Former President George W. Bush made an appearance at the Dallas game last weekend. I miss Bush. Obama just doesn’t have a sense of humor like Bush.

A few things he said while talking to Madden:

•Memoirs: Bush said he’s taking a different approach and will focus on 12 decisions he made as president. But he’s not yet “in a selling mode,” he said, adding, “I haven’t finished it yet.” He expects the book to be out in a year.

•President Barack Obama: Bush said he told his successor that he would not criticize the work he does in office. “I didn’t like it when other former presidents criticized me,” he said. “I believe he needs a chance to make the decisions he believes are necessary. He’s going to find there are a lot of opinions out there.”

•Time in office: “Some days were good, some days weren’t so good,” Bush said. “Every day was a glorious experience of serving our country. … When we lost a soldier, it was a dark moment.” But even then, he said, “I could always see light.”

•Advice: “One lesson I learned: If you try to chase popularity … then you get lost.”

•A great moment: His second inauguration. “I had taken four years of my presidency and laid it out for the people and said I’d like to have four more years,” he said. “And the people decided to let me stay up there.”

•Do-over?: Bush said he knows there are no instant replays in the presidency. “But I probably should have reversed the order of Social Security and immigration reforms,” he said.

•Nervous moment: Standing on the mound in Yankee Stadium, getting ready to throw out the ceremonial first pitch of a game in October 2001.

He said Yankees infielder Derek Jeter asked whether he’d be throwing from the mound or from in front of it. Bush said he told Jeter that he’d throw from the mound.

“He said: ‘Don’t bounce it. They’ll boo you,’ ” Bush said, adding that he was nervous. “I got it across the plate and it was a fantastic moment, a moment of relief, then a moment of high energy.”

•His home: Bush said he hoped that fewer curious people would drive by his neighborhood. “Hopefully there won’t be a lot of traffic driving by the house anymore,” Bush said. “We want our neighbors to welcome us … which they have, by the way.”

So Yvone and Eddie got married this past weekend in Encinitas. It was a lot of fun seeing everyone including Mr. Willsey! (Yes, Willsey just got a shout out in my blog.)

I ate plenty of Mexican food. Saw my parents and hung out with friends every night. It was like old times. Minus the 45 min drive home from PB. Oh, I even saw the Kriedeman’s and Ms. Miller at OHS. (I had to sacrifice seeing Mr. Icke–Sorry Icke. You’re still my number 1.)

Here are some pics. I put them up on facebook to right click and save. My hair was a train wreck about 10 mins into the wedding because I sat in the sun. Grrr.

California on Thursday! Super excited to see everyone for what will be a short 3 days in town. Hoping to get back out there at Christmas for 2 weeks!

On Monday, I relocated across town to The V at City Vista. It’s a new “luxury” apartment building right in between Chinatown and Mt. Vernon Square. I love the new place but getting there was a bit of a struggle.

Problem 1:
There was a lot more stuff to move than anticipated. It took Luis and I 3 hours and some change to load the Uhaul.

Problem 2:
Luis locked the keys inside the uhaul. We had to ask the building guy for some bolt cutters because Luis padlocked the back when he closed it.

Problem 3:
Our move in slot was from 8 am to 2 pm. We arrived at our moving place at 1:50pm. Someone else had the freight elevator reserved after us too. LUCKILY, they didn’t show up on time and Luis and I had the uhaul unpacked in less than an hour.

Problem 4:
Comcast. I don’t even want to elaborate on how shitty their service is but it’s now Day 3 of living in our apartment and we still don’t have a working cable box after spending close to 5 hours on the phone with them.

Problem 5:
We got to do laundry last night. 20 mins pass by and Luis walks into the bathroom. It’s flooded. Along with half the kitchen. One of the water pipes is broken so any water that goes in, goes out. On to the floor. They won’t be there to fix it until Friday morning.

So besides those problems, we are completely unpacked and settled into the new place. Loving the location, the building, and the full size safeway directly below us.

That is all.