list no. 8 :: this week

1. It's ski week for miss A and that means California has no money and public schools suffer no school.
2. No school means we're going on a three day getaway to Palm Springs, no. 18 on my list. 
3. Stress and anticipation levels have been off the charts around here. All good, but a change of scenery is needed, with an added side of relaxation. Stat. 
4. Our hotel has a water slide and a lazy river, which means fun for our kid and the kid in me. ( M isn't much of a relaxing poolside kind of guy.) Miss A looked horrified when I said I would be going down the water slide. Yes, we now have the potential to embarrass. Sigh.
5. I'm excited to shoot Palm Springs. All of that post-modern design. Be still my heart. And I've been in a bit of a slump lately, shooting for Polaroid Girls and Words to Shoot By and not much else, so this is going to be good.
6. I've spent far too much time considering what to pack, (both camera gear and clothing), trying not to haul everything with me because I can.
7. And making lists here, of all the things I'd like to see and do.
8. Like thrifting. I've heard there's good stuff to be found in the desert.
9. Perhaps a hike in the living desert, no. 19 on my list.
10. Definitely: book reading, magazine skimming, water sliding and lazy river riding.