We are official Lagunatics, that is, we have moved to Laguna Beach. It is a kinder, gentler place. The police cars are Priuses and the eco-bus around town is free...it's a nice mix of The Wealthy and The Bohemian, lots of surfers and art galleries and Mercedes coupes. Many of the restaurants have ONLY outside seating, and people walk around town barefooted... I went to court once to contest a parking violation and I was the only person on the docket all day! The Laguna Beach High School sports teams, until fairly recently, were the "Artists", not as menacing as the "Cougars" or the "Jaguars"...but I guess it was politically incorrect because they are now "The Breakers", which is appropriate because its got to be one of the few schools in America where you can see the Pacific Ocean from the classrooms, but still does not strike fear into the opponents...
Parker has made a slow adjustment. She went two or three months without ONE plan on the weekend. That is where Camp Patty came in...a weekend camp with just one 16 year old camper...since I dragged her out here, I was determined to make the move as fun as possible, between January and March, we went to Disneyland, we went to La Jolla, we jumped in the car one Saturday and drove to Las Vegas, we visited Pinkberry and Thrift shops and saw every teen movie, I am now an expert on Robert Pattinson and all things Twilight and I was glad when Emelio didn't win Project Runway...
All of a sudden, in April, thank-you Jesus! ... she started having plans, and has now dumped me as a weekend companion. It was a fun way to see the area and also kind of killing me...a four-hour drive for a one-night stay?!?!? I'm too old for that.
One other Parker thing...we love Jeopardy, and I now know that about 10,000 kids each year try out for Teen Jeopardy. You hate to crush a child's dreams, but Parker thinks she is going to be on Teen Jeopardy. It's like when your child confidently says they are going to be the President...the only thing to say is, I hope you are! First, there is a difficult on-line test, and they administer it just once a year. You think it's going to be fine, but when the test time arrives, let's say at 6PM on January 15th, its always the WORST time, last year we almost missed a plane because she was taking the stupid on-line test! I was yelling, "Parker! We HAVE to get on the plane!!" And she's like "But Mom! If I miss this I will have to wait another YEAR!!!!" As though it is her destiny put on hold....She tried and failed two years in a row.... You have to successfully jump through some hoops, but this year, she got through the group of 10,000 into the group of 1000 and from there, into the group of 150. From 150, they will pick 15 to be on the show. So last weekend was her audition! It was like 4 hours long, so much fun, they did a written test, an interview, played the game, rapid-fire answers to everything from pop-culture (Who did the Jonas brother marry?) to general knowledge (What product is Goodyear known for?) with the "signaling device"...her chances of getting on the show are still extremely low, but at least we got close!
And now you are completely up-to-date!
Parker has made a slow adjustment. She went two or three months without ONE plan on the weekend. That is where Camp Patty came in...a weekend camp with just one 16 year old camper...since I dragged her out here, I was determined to make the move as fun as possible, between January and March, we went to Disneyland, we went to La Jolla, we jumped in the car one Saturday and drove to Las Vegas, we visited Pinkberry and Thrift shops and saw every teen movie, I am now an expert on Robert Pattinson and all things Twilight and I was glad when Emelio didn't win Project Runway...
All of a sudden, in April, thank-you Jesus! ... she started having plans, and has now dumped me as a weekend companion. It was a fun way to see the area and also kind of killing me...a four-hour drive for a one-night stay?!?!? I'm too old for that.
One other Parker thing...we love Jeopardy, and I now know that about 10,000 kids each year try out for Teen Jeopardy. You hate to crush a child's dreams, but Parker thinks she is going to be on Teen Jeopardy. It's like when your child confidently says they are going to be the President...the only thing to say is, I hope you are! First, there is a difficult on-line test, and they administer it just once a year. You think it's going to be fine, but when the test time arrives, let's say at 6PM on January 15th, its always the WORST time, last year we almost missed a plane because she was taking the stupid on-line test! I was yelling, "Parker! We HAVE to get on the plane!!" And she's like "But Mom! If I miss this I will have to wait another YEAR!!!!" As though it is her destiny put on hold....She tried and failed two years in a row.... You have to successfully jump through some hoops, but this year, she got through the group of 10,000 into the group of 1000 and from there, into the group of 150. From 150, they will pick 15 to be on the show. So last weekend was her audition! It was like 4 hours long, so much fun, they did a written test, an interview, played the game, rapid-fire answers to everything from pop-culture (Who did the Jonas brother marry?) to general knowledge (What product is Goodyear known for?) with the "signaling device"...her chances of getting on the show are still extremely low, but at least we got close!
And now you are completely up-to-date!
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