Let's get this party started

My productive Sunday turned out to be, well, anything but.

While I managed to do 45 minutes worth of dishes (did I tell you how thankful I will be to have a dishwasher for the first time in 4 years?), that is about where my productivity ended for the day.

Around lunch time I decided to eat, and eating requires television. More specifically, I thought to myself, a netflix movie. It will only take an hour and a half, I told myself, and put it in and settled in on my couch.

Netflix recommended the movie "Bella" to me, and like all Netflix recommendations, I accepted.

Bella is the story of Nina, who recently found out she is pregnant and subsequently fired from her job because of morning sickness tardies, and Jose, a pro-soccer hopeful who is the head chef at Nina's workplace. Their paths cross when, upon hearing that Nina has been fired, Jose takes off after her to find out why she is late to work and, ultimately, takes it upon himself to be her "shoulder" for the day.

It's a story about letting down your guard and trusting a stranger, and looking at all possibilities when given an unfortunate situation.

I happily give it a 4 out of 5 stars. Plus the lead is uber-attractive (minus the homeless-man beard he sports for 95% of the film).

Anyway, halfway through the film my dear friend Melanie texted me to tell me that my long-lost friend Kristi (with family in tow) was over at her house swimming.

Well, I never pass up the opportunity to see dear friends, especially when they bring their children who are, quite possibly, the most awesome children on the planet (Zoe, Ian, and Tyler make my top ten list of people under 5'). And while I didn't intend to swim, I eventually gave into the peer pressure and sported one of Melanie's bikinis, complete with legs that haven't been shaved for weeks.

Gotta love your true friends.

So now the night is wrapping up and I'm hoping that more productivity is had tomorrow. And if not, well, it's Boston for me for the next few days, so packing will have to wait. Again.

Only one more weekend left in California. Let's see if the next is as quality as this one was.