The pet/house sit in San Diego was really nice. Milo and Chloe were the two dogs that we took care of and they were both extremely sweet. We got into a nice routine of waking up, walking to our local Starbucks where we had coffee and did puzzles then returned to feed the dogs and took them for a walk. The house was comfortable but the best part of the sit for me was that we were so close to Gabriela.
Joe flew in to San Diego on the 22nd so we had over three days where our whole family was together. It seems like forever since that happened. The homeowners were more than happy to allow us to have the kids stay with us which was great! The vagabond life that Wilson and I live really seems to suit us, we enjoy the travel, staying in other peoples homes, and especially taking care of "our" pets. As I said previously the pets often feel as if they are our own which has been really nice. We enjoy having the opportunity to have pets without having to travel with them.
When we are housesitting we make the house our home for the period of time that we are there. It almost always feels like "home" to us....the kids, however, don't feel that way. This was the first time Gabriela spent time with us in our temporary home and the third time that Joe did and neither of them truly felt comfortable there. The fact that it was Christmas time accentuated that for them but they made the most of it, after all it's the fact that we were together that was important. Our hosts were Jewish so the only thing that was Christmas like was the poinsettias by the front door, but I did my best to create a bit of holiday cheer....
What did I do you might ask....I made a Christmas tree. This is not the first year that we didn't have a real tree, there was one year that I pinned lights on the wall in the shape of a Christmas tree, which to this day is one of my personal favorite trees. This year we went to the 99 cents store and I picked up supplies to make a tree. I must say I was quite proud of the results and I think that the kids were appreciative of my efforts. We also continued our Christmas Eve tradition of watching White Christmas while having a snack dinner.
Christmas morning was pretty low-key. Gabriela and Wilson went to Starbucks, picked up our coffee to go and when they came back we had breakfast and opened gifts. It was really very nice despite the fact that we were celebrating in someone else's home.
Once the gift giving was over we set out to cleaning the house getting ready for our departure. Gabriela was off to Belgium later in the day and we were off to Pasadena with Joe.
Leave Santee, CA 8:58am, 50° the truck is wet from dew
Rte. 52W►805N►5N
Gas - Solana Beach, CA - Arco $3.35/gal - we didn't really need it but we heard on the news that gas prices were going to increase the next day so we filled up
Arrive House Sit, San Diego, CA 9:41am
Miles traveled 22.9
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