MIA

Geeze, it sure had been a while! I'm sure you're all sick of seeing my Happy Halloween post. I know I am! I've been trying to get online for quite a while now so I could update, but something always gets in the way. Tonight's dilemma? My internet has been acting up. But, here I am, and I have a lot to say. First of all, I never wrote about San Fran. I absolutely can't believe that a week ago today I was up North, still with about 2 hours to spend in the city before coming home. Time sure does fly! My trip to San Francisco was amazing though, and Todd and I crammed as much touristy stuff into two days as we could. Quick recap - With our sightseeing book in hand, we started off our tour of the city with a bike ride over the Golden Gate Bridge. The ride was really fun, even though they make it seem way easier than it is. Apparently the many hills are not a selling point at the bike shops! Despite the uphill climb, we made it across and even got to take a lot of really great pictures. It was so exhilarating to be standing in the middle of such a famous bridge, while cars whizzed by and the ocean surrounded us. I was really happy we got to do that! Our first day also encompassed a lot of city discovery. Let's just say we put our bus passes to good use. We went all over the city - North Beach, Haight, Union Square, China Town, Nob Hill, and of course, Fisherman's Wharf. We were also lucky enough to have beautiful weather, which helped since I'm pretty sure we walked for about 8 hours that first day. Day two was just as fun. We started off with a tour of Alcatraz and spent the rest of the day hanging out around the Wharf. Todd's cousin Amy and her fiance Josh even met up with us! It was great to meet some more of Todd's family, and I really enjoyed hanging out with some seasoned Nor Calers. Last week was kind of like a whirlwind. It was stressful and hard, but I got through it somehow. I actually feel like this weekend has been really long. Especially today. I definitely jam packed a lot into it though. Friday started off a true roommate weekend with a free Maroon 5 concert! Steph randomly won tickets off of our new favorite radio station - Sophie - so we headed over to our old stomping ground at SDSU's Cox Arena and had an amazing time singing and dancing for a couple of hours. I had forgotten how much I like Maroon 5's music and I was really excited that they played a bunch of my favorite songs, like Secret. Saturday was a pretty lazy day. My work retreat is this coming weekend, so I had to spend a majority of the day working on my presentation for the two days we're spending at the Loews Coronado :) By the time the night rolled around, Steph and I had some serious cabin fever, but nothing to do. All of our friends were busy or working and couldn't hang out with us. Even Eli and Derrick rejected us! Somehow we invited ourselves to hang out with Rylan, who was going to a black and white themed party. I hadn't been to a party in a while, so this one was a lot of fun. I knew basically no one, but the guests were pretty nice AND I got to dress up. We got home pretty late, but as usual, I woke up way to early this morning. I was really set on going on a bike ride for some reason, but since I don't have a bike, I was presented with a bit of a problem. I found a bike shop online and gave them a call, which resulted in me being able to use a bike for 2 hours with full gear in exchange for a 6-pack of beer (clearly college guys were running the shop). I was really excited, but by the time I got ready and recruited Steph to come along, it had begun to rain. By the way, since when does it rain in San Diego?! After this, we decided our only other option was to go to the movies. So, we saw Gone Baby Gone, which I thought was a great movie. It was a well-developed story that kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. Plus, it was set in Boston, so it got bonus points right away. Since then, I've been at home, wanting the day to both speed up and slow down - tomorrow is Monday, you know! So, that's it, I think. A week and a half in a nutshell!