Saturday Relationships in San Diego

I was glad my vicodin hangover wore off in time for me to go to San Diego to visit Nicole. She moved back in June and I hadn’t seen her new place. She had a surprise for me, our friend Jenn, who just moved to Florida and was back in the area for the weekend. It was great to see them both, we had lots to catch up on.

I realized that I’ve lived in So. Cal. for 13 years and I have only been San Diego a couple of times. There is so much to see – Balboa Park, La Jolla, Old Town, Mission San Diego, Sea World, Legoland, Heritage Park – lots of history, ocean views and good food.

We started catching up and siteseeing at Balboa Park. It is amazingly beautiful. We walked around to see the ampitheatre, Spanish Village, Prado Theatre, UN village, Japanese Friendship Garden and we only saw a very small part of it. I can’t wait to go back and take more photos.

In retrospect I think we saw every phase of a relationship in that one day. The weather was a perfect day for relationshipping.. Scattered throughout the park we saw people on dates and weddings.

We went up to Mt Soledad vista to get a sweeping panorama of La Jolla and the ocean. It was breathtaking. It is views like this, warm 80 degree days in October that make living here worth the cost. Even though it was a little foggy it was still stunning.

While we were there we saw a limo pull up and two young people climbed out. He was in a tuxedo and she was in a beautiful red gown. From afar we wondered if it was kids on their way to homecoming then we watched him drop to one knee. We didn’t hear the answer but assumed that she said yes since there was a hug and he joined her on the bench to over look the perfect view.

We drove back down to the water’s edge to see the sunset. We stopped to look at the surf and people watch. There were many getting their photos taken by the water, including several doing engagement photos. They were frolicking in the water trying to appear spontaneous and lovey-dovey.

As we strolled along the sea we saw four weddings, ranging from the very young to the very old. We noticed that you could tell the age of the bride by the number of bridesmaids she had. The number goes up exponentially the younger they are. I have to say the sweetest one was the oldest wedding of the day. To see people at least in their 60s finding love was great.

We had dinner at Top of the Cove – fantastic food and a more amazing view. The perfect cap of the night was at a place called Extraordinary Desserts. The line is a mile long to get it but do not let it distract you from visting. I had the best toasted almond and caramel chesecake.

It was a great day. Time to be with good friends that make you think, make you laugh and let you be silly. We all commented on how hard it is to find people like that who are willing to take the time to really get to know you, be honest about what they see and love you anyway.

Filed under: Friendshipping, Living in LA LA Land, Relationshipping, Single Serving

Halloween Musings

Tonight there are millions of little kids dressing up as who they want to be when they grow up, their favorite cartoon characters, and heros wandering around neighborhoods everywhere collecting candy. I hear it’s harder and harder to trick-or-treat these days, you have to go out earlier and and earlier for safety reasons. Mike said their official day to go out was Sunday from 1-3, that’s not fun.

Both nephews dressed up as their favorite WWE wrestlers and went to Malone College to trick-or-treat in the dorms. They loved it. Each room was decorated and the kids were mesmorized. I’m kind of sad that they’re not into the fun costumes anymore. Now they have to be cool, not cute. Sad that at 5 and 8 they are starting to leave childhood behind, how? Why? So sad!

Mike and I then wandered down memory lane talking about our favorite Halloweens. Mine was in the fifth grade. It was 1985, the rage was to put razor blades and LSD in the candy. No one was wanting to send their kids out. So the elementary school stepped up and held a party at the school.

I don’t remember the candy, the school, or my friends, what I do remember is my costume. Our neighbor cut up an old prom dress for me to wear and I got to be a princess. I remember feeling like a princess. This wasn’t a cheap dime store costume, this was her prom dress. It was a great. I loved it. I never wanted to take it off. I felt so beautiful that night.

My parents were in the Halloween is evil camp so we didn’t celebrate it often. Our church had the occassional Harvest festival with cider, hay rides and praise music. Honestly, I don’t really see the point in boycotting. I mean we commercialize Christmas, what’s the difference?

Filed under: Mi Familia

Technologically Crippled

Our office moved last week.

We’re consolidating with another office so there is much IT confusion. I thought I’d come back to work today all set to go. Not so much. I don’t have email, network access or even legal internet connection. That’s right, I’m writing this post on bootleg connectivity.

So I can’t work on anything because all of my files are on the server. When I asked someone for help they told me to send an email or call the help desk. If only I could do either one of those options.

But I do need to give thanks that my iTunes were saved.

Filed under: Working