Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Summer's End

Mammoth Mountain for Mtn Bike Riding
Shannon, Jenn, Me, and Cecilia at the Red Sox Angels Game
Action Shot! Mountain Bike Riding in Mammoth
Me and Jessy Stopped for a photo op
Horseback riding through Live Oak Canyon
Sophia's going away party. Lisa (my boss) Ordered us all "wet pussies"... Nice.
I was the token white girl trying to be Asian...Labor Day weekend in Vegas

Gosh, I can't believe summer is over! It seems as though it never even started. I guess that's what happens when you work all day and really only have the weekends to let loose. This summer was fun and I did a lot of things and went on a lot of trips. It started with my trip to Cambria at the end of May. We drove up the coast into Santa Barbara and went to some of the wineries out there. My favorite winery was Fess Parker. Then we continued on until we got to Cambria where we stayed at a bayside hotel that overlooked the ocean. It was gorgeous. The next day, we drove in to Paso Robles and went to a bunch of wineries in the area. Super fun and we found some really great wine. I also went to the river to do my most favorite thing - waterski, Alaska (see below), Vegas (a few times) and even tried mountain bike riding up in Mammoth (loved it, but came home with a few battle wounds). I ended the summer with a night in Vegas on Labor Day weekend. Nothing too exciting as I didn't win any money or come home married, but I did have fun drinking, dancing, and laying out by the pool while I practiced my people watching skills. Since then, I have decided to mellow out a bit. I am trying to lay low and get grounded again. Life seems to be so busy and I spend so much time running around. I have actually made a huge effort to do just the opposite. In the last week, I have started reading the Twilight series. Great book... I am almost done with the first one and I just bought the second one so that I won't have to wait to start reading it as soon as I am done with the first. Then last weekend, I spent the entire day hanging out with my lovely sister, Rebecca, and we colored, watched movies, and I even brushed up on my painting skills by trying a "paint by numbers" picture... 6 hours later and I still don't have a complete picture! I also took a bike ride with my dad from our house in Mission Viejo to my apartment in Irvine. 12.8 miles and we did it under an hour... oh, and did I mention that I was on my beach cruiser. Fun times! I am looking forward to this winter. I bought a new snowboarding outfit and I can't wait to use it!! Maybe I will see you on the slopes!