Sea Gulls are Ducks

Hey guys what a week this has been! I have been in the warm sun all week long, right now I am writing this while on the plane from SFO to MSP. This is going to be long, sorry guys its been a busy week.

Anyways here is what my week has been.

Sunday: My dad and I went shoe shopping to find shoes that fit with my suit (as I am writing this in my head the word shoes is really shoooees and suit is really suuiiit). He and I stopped at shoes pavilion, but didn’t find anything then it was to dress barn, which holy crap cute dresses, I am defiantly going there when I get back to MN I need to go shopping real bad. Then we met my mom who gave me my suit jacket that I left at home. My dad and I had In-n-Out burger for lunch (so good it hit the spot) then went to the mall. I found some cute brown heals and then that was it. I think we had filet mignon for dinner and then I can’t remember anything else.

Monday: It was my interview day, so I straightened my hair because doing it curly I feel doesn’t look professional, then I had to go pick up my suit pants from the tailor then I chilled and then headed out to Dublin for my interview. It was kind of bizarre how everything went on, but oh well its over with. I got a tour of the operations part of the company and holy cow that was sweet, I had to make it seem like I was into marketing, which I am so not for the interview, but seeing the operations part really tickled my fancy. For dinner we had salmon and veggies for dinner and then I can’t remember. Its so funny my parents have totally turned into the upper middle class California of the area that we lived cuz we eat dinner in the dinning room with the china and we don’t eat at the kitchen table anymore. I think it is so funny that we have candles lit for dinner and we sit in the dinning room and listen to Dean Martin over the intercom.

Tuesday- I had my doctors appointment for my knee again and they took x-rays and ordered an MRI. Then I met my mom at the Danville Chamber of Commerce and she wasn’t done yet, so I walked over to a cute little local store and they had a super cute and a bit ridiculous pair of pink high heals that were screaming my name, so I snatched those right up. Then I met mom for lunch at the Peasant and the Pear for lunch and I had one of the best sandwiches ever. Then she and I went over to one of her listings to do the photos for the virtual tour and they had the cutest dogs. This house was awesome it had two master suites, a game room, a wine cellar, a huge kitchen with a warming drawer and a Viking range. Then she and I headed back to Danville to pick up my car and then she and I tried to get a pedicure, but they were busy, so we went home and waited for my dad and then I have no idea what we had for dinner, but I think we oh yeah we went to Campo Di Bocce for dinner, my mom and I met my dad there and we rode in her car with the top down and I got to wear my pretty scarf around my head to stop the wind from messing with my hair. We ate and played bocce ball after dinner and my dad killed my mom and I.

Wed: We headed out to Capitola, Monterey, and Carmel for the day. We had a cultural experience in the car because we turned our GPS lady to have an Australian accent. We hit up Capitola for lunch on the beach and then we walked out on the beach and the dock. Then we got in the car and drove to my favorite place on Earth Monterey where we walked around and noticed the changes since summer. My mom and I went down to the beach to look for sea glass and we found a ton. It was fun running from the waves and seeing seals swimming. We also went to the wharf were we saw seals sleeping and eating and hunting. That was so cool because they were catching fish and throwing the fish in the air to kill them. Then we went to Carmel, another favorite place of mine, where we sat on our beach and waited to watch the sun set. My dad and I walked down to the ocean and skipped rocks in and I seriously have lost my rock skipping ability because I sucked so bad my dad was laughing at me the hole time and he even tried to give me pointers. I almost hit someone with one of my rocks. Then we went back up the hill to chill with my mom and I decided I wanted to roll down the sand dune, so I did a few times and it was so much fun. Then we watched the sun set and decided to go out to dinner at The Hogsbreath, which is the restaurant that Clint Eastwood owns and I had some really good halibut. There was a family from Norway across from us and their son was absolutely hands down one of the most gorgeous guys ever! He had gorgeous skin and was wearing a navy blue sweater, he had dark hard, and a predominant nose that made him even more prestigious looking. My mom also thought that some horns on the wall were canoe paddles and that made my dad and I laugh hysterically. Then it was time to go home.

Thursday- My dad and I went out to lunch in the livery in downtown Danville, then we ran to Costco and the shampoo store. Then I had my MRI. Holy crap we walked into this doctor’s office and it had a plush couch and I have never been in a nicer doctors office. My MRI was on the knee that is messed up. I started freaking out during it though because I had no idea what was going on and I hate that. After that he and I went home and then my mom, my dad, and I went back downtown and got my hair fixed and then we went to Trader Joes and went home. We did catch as catch can for dinner, which means that we all eat whatever we can find, so I had a Trader Joe’s pizza, then we all watched Dan in Real Life, which was an adorable movie! Apparently at 6:30 the night before there were huge earthquakes that I didn’t get to feel, so I was super bummed because apparently they were larger than usual.

