Summer Days!

Well today was the day.  What happened, you might ask?  Nothing terribly special, in fact it was an ordinary Saturday in Sacramento but indeed, something happened.  I went shopping with my mom in the morning, found some good deals, had a terrific lunch, and went to Starbucks to work for awhile.  And then, it happened.  What I had been putting off.  What I had put on the back-burner. What I didn't want to think about.

I finally finished unpacking from France.

It was difficult but with all of my effort, I hoisted my suitcase up and dumped it's contents (skirts, shirts, scarves, glow sticks, papers, maps, public transportation tickets, 1 chest x-ray and more) onto my bed, zipped up the suitcase took it out of my room and began the dreadful process.  And hour and a half later it was done.  There were no signs of France in my room.  All of my French clothes hung up or shoved in draws, all of my maps and souvenirs neatly put away with my books, and the last of my euro stowed away in a coin pouch.

It's a sad day my friends.

But nevertheless, it needed to happen and now it's time to move on.  And I have been moving on, which is why it took me so long to complete this task in the first place.  I have been all over the place, Oregon, Sacramento, the bay area and have spent all of my free time with friends, family, or searching for that next step in my life.  And what fun it has been!

Since I wrote last, I have been up to Bend, Oregon one more time. We watched Stephen START in a game last Thursday.  That's right, he is a starter now.  So proud!  The Bend Elks did great last weekend and we had so much fun as always (even with a rain delay)!

Double Rainbow

Storm clouds moving away

San Diego chicken was the entertainment of the night

And this week, Sarah and I had our fun at the California State Fair!  Along with her roommate, we had a day of fun in the sun, walking around the exhibits, seeing the hypnotist, and visiting the midway at night!  And no trip to the fair would be complete without outrageous fair food!  And we definitely had our share!

Have to take a picture with the Golden Bear

Love this pic by the frog fountain!

Another Golden Bear!

Floriculture exhibition complete with live parrot

Deep fried twinkie. That was lame compared to...

Chocolate Covered Bacon!! Yummy!

Midway at night

Parting view

Add in a few bike rides, lunches with friends, a lot of job hunting, and way too many TV marathons and there goes my month of July.  Summer is going by fast and I cannot believe I have been home for almost 2 months. Life isn't going to slow up anytime soon either! And I wouldn't have it any other way!

C'est la belle vie!