I’m back in San Diego with Helene….excuse me…..Celine. We (Nova and I) changed my mom’s name from Helene to Celine. It’s her new San Diego moniker. After a morning of house hunting, we’ve arrived at pug central and have commenced to dog sitting for Shawn and Amy who are off to Burning Man.

Celine found the perfect house to rent today and is a little frantic that she can’t get a hold of the property rental company. We left a few voice mails, put a note on the door of the house and sent some emails. The tenants were moving out when we drove by and were kind enough to show us the place. We all knew it was perfect for her. Centrally located in her favorite neighborhood, a corner house with lots of natural light.

We stayed at Kevin’s house last night and this morning I woke up to Kevin explaining to my mom what Burning Man was and showing pictures and video. To put it mildly, Celine was amazed. After Kevin left to drive Shawn and Amy to the airport we watched forty five minutes of Burning Man Youtube videos. Who would have thought that my seventy year old mother would turn out to be a burner. I think she might really be serious about wanting to go next year.

Celine is also very excited about dressing up like a zombie for one of Kevin’s and Shawn’s new projects about surviving a zombie scourge. All morning she was making calls to family and excitedly taking about being a “mummy” in a movie and a thing called “burning bush”. It was pretty cute.

I really hope she gets this house because I’m not sure anything else will compare.