on my way home.

Isn't it funny how you always need a vacation from your vacation? Good thing I have another week off of work... I'm on my way home! We just made it through LA and I'm sitting in the passenger seat for the first time in 5 days. I drove everywhere! I don't have that much freeway experience (I mean come on, I live in Redding, the farthest I go on I5 is from Simpson to the Stirring once a week! Ha!) But seriously, I conquered rush hour LA traffic and downtown San Diego and all in between!

It's been a good week but I am so glad to be coming home! I very much love my routine and my own bed.

We arrived in San Diego county late wednesday evening and stayed at my brother's house. The next morning we travelled to Ocean Beach and met up with Mark and Rebecca Carter (one of my favorite couples! Seriously they are amazing and if you don't know them get in your car, bus, plane, train and get to Ocean Beach and hang out with them!!!) We spent the next 3 days with them and their two dogs, Sam and Eli, at their amazing condo that was ONE block from the beach! ONE BLOCK!!! We ate good food, drank coffee, shopped and hung out with the boys (sam and eli).

Last night we went to a Padre's game! It was a little stressful but definitely an adventure, and fun. We left the Carter's and headed back to Vista, to my brother's casa. We were running late for the train to the stadium so as soon as we pulled up to Aaron's house we were back on the road! We made it to the station 2 minutes late but the train was late so it worked out perfectly! We arrived at the Padre's game and met the Carters and had an amazing night. We lost but it was still fun, and there was an amazing fireworks show after! It was the perfect ending to a crazy day until we left the stadium and made our way back to the train station. We and a hundred plus people were waiting and there was no train! We tried to get a cab but the wanted to charge us more than $100 bucks to get us back to our car, and no way jose were we going to lay that down!

So we were stranded, but then I remembered that my friend Trevor was going to be coming through the city and maybe he could pick us up! I called him and he was aleady basically home but he turned around and came back to get us! He's amazing and if you don't know him, you don't need to drive, fly or float down to San Diego to meet him because he's moving back to Redding in the fall! But seriously! He's amazing and drove way out of his way to get us!

So we made it home and I crashed on my brothers bed, fell asleep with my street clothes on, I was that tired.

Now we're headed home and I'm so excited! It's been an awesome week but I miss the east cypress starbucks, and the stirring, and my best friends Stephane and Jesse are both home in Redding and this is just going to be an amazing last week of vacation!

Can't wait to see you all!