The last day of work

My work week was only two days long thanks to Thanksgiving and the six-year-old not having any school. I think those two days were the best ones I've had here, since I was even more eager to join the kids in tag and all the games. Monday we browsed Chinatown and I bought the kids lunch, ice cream and other small things that I just named their Christmas presents. I found some cool stuff for myself as well, so it was a win-win situation.

Tuesday we spent in Dolores Park, a place I am going to forever regret not going to before. You could see the entire city from there and it was also a great place to get my last minute suntan since the old one was already starting to fade. We went down this huge-ass slide with the kids, putting sand under our butt to make us slide even faster. Since I was wearing sweatpants and I'm a bit heavier than most of the kids, I was flying off the slide and onto the sand, it was awesome. After a few hours almost all the kids wanted to sit on my lap while I slid down because it ended with both of us flying off at full speed. I was even declared the Queen of said slide for my dedication, stealth and aggressive speed. Never been prouder of myself. The overall atmosphere was like some weird twisted Disney movie because I was definitely not the only "adult" having probably more fun than the kids on that slide.

The end of my last day went down with a bang. Literally. As I put the kids into the bathtub, they immediately engaged in a quarrel on who could drink from the tub faucet. In an act of rage (I'm guessing) the two-year-old decided that the best way to solve it was to go down fighting, and he hit his sister right in the eye with a toy car. So the last hour was spent sophisticating children on the wrongness of hitting and holding ice on someone's head. Thankfully, no-one was killed and we all survived the day. Despite the end, it was the best way to end my days here. Now it's just a matter of time before I head to the airport, but there are still a few pitstops to take, starting tomorrow at 4 AM. Can't wait!

Sometimes I don't know how to take pictures....

Christmas lights!