Play hard before hard work :-)

Just another [week] in paradise. I spent a great week with Beth - relaxing in PB and running errands, biking down to the beach, running in the sand, and taking in some gorgeous beach/city views. Jeff and Hillary (and Max!) came down for the weekend too so we could all watch the RAVENS WIN together! We found San Diego's onIy Ravens fan bar, but sadly it was too packed, and they weren't even letting people in! There were enough purple fans next door that it was still a fantastic time :-) 

Some photos of the last week with Beth, Jeff, and Hil...


Beth prepared me delicious meals every night! Thanks, B! We were pretty ambitious in starting a 2000 piece puzzle of Van Gogh's 'Starry Night.' Yep, it was as ridiculously hard as it sounds. Hence the wine in the photo.



A short and WINDY bike ride brought us to Mission Bay. We thought about continuing to SeaWorld, but turned around and watched some pretty talented kite-surfers instead! Another water sport I need to try!

Double rainbows: always cool. Even cooler in the beautiful mountains of California! I could see the entire arc of the inner rainbow, which was pretty sweet!

Yet another view of Pacific Beach... an easy 2 mile walk away! We walked down on Saturday morning to find HUNDREDS (okay maybe just ONE hundred) of surfers in the water, and only slightly less on Sunday! 

This morning Jeff, Hillary, and I drove up Soledad Mountain to check out the veterans' memorial and enjoy the beautiful 360 view of San Diego from the top of the mountain! It was a super clear day, and according to the tour guide I eavesdropped on, the mountains you can see when facing south are all the way near Tijuana! (I'm standing in front of the view of La Jolla, though :-) 
I ended the day with a nice drive back to my new home, where I was finally able to unpack! I'm no longer living out of a bag, woohoo! Thanks, world, for giving me a pretty sunset to drive into :-)