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Welcome to Lynn’s Latest #000012

Thursday, September 12th, 2024
Volume V Issue 000012

Such a fun weekend with Zach in town! It was non-stop, but bless his heart, he got home and said that it was too short of a visit. LOL!

Indy and Larissa picked him up at LAX last Thursday morning and drove him out to Ventura. They stopped by the store to see me and do a little shopping. Zach got a Baggu Snoopy backpack for his Freshman year at University of Washington which he starts in less than a week!

After shopping, the four of us went to happy hour at Casa Bella and it was fun! As we were ordering from our favorite waiter, Carl, Indy said “Doesn’t that gal work for you?”.

I looked up and saw Sendia walking down Main Street. I ran out and invited her to join us. She came in for a visit, but didn’t have time to stay for a drink. Then she said she had just left Sandy at her new job so I text Sandy and asked her to stop by.

She came over once she had closed the clothing store where she works now and we had another fun, but short visit. I LOVE Ventura!

And that is Carl photo bombing us in the 2nd photo. Hahaha.

After dinner we went back to my house and played Farkle. Such a fast paced game and Indy won! Cha Cha even got in on it! LOL.

The girls headed back to the Marina Thursday night. On Friday morning, Zach and I did Fit Buddha at 9:15 and then it was on to our day.

Before I get to the rest of Zach and my day…..Houston is moving out of the condo that he has lived in with Indiana and Emma for the past three years. I am super sad for the reason why. After six years together, Houston and Emma are breaking up. Ughhhhh.

Love her like a daughter! We are still looking for a new or gently used Queen Mattress for a good price. We don’t need the box springs. Thanks for your HELP.

Time for an eBay score…don’t ya think? This darling little inkwell sold for the asking price of $116.99. It had been listed since 2016. When I went to find it (took me a while) I noticed that there was a chip now on the inkwell portion, but the lid covered it. We emailed the buyer and told her about it and she was fine with it because she had been watching it for some time. Score! Check out the listing here.

Back to Friday with Zach. Is that like Tuesdays with Morrie? I don’t think so!

After Fit Buddha we headed into Oxnard to see the movie Twisters. It was actually pretty good! I love Movie Theater Popcorn so that was our lunch.

After the movie we headed to the Beach. Zach spent the next few hours swimming and had a blast.

After the beach, we went home to watch the NFL game and then headed to the Harbor Cove Cafe for dinner. My new favorite restaurant!

After dinner we got in my SUV and my windshield was filthy and I needed gas for our big day on Saturday. We stopped at the Shell by my house to get gas and I asked Zach to wash my front window. He had no idea what I was talking about!

I gave an 18 year old his first lesson in gas station window washing. Hahaha. Life skills…Am I right or am I right?

While we were at Shell I was telling him about Salzers which is across the street. He wanted to check it out!

It was a long, but super fun day. Zach mentioned that when he is on vacation, he usually doesn’t do so much stuff! Well, he needs to hang out with his Auntie Lynnie more!

The next day we got up early and grabbed Cha Cha to head into Marina del Rey where we would be spending the night with my kids. I was going to be meeting Marc, Molly & Ed at USC for the Utah game and Zach was going to hang with his cousins.

En route we stopped in Thousand Oaks for a haircut for Zach. Then it was on to Brentwood and lunch at Chin Chins…my favorite Chinese Chicken Salad ever!

Here is Zach with his first Salad and the Cha! She was sooooo good!

We arrived to the kids condo at about 1 pm and had a chance to chill. Indy, Larissa and Zach were discussing what to do that night when my phone rang and it was Marc.

He said “Molly’s kids aren’t going to be using her season tickets so we have 4 extras if your kids want to go.” I was like what? wait? Let me find out!
I used to take the kids to a USC game every year when they were little and we hadn’t been in years. Started texting the kids. Everyone wanted to go! Small problem, 4 tickets and 5 kids.

Emma, Houston, Indy, Larissa and Zach. I tried to see if one person wouldn’t mind missing the game, but they all wanted to be together.

Finally, I figured it out… duh! I could buy 2 seats close to the 4 seats and if they couldn’t move to be together at least no one would be sitting alone. The seats were only $36 each and Houston invited his new roommate and longtime Pepperdine friend Alec. Done!

I had to meet Marc at 5 pm on campus and the game wasn’t until 8 pm. So I ubered in and the kids would drive in later to a metro station and take the train in. I would go home with them. It was turning out perfectly!

Here I am with Marc, Molly, and Ed walking over to the Coliseum.

Apparently, Molly (who works at USC) had received some very special seats from a USC donor and it was a surprise. I couldn’t believe it! We were in box seats high above the field. It was insane!

It was like Fort Knox to get in. We had to show our tickets, get wristbands and be escorted to the private elevators. Once on the club level, there is a private section with bars and food concessions. It was soooo cool!

During the game, I went to see my kids in their section and get Indy and Larissa to move closer to the other kids. When I arrived, someone (a drunk student) had just thrown up on Larissa. Poor thing! She has an extreme phobia to puke. I took her and Indy to the restroom to get her cleaned up and then we got them seats by the other kids.

From left to right in the group photo back row, Alec, Zach, Houston and Emma. Front row, Larissa, Indiana, me and our two new guy friends. LOL.

Indy text me and said that in the mayhem of the puke incident, Larissa’s hot dog had been thrown away and could I get her one. I went out and bought one in the private area for only $15 hahaha.

It became my mission to sneak the girls in so that they could eat in peace. I had Marc, Molly and Ed pull off their wrist bands and I went to get the girls. My covert operation was a success!

Marc, Molly and Ed left the game early and it was time to sneak Zach in. I met him at the entrance and discreetly put on his wristband and up we went. No problem!

Thank you for indulging me. It really was an epic night! In honor of finally getting my kids to a game this year, I want to share story #34 from my 3rd 100 Best Book Kaching.

As I was re-reading this story, I realized that the night of that game (so many years ago) Kiki announced that she was pregnant and it was with Zach! What a full circle story….

In this picture that is my sister Kiki (who was pregnant with Zach at the time), Indiana, me and Houston.

After the game, we rode the Metro Link to where the kids had parked my car and then we went to In and Out Burger! Perfect end to a perfect day!

The next morning I took the kids out to brunch at 26 Beach. I can NOT believe the prices at restaurants these days. $180 for 5 of us. No cocktails…one coffee and one diet coke. Yikes!

We were trying to mimic the poses of the dogs above us…but only Houston got it right!

I went thrift store shopping on Tuesday and found a cart full of great stuff! Can’t wait to share some scores from this batch.

Houston takes the bus to Pepperdine each morning and then bikes home. On Monday, he was driven off the road by an Amazon driver. He is pretty bruised and beaten up but O.K. His bike is in shambles. I have encouraged him to hire an attorney. Amazon is ruining this country in more ways than one.