to buy or not to buy...

Zach and I are contemplating buying a house. We are currently renting the "for sale" house of his mother's and it is considered SOLD at the end of May. So guest what, WE'RE MOVING...yea! We decided that we'll move into his parents house until after the wedding in August (so we don't have to pay deposits on Apt. until after the wedding). But recently, we have been thinking of buying a house. The market out here is AWESOME! (and I quote.."you'll pay 50 cents to the dollar per square foot right now.") plus, everyone says its "time to buy". So we are starting the process of talking to the people who we need to talk to to start getting all this running. I am of course excited that we'll get to buy a house that we can call our own and start our family. But on the other end of things, I (as in Me, not Zach) want to move back to Texas to start all of this...but I don't think that will happen for a while. I have a philosophy on all of this...ready...I don't want to raise the kids in this city, so the plan is to move back to Dallas when the child(ren) are 4 or 5..so I'm thinking that in the meantime all my people just need to move out here...deal?

San Fran

Zach and I decided to take a trip to San Fransico for Valentines day and also to visit his good friend Greg (he will be a groomsman in our wedding). I had never been there before so i was really excited for the opportunity to see the beautiful city. Greg had to work late that day and we didn't want to make him come pick us up late at night, so we deiced to stay in a hotel that night. So we caught the hotel bus from the airport to to check in, we then got back on the bus back to the airport where we caught the BART(bay area rapid transit) from the airport to get to downtown. After that, we had to get on the Trolly to get to the Warf. We finally got down there and we were starving. So we went to a resturant and had some clam chowder that was AMAZING. While we were eating, it started to rain. We didn't have umbrellas so we had to buy some. And thank goodness we did, because it didn't stop raining all weekend long (except for a few spurts). We spent the rest of the afternoon on the warf and then met Greg up after he got off work.

The next day, we caught all the means of transportation back to downtown to meet up with Greg again. We went to all the normal site seeing places...and as expected, they were very beautiful, even through the rain. We also had a great time hanging out with Greg and his roommate Juan (not what you're thinking). It's a beautiful city but a very exhausting one. If you haven't gone or plan on it...be ready for the hills.

This is Greg and us overlooking the bay.

The end of one...the beginning of another.

This is my Varsity Team...in the new uniforms...

So my the girls soccer season ended...with a bang no less. We beat our "cross town" rivals 5-0! If you haven't talked to me, you would know that the team has yet to score more than one goal on anyone the entire season. So, scoring 5 was awesome. It was also Senior night (although, it was 3pm). My 5 senior girls were very excited that Olivia (a freshman) scored a goal for each of them. I was also very excited that it was the last game and I would finally get some rest and relaxation after 8 months of non-stop coaching. (Aug to Oct was boys soccer; Nov to Mar was girls soccer). The only thing that I would have to do is get the Banquet together and I would be D-O-N-E! Well...that didn't happen. As I was in the AD's office getting the date approved for the banquet with his secretary when he called me in his office. The first thing I said, "I didn't do it this time"....he laughed and then gave me the "look"...you know the one that says...I need you to do a favor. So he asked me at first if I would help with the swim team. I just kinda giggled...and walked out. The next day, he asked if I would be the head coach of the swim team...at which time i said, "not no, but hell no". So, the next day, he called me in the office and said I really need you to help with this. You won't have to do all that much and may not even have to stay the entire time, and won't really have to go to the meets. So i agreed. I'm am now the official assistant coach of the swim team. I have absolutely NO CLUE what I'm doing, but the Head coach seems to. She is a middle school teacher that doesn't get out of school until 3. Once again, study hall starts at 1:30 and ends at 2:30. We then have to get on a bus to get to the pool by 3 to start practice at 3:30. Now, since I have agreed to do this, I have yet to be home before 6pm!!! WAY LATER THAN I GOT HOME FROM SOCCER!! AND...the meets are on SATURDAY...mornings no less. BUT...I have found the positives in this though...1. I recruited 7 soccer girls and 3 soccer guys to join the team, which will keep them in shape. 2. The head coach is really nice and cool...and teaching me alot about swimming. Because the extent of my swim knowledge is "try not to drown". 3. I'm getting paid again for coaching another sport...and 4. with this money i am able to hire a wedding coordinator to do all the stuff that I can't since I'm busy until the end of May. So, I will let you know how everything turns out...that is if i have a brain left after all this.