San Diego trip

We're in the San Diego airport waiting to depart for Seattle. We had a wonderful weekend at Kirk and Krispy's place and saw a lot of the city, although I'm sure there was a ton that we did not get to see.

Friday night Krispy and Rip picked us up at the airport. Rip was pretty shy but when we got back to his home base he perked up and started talking. It was a fairly early night, and then up early the next morning. On Saturday morning we went to the San Diego Zoo for a bit, then some quick lunch and then we headed to Coronado to the beach and to see the Hotel Del Coronado which was totally awesome. The morning was cloudy but by the time we got to the beach it was sunny and warm. The resort is fantastic and I sure wish we could afford to actually stay there :-). Disaster on the way home after Riley consumed an entire bag of gummy bears (Thanks Aunt Kelly and Jason!) and chased it down with a big glass of lemonade. Some dramatic drooling preceded a veritable gusher of liquid and half digested gummy bears making a quick exit from Riley's tummy. Ummmm, yuck. Good thing it was me sitting next to her and not Jason. Surprisingly, she managed not to actually hit anything but her own carseat.

Saturday night we took Kirk and Krispy out to dinner at the Prado restaurant in Balboa Park. It was about perfect as a place to eat. The food was fantastic, the service was fantastic, and the ambiance was totally 5 star....outside on the patio, overlooking a beautiful courtyard, with lights strung up all over, it just could not have been nicer. We all enjoyed ourselves immensely.

Sunday we got up early and Jason, Krispy and I climbed Cowles Mountain (along with Camden) while Kirk stayed back with the kids. Then while Kirk went to play softball, Jay and I took a trip to Old Town San Diego and walked around there for a bit enjoying the touristy and arty theme. We came home and joined up with everyone else for some more sightseeing, including Seaport Village and the Sunset Cliffs. Everybody was totally exhausted by the time we got home and it was an early bed night for all.

This morning Ripken started his new preschool and the nanny came over to watch Riley so the four adults went to breakfast at Pipes, then took a nice drive back down the coast stopping at the gliderport and the Soledad mountain monument before heading back to the airport. The trip was tiring but way too quick and we really enjoyed ourselves and our hosts :-) Can't wait to come back again! I'll try to post some picture after we get home and download them off the camera.

Hey! It's hot.

Seattle's been going through a little bit of a heat wave the last few days, and in fact we have had record temps yesterday and today. Actually hit 91 degrees officially today, 1 degree higher than the previous June 4 record. I think our bedroom was quite a few degrees higher than that though. It has already cooled down substantially though, and is supposed to be back in the high 70's by tomorrow. I'm not complaining, it's wonderful to have such summery weather so early here and once Jay had put the AC unit in the bedroom I was able to sleep just fine :-)

I ran another two miles yesterday so it wasn't just a fluke people...yay for me.

Jason has an appointment with a podiatrist on Monday to find out why his foot still hurts. Good thing too, because we have the Furry 5K on Sunday so his foot will probably really be hurting on Monday.

Kelsey is winding down her junior year, knockin' out the finals, and finishing up her first college class. Meg is almost done with this quarter too. I know they're both ready for a break.

I have two more weeks to go at the clinic and then I switch back to Swedish for my perinatal rotation. I'm going to miss the girls at the clinic, but I'm also looking forward to driving into work with Jay again in the morning - I miss that little bit of time. I'll have to take the bus home though, our leaving schedules don't match up. But it'll still be better than driving every day.

One more week until we leave for San Diego for my birthday weekend!