Friday- My mom had to work, so my dad and I took the dogs to Half Moon Bay. But before we left we had to do the essential coffee run, which my dad always does with me in the car, he swings in the Starbucks and gets me a coffee without asking me. The beach was super windy, but it was sunny and the wind meant that there were cute surfers there. My dad and I played football on the beach and ran the dogs in the water and essentially just chilled and got sun. At one point cruiser took off down the beach after some horses so I had to sprint after him and only caught up with him because he stopped to smell a dead fish, dogs. My dad and I headed back at about five o’clock and took a different way home that our bladders didn’t agree with, so we ran into a Home Depot and ran through the store for the bathrooms, I am sure we were such a sight. Then for dinner we had homemade chili and then later my mom and I watched some episodes of Frasier.

Saturday- My dad, mom, and I headed to Point Reyes, which is across the Benetia bridge and past Fairfax. We drove past San Quentin Prison and I waved to Scott Peterson and took a picture. We had lunch at a cute little Burrito place in Fairfax then drove out to the park. We drove over the San Andreas Fault, which was super cool because you could tell because of the low area and the water and the weird peak in the land. We took a shuttle bus out to the lighthouse on the point and I guess this is the most treacherous area of coastline in the whole US. We saw a whale and apparently about an hour and a half before some great white sharks attacked a young elephant seal and there was blood all over in the water. My dad and I had fun walking around the lighthouse and in the wind, it was so so so windy I am glad I brought my scarf for my hair. Then we took the bus to Chimney Rock and we did some hiking to see the Sea Lions and the rock, which the rock is seriously the dinkiest rock compared to the cliffs we were on. We took the bus back to our car at the end of the day and had dinner at a local café in Point Reyes that specializes in organic food and seafood. We had some local cheese for an appetizer than after dinner we all split a brownie sundae. Then it was a longer trip back with my mom singing along to Rod Stewart. When we got back I went up to pack and update my ipod with old music like Craig David and Soul Decision.

Sunday- EASTER. Woke up and my dad was surprised I was up already, so while I ate my cereal he went out and hid the eggs in the backyard. He hid 38 eggs in our backyard and that was so fun to do. My dad even wrote things on little white pieces of paper like study hard and one that was super funny was he wrote don’t let the bastards get you down and I think that might be going on the fridge and now it has become a family joke. Thanks to the Zeke and Sam last year, I have had an Easter Egg hunt every Easter and I always will. Although Zeke and Sam’s Easter egg hunt was way harder than my dad’s and I told him so J. After that I showered and got ready and watched the end of tonight’s Rock of Love (Yum Brett Michaels) and then finished packing. My mom took too long to get out of the house, so no coffee. We turned the GPS lady to British English today and that was fun. On the way to the airport Ryan, Sara’s brother called me looking for her, so she and I got a good laugh out of it. Now I am here sitting on the plane about to go in for landing in the Twin Cities.

I had a blast this spring break and some how it went super fast and it was actually better than the one with David last year. I just found out more from my parents that they really didn’t like him at all, my mom actually thinks he is gay, but that’s my mom. They apparently thought he was rude and ungrateful and needy. This time in California I really didn’t miss talking into all hours of the night with some guy, which hasn’t happened in a long time, somehow in CA I am always on the phone with a guy until super late. I am finally coming to terms with the fact that I am going to be single for a while. This is what I want and I think I really need this to find my inner strength because I have always relied on a guy to be on my side and frankly I don’t need that. I mean hey if a guy wants to be with me cool, but I am not going to go for it just because they like me, that’s what I did with David, I didn’t like him before we started dating and I dated him in the beginning because he liked me and that will not happen again. Its great having guys think your cute or whatever, but honestly making the effort for a guy that I don’t think anything of is a waste of time. The next guy I date will be wonderful, I am just waiting for the person to come around and meet me lol. For now I have decided the gym is going to be where my relationship is.

Well I have to shut down my computer, I love and miss all you guys and hope that you are enjoying every moment of this semester and not wishing it away. If you have a wish make it happen. A wish is a goal without a plan, so get a plan and do it. Have a good week!