L.A.'s fine, but it ain't home ...

Ok, L.A. isn't really fine, but I couldn't resist the song-lyric quote. Five points if you can tell me what song it's from ...

I actually had a pretty good trip, considering. I ended up being able to attend the French Assembly through the generosity and thoughtfulness of a couple of friends of mine. I have to admit I was a little unsure of how the trip would go. It's always different when you travel with people, and when it's people you haven't traveled with before, you never quite know what's going to happen. I think overall, the trip went pretty well. I managed to keep my foot out of my mouth for the most part, and had a couple of really fun evenings as well.

The Assembly was very good. I was ready on time both days, and I'm betting that surprised my car-group. I know most people assume that I will be the one that makes the group late because of my tendancy toward high-maintenence, but by now I know about how long it will take me and get up early enough to get it all done. I managed to understand quite a bit of most of the talks, and came away with multiple things I need to work on, as usual. Now to see if I can break the pattern of deciding I need to begin doing something and pretty much immediately forgetting about it when I get home. I always sit there with the best of intentions, saying "Ok, I'm going to start _____" and then I get home, get caught back up in my life, and don't do whatever it is. I guess we all know where the road goes that's paved with the best of intentions, don't we ...

I really enjoyed both the gathering for us travelling Frenchies, and the night out at the Tapas restaurant. I shouldn't have spent what I did on dinner Saturday, but I really wanted to go out with our little group and have just a bit of fun without counting every single cent. I figured since I hadn't really spent any money on dinner the night before, I'd just spend what it would have cost me for both nights all at once. I even let myself have some Starbucks on the way home Sunday since I hadn't exceeded the budget I'd set for myself. It's really the little things that make such a difference. It was so nice to be out with people, having a great time and not stressing about all my junk going on here in Sac-town.

Now, back to all my junk going on here in Sac-town. Yuck.