Palm Desert

I spent the weekend in Palm Desert with my best friend, Megan! We spent the weekend laying by the pool, shopping, and eating yummy food! We also got pedicures! It was very relaxing and I really enjoyed having a girls' trip! We are going to try to make this a yearly tradition!

I also finished my book, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey!

Hannah Montana

Grace, Mags, Michelle, and I saw Hannah Montana, the movie, on Friday night! It was really cute! =)

My car is in the shop to fix the AC since it is 90 in San Diego...HOTTT! I rented my first car, silver Honda Accord. Responsibilities=no fun!

Mom, Dad... wanna take me back??

I have the best sister in the world!

After work yesterday, I came home to a house full of Birthday decorations. Grace had covered my room in balloons and streamers and posters and the living room was set up for a mini birthday party! I felt so special! She is an amazing sister, I am very lucky!

Another surprise came from Mary Schoch. She is so nice, listen to this: Monday night at dinner I opened my birthday card from the Schoch's and inside was a gift card to Target! I was so happy, I told her that I was going to use it to buy a microwave for our house. Well, sitting at my back door last nite was a brand new microwave! Mary went out and bought it for me as an early graduation present. I am surrounded by wonderfully kind people.

I'M OFFICIALLY OLD, I THINK

23, yup, old! Wanna know how I know? Because I don't want to go out tonite, I want to go for a run and then read my book and go to sleep early! Well, I am going out anyways because I have amazing friends who wish to take me out to celebrate at my favorite bar, Typhoons!

I had an amazing weekend celebrating my birthday with my family! My mom and dad came down to San Diego and we had a very fun weekend! We went to a yummy dinner at Buster's in downtown! Sunday was Easter so we walked to church from my new house, then my mom, dad and Michelle went to a brunch at 679 Cafe which was a cute lil cottage house turned into a restaurant! It was delicious!

We spent a lot of the weekend shopping for a new bike! Finally, after careful reasearch, we ended up going to a bike shop on Mission Blvd. where they helped us pick out the perfect, yellow beach cruiser! I love it!!! I got a basket so that I can ride my bike to Trader Joe's and get my groceries! Thank you, Mom & Dad!

Later that beautiful day, after my parents had to hit the road, Savilla and I rode our bikes to the beach! It was so much fun!

Last night I was lucky enough to go out AGAIN for my birthday with a few MORE of my favorite people! Tammi and Mary and Kevin were in town and so we all went to my favorite Mexican restaurant, Fred's. It is only 5 blocks from my house and it has the best margheritas! My mom was also here, again, and so her and Grace, and Mags joined us!

My amazing friend, Heather, who I work with, treated me to a healthy lunch at our favorite salad place, Tender Greens. I had a veggie salad and it was so good!

Tonite, Tammi and my mom are making me homemade egg rolls! We thought after all of this eating out that we should have a nice healthy meal at home! I am so excited!

So it seems to sum up my birthday:

1. I have the BEST family and friends.
2. I have eaten A LOT in the past 4 days!
3. I am a very LUCKY, HAPPY birthday girl!

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR HELPING MAKE THIS A GREAT 23RD BIRTHDAY THAT I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER AND CHERISH!

Baseball Season

I swear I am a Dodger fan all-the-way (TO BE CLEAR)... but I really can't hate on the Padres since I live in SD now and I represent when I work for Miller Lite. Uniforms are way better this season! GO DODGERS!!!!!!! 2-1

Mammoth

I had a great time in Mammoth this weekend! I took my first day off of work, it was so nice! Here is a picture of Michelle & I getting ready to go out and snowboard!

We stay with our friends Peter and Travis who live there. I brought Apples to Apples and Jenga and that was really fun because I don't think I have ever seen a Jenga game last this long. The tower got really high!!!!

Winner's Circle

Just out at the local bar with my 2 girlfriends, Savilla & Jackie, having some drinks.... entered a contest with 3 prizes... all 3 of us WON! Basically, you were given a frozen t-shirt (and I'm talking rock-solid frozen) rolled up in a ball, and the first person to put the t-shirt on wins! Well Savilla won the first round, I won the second round and Jackie won the 3rd!



Savilla won a bike!

I won a snowboard! (pictured)

Jackie won a Yeagermeister machine!

HOW FUN!!!!!

.....OFF TO MAMMOTH FOR THE WEEKEND.....

Home Improvement

New address: 4830 Everts St., San Diego, CA 92109

I spent 2 hours Monday night putting together this new dresser for my new room! It had 15 parts and lots of screws and nails and other nick-nacks! But I did it, all by myself!

Yesterday was just "one of those days." Anyone care to hear about my crazy day? Well I woke up with a parking ticket! The 1st Wednesday of the month there is street sweeping on my new street. Well yesterday was the 1st Wednesday of the Month and the 1st of the Month at the same time and I just wasn't ready for it! Well I got into my car to go to work about 10 minutes after my ticket was written! GRRRR. Lesson learned and $40 deep. Then, on my lunch break I called ATT to cancel our cable at the old place for April 23, because Suzie (our other roomate) still lives there through the 24th. Well, as the ATT lady on the other line proceeded to complain to me about her computer being slow, I hear "Oh, sh*t" from her end. She forgot I said the 23rd and canceled it right away. I asked her to undo it because my roommate still lives there and needs cable, and the ATT lady said sorry there was nothing she could do and the cable/internet had been turned off. After arguing with her for the rest of my lunch break and then asking for a supervisor, which at that point she hung up on me! I was not happy! I called back after work and spoke with a supervisor and someone was supposed to call me back from the "back office" to fix the issue. Still no one has called and my roommate has no cable. =( To heck with them!

On a happier note, we found a friend-of-a-friend to move into the 3rd room temporarily until Kenny's lease is up on June 1. Yay! More info on the roomies coming soon.... and pics of our new place!

Last night, I ran to the beach after work. I sat with a lady, Karen, and her golden lab, Luna, and visited with her while we watched the sunset. She lives a couple blocks from us, and has lived in the area for 20 years! She is training her dog right now to be a therapy dog. It was nice to meet a new neighbor! She also referred me to a man called "Bird" who works at a local surf shop, and could teach me to surf (or maybe to fly)... I really want to learn [to surf] now that I live so close to the beach. =)

Enjoying my last couple weeks of being 22.... ahhhhh!