holy moley

wooooow...a TON has happened since the last time i blogged. care for an update? you're in luck; it's right below!



the last time i blogged, i was leaving the beach to head to burkeville to see my lovely grandparents. before leaving, i went by grandma and grandad's house to hang out for a bit. as i got there, there was a guy (who totally looked like timbaland) delievering grandad's wheelchair. that was probably one of the hardest things to see...grandad down to nothing and sitting in a wheelchair. his humor is still there, though, as he asked the guy how fast it goes and if he can lay it back so he take a nap. :)



i made it to burkeville in one piece and got to spend some time with them. the next day, i got up, went to church, saw my fabulous aunt donna, and then went back to the house and saw my fabulous aunt debbie, who i hadn't seen in like 2 1/2 years since before she moved to georgia. i hated to leave them but i had to get back to work that week.



alexander cut two teeth before i went to california. hopefully, he's done for a while~poor baby was just miserable.



i left for wise thursday with james and allen. i could not have asked for two better people to travel with...our car was full of jokes and laughter, my favorite! plus, good music and singing 80's hits is always good in my book.



friday, we left for cincinnati international airport which is actually in northern kentucky and not ohio at all...fail. the flight out was a little rough and i was soo super nervous. plus, gaining 3 hours was interesting. i was exhausted.

saturday, we walked and walked and climbed hills and walked some more. we spend time at seaport village (yay!) and went to the padre's game. the o's beat them (again, yay even though it's a team from md). walking up and down all those hills was insane but a good way to work out.

sunday, we went on bus tours of san diego~balboa park, old town, la jolla and beaches, and other random fun things along the way. it was sooo much fun but i got burnt! i'm a nice brown color now.

monday, my buddy howard took us to UCSD for the conference. while some of the things didn't go as smooth as everyone had hoped, it was still a ton of fun! opening was a blast and SAACURH won best roll call! :)

tuesday and wednesday were programs and boardroomy things. i wore dresses. boardroom is intense and I LOVED IT! wednesday night, wise did swap shop. i walked away with tons more than i came with...so did james. 17 t shirts. holy cow! that kid now has 2 weeks worth of shirts and then some!

thursday, we checked out, i called howard back, and wise and uk went to the zoo. omg, i love the zoo. san diego has THE BEST ZOO IN THE ENTIRE WORLD! my favorite animals were...the pandas, of course! and the polar bear. he was soo stinking funny. sigh.

we made our way to the airport when the zoo closed and waited and waited and waited. our flight was suppose to take off at 11 but it didn't take off until 11:45, 15 minutes after all san diego flights have to be off the ground. i wonder if delta got a fine for that...okay, i know they did. the only good thing about being delayed was i got to see evan lysacek in the airport. yummy. the best part was talking to the guy who picked him up...he didn't know who he was. silly guy.

we got back to wise and i turned around and went home. good lord. driving after only having about 3 hours of sleep was crazy. me and allen made it safe, though. we entertained each other and kept one another awake. we did, however, pull over in a sheetz parking lot and slept for a while...oops. haha

annnnnnnd....i got home last night to find out my baby sister is getting married! yayyyy! congrats, erica and steve!

when i went to bed last night, it had been 52 hours since i had gotten out of one. i fell asleep almost right away and slept for 15 hours. crazy. chinese food tonight and back to reality tomorrow.

thanks for reading. hope it was mildly entertaining for you. california was amazing for me but i'm so glad to be home!