Ramblings of a Crazy Woman

365 days ago it was Friday, the 13th. It was also, my 13th wedding anniversary. It was the day the President declared a National Emergency.    It was also the day school closed for 365 days straight.    It was the day I lost my job in an uber going to my anniversary dinner in downtown.    It was the first time I ate in a trendy LA restaurant that was completely empty except for the 5 us who couldn’t cancel our travel reservations.    It was the day I brought Lysol wipes to the hotel room to wipe everything down before settling in. It was a day that was supposed to be fun but instead was one of the weirdest days that went on to become a weird year. And it’s not over yet, even weirder.    During that year I checked off some unexpected items on an unexpected global pandemic checklist l, such as:    I’ve never been unemployed for 365 days before  ✅  Never used an iPad to log my kid into school for 365 days.  ✅ Never ...

As a little girl I would look on my mom’s arm and wonder why she had such a weird mark near her shoulder. A few days ago, as the warm solution penetrated my bloodstream, I started to cry remembering my mom’s mark. The nurse asked me if I was okay and I told her I was so incredibly happy. As a diabetic I was stressed never knowing if I was doing enough to avoid it but also, keeping some semblance of life in doing outdoor things. I cried because I am incredibly grateful to the SCIENCE that made this possible in only a year. Less time for me to worry about my only kiddo should the worse happen.  If ur on the fence...I’ve worked in entertainment for over 20 years and I’ve seen first hand how easy celebrities influence the public.  Some do good and others well...I’m happy to have a little bit of the gracious Dolly Parton with me.  Scientists on the other hand, very rarely get the recognition for their years of study, years of research and expertise contributing to (wo)mankind....

As we close in on a year of pandemic living (March 13) I’m reflecting a lot on the year. A lot has happened and a lot will happen yet. But there on the horizon is hope and hopefully, in the after we take the lessons hard learned during this time with us.    Hiking has been a great source of comfort to me which is surprising to this theme park loving girl, it brings a calm to my soul and I like knowing there is beauty waiting to be found.  Here are a few pics of my last hike. It was a first for me, a moonlight hike w/ pta mommas to see the February full moon called the Snow Moon.  We not only witnessed a beautiful sunset but the beautiful pink moon rising into Los Angeles from the East.  The views at night reminded me of scenes from movies.

We are inching closer to the day our lives turned upside down (March 13, 2020). In 13 days it will have been a year since the US declared a National Health Emergency.  Living through a global pandemic wasn’t on anyone’s mind, I don’t think, except Bill Gates, who warned for years this was coming. It’s clear now that we were underprepared. It’s clear now that leadership matters. It’s clear now that masks work.  I’m hearing from people I haven’t heard from in a while and it’s been interesting to see how everything has affected people. Mostly, people are out of work. The entertainment industry, especially people in theatrical were hit hard.  Some are dealing with the after effects of having Covid. Some lost a person. Some feel completely isolated. Some are plain worn out from working and do distance learning.  Everyone is in a state of uncertainty. When will I get the vaccine? Will it work? Is it okay to send my kids back to school? Is it okay to see friends who got vac...

The great outdoors has been my saving grace in this pandemic we had previously relied on Disneyland to fill our weekends but we are finding that there is more to life than theme parks! 😱  That has been a refreshing realization.  From creeks, to walks in the woods to exploring tide pools to waterfalls, Southern California has a ton to offer. They even have snow 50 minutes up the 210!  My eyes are more wide open so kudos to the great outdoors!   This past Friday, distance learning was done for the week, tons of job applications submitted and well, I felt the need to get out!  So we spoke to the neighbors and headed out. Two weeks ago, all of us went to Sunset Ridge but there were no signs and what we walked on I don’t think was Sunset Ridge as the signs were sparse and the people I asked weren’t sure either and there were a ton of trails. We picked an unlabeled trail and asked people where we were but they seemed to be just as unknowledgable as us!  Later, w...

It's been 300 and some days before Coronavirus took over our lives. I remember the day it happened because it was Friday the 13th.  It was March 13th and it also, happened to be my 13th wedding anniversary.  Lots of 13's, did I cause a global pandemic?    Well, I didn't but I sure remember the day.  A national health emergency was declared.  School announced it was closing immediately and lastly, I remember being in an Lyft, scared as could be, going to my 13th wedding anniversary dinner at the Nomad Hotel in Downtown LA.  It was supposed to be glorious but it was riddled with fear.  No one knew what this virus was or how it spread and I was going Downtown where tons of people reside... where any one of them could give me this mysterious disease?! Luck was not on my side that day. As I am riding in the Lyft I get a call from my employer telling me they were going a different direction with the job I had and they no longer need my freelance service...

The thing about inspiration is once it gets going it’s absolutely an amazing thing! Over a month ago, parents sat down and tried to figure out what the heck we would do to replace a most beloved in-person MLK event in pandemic times.   What grew out of that meeting was something extremely special and proves a point, that kindness even in it’s littlest form matters.  Last night 12 children out of 123 that participated, volunteered to speak about their month long acts of service within their home/neighborhoods (1 child spoke from Brazil where her family got stuck in the pandemic) via a Zoom celebration.  These kids were amazeballs! Our teachers were amazeballs! Our administration were amazeballs!  I about cried when the principle said “my soul feels full” and when another teacher declared “Kindness is our Jam!” ...just so moved to have witnessed a teeny tiny idea blossom into such inspiration.  This project was OPTIONAL, the kids didn’t have to do it on top of all...

  Duh-ism #5240- Hubs walks into the kitchen with beautiful flowers and hands them to me. I was so stunned. Then 15 seconds later he walks back into the kitchen with a “Farm Fresh To You” box and the realization that I had ordered these for the first time occurred to me. .....Oh well, sometimes a girl has to take things into her own hands! . Today I’m celebrating surviving 348 days of unemployment, 348 days of distance learning 348x3 meals prepared (or ordered) and 1.5 million loads of laundry and dishes done! I’m also celebrating New York opening up their movie theaters!!! Starting to look sunny!

Has anyone else watched Netflix’s 4-parter on the super creepy history of the 1924 Cecil Hotel in Downtown LA? Brian Grazer and Ron Howard definitely reel you in on this one. 80 deaths in one 10 year span alone! Serial killers and the weird elevator footage of Elisa Lam who went in the hotel and never came out? Not to mention the weird General Manager lady who was upset by bad Yelp reviews, the hotel is nicknamed Death Hotel um bad reviews follow me thinks! Also, don’t Google this hotel or you will go down a rabbit hole of people crazily internet sleuthing trying to figure out what happened to the girl and there are bizarre theories. Um, freaky and so many things to discuss. Um, my Friday night movie was interesting.