized how fun kids could be until my playdates with my nephew started happening.  He made me laugh more, smile more, and most importantly made me realize life is too short, so live it up like a kid{worry free}.

One of my most fav playdates with Little Man was this one Saturday afternoon. Me, my cugina{Rebecca}, little man, and our two dogs initially headed DT Palo Alto for some lunch to-go.  From there, we hit up Stanford University for a picnic/frisbee/dog run loose sesh.  After running around for an hour or so, we took a little journey through campus to find a handful of student, mariachi performers singing and dancing in a water fountain.  Not only did we jig it up but we also took a little dip in the fountain{normal}!  From there, we wondered a little more on the campus and stumbled upon an authentic Indian concert/talent show.  We dug a bunch of Indian food, drank about 3 snow cones each, and then did some major hawking on the talent show{this was beyond in}.  To end the day, we hit up Aunt Mary’s house, ordered some pizza and put a little movie on…killed it that day!

It’s been a long week with my new job and new commute, which I am loving, but I do need a playdate with Little Man asap.  

Picture of the day

SF

I missed the train...

Since I began my little commute, I’ve been taking the same time train in the morning and seeing some of the same people over and over.  This morning, on my way to my usual 6:30am train, a guy, that I have seen every morning since my commute, road up next to me and asked if I wanted to bike up to the next stop and catch the earlier train.  Now that I think about it…this is so random, but I love random sh*t.  So, of course, I said “lets do it”, not taking into consideration my extra slow bike pace compared to his beyond fastness{We missed the train : )}. 

This guy was a profesh hockey player for years and now is working up in the city for a tech start-up.  His story was so in, so I kept asking him question after question.  The office he works in now, also leases to a porn company and he was telling me all about the crazy parties they throw...so fun!

You never know who you will meet, and in this case, who you might make miss the train…!

You can learn something new everyday!

Me at Palo Alto CalTrain

What shocked/intrigued me most about my very first commute to work yesterday{to the point I wanted to blog about it} was revealed to me by two long-time Caltrain bikers. Everyday on the 5:30pm train heading out of SF towards SJ the bike section only{the Northbound facing end of the train} holds a happy hour. My two new fellow biker friends, said that people bring beer, wine, cocktails, magarittas, etc and just drink it up together. This not only interested me and made me want to attend one of these super cool events, but also made me think of this whole Caltrain biking thing as a little world within a world.  P.S. After my conversation with these guys, I was officially added to the distribution list for this bike social….I was so F * happy!