A much needed change of scenery

 Last weekend I just needed to get out of the house, out of our neighborhood and go somewhere new so we drove to Lake Hodges in Rancho Bernardo for a much needed change of scenery :)

Followed by a little in and out COVID style - in the back of my car! 

What Emmy's been up to

Emmy's such a good kid, stuck at home during what normally would be an exciting yet awkward time. She's stuck to gymnastics, stays in touch with friends and is doing a great job at school. She was awarded the platinum award last semester for achieving a 4.0. This past semester she's had accelerated math which means normally she does 1.5 years of math in 1 year but since she's moved to a semester system during COVID she's doing 1.5 years of math is a semester! I honestly can't keep up and she's had a tough time too. She hasn't ever really had to study much so after a few no so great tests we sat down this weekend to review, correct some homework and talk about reviewing before and during a test. She worked hard and kicked butt because today she got 100% on her test! I am so proud of her for her hard work and for just being a good kid. 

I caught her looking very "tween" doing homework

A few weeks ago she had a meet at her gym. We couldn't go but watched it over zoom and I was still jsut as nervous!

She got a 9.6 on bars and placed first! Pretty good considering she was off for 6 weeks when she broke her finger.

She's so creative - we started painting a bookcase, which just happened to be the one that was handed down to my mom from her grandma, to me and now to Emmy. We joke there must be an inch on paint on it!

My beautiful 12 year old

We went and got our nails done for her bday - we had the whole place to ourselves!

Her big bday present - roller blades!

I took Emmy, Riley, Luci and Audrey to the mall for her birthday which meant I got to wonder the mall alone for 3 hours. Ha!

This picture cracks me up - you can barely see her but Sadie is just sitting in the middle of everyone as if she is a human!

 

I DID IT!

 After 9 years and 9 months, today is my last day at UC San Diego Health. When I started working here, I was 31 and had a two year old. Today I am leaving a mom of 3 plus a furry one, we own our own home and I've earned a few extra wrinkles and grey hairs along the way. I am grateful for my time at this job - I've met amazing people and life long friends and did a lot of interesting things such as observing operations, flying in a helicopter, attending baseball games, etc. I will miss the smell of the hospital (I love it! Weird I know) but I am excited to leave the politics behind and learn something new. I start at ResMed, a medical device and digital health company on March 15th and I am super excited! I decided I wanted to move into product marketing, specifically in the medical field, and I made it happen! I am proud of myself for taking this leap - I am not one for change as many know ;) 

Flowers from my ever-supportive husband :)

Spending a few last moments with my bestest friend before saying peace out!

After 10 years - all my crap fits into 3 garbage bags.