My Life | Suspension of Disbelief

Jun

OK, I finally have a chance to post about our trip!

First, AJ, Bo, and I met up in San Francisco. It was a little weird that Bo and I were on vacation together without my parents. I guess we’re really grown up now, huh? LOL!

Pier 39 with Bo

Pier 39 with AJ

The first full day was our big sightseeing day. We took a sightseeing tour bus that drove us all around town and showed us everything. It took us to the top of a hill where we could see the whole city - it’s so big and hilly!

Lindsey and AJ at San Francisco

And then the bus took us to Golden Gate Bridge:

Bo at the Golden Gate Bridge

Then we traveled to Muir Woods, which was a beautiful state park. The redwoods were so gorgeous! So, of course, AJ had to act goofy in the middle of them

AJ in Muir Woods

Then, that night, we went to see Al Capone’s old haunt - Alcatraz:

Alcatraz

The next few days we spent exploring the city, including visiting the original Ghirardelli store.

Lindsey at Ghirardelli

We also spent an afternoon at Haight Ashbury, which is a place I’ve been wanting to visit for YEARS! We also smoked a little hookah in a hookah bar at Haight Ashbury, which just seemed too appropriate. This is a horrible angle for me, but look, I was there!

Lindsey at Haight Ashbury

Then we met up with my parents and we all headed to Napa Valley! We had the best time. We probably went to 15-20 wineries.

All the fam at Sterling Vineyards!

AJ and I slowly collected a case’s worth of wine to bring home with us . . . until we went to the last winery. We had tours at several of the wineries, and tastings at almost everyone, but the last winery we went to was a little different. At Del Dotto, we did a barrel tasting - we tasted the wine straight from the barrels that were in the caves! It was so cool!

Barrels at Sterling Vineyards

This was some of the best wine that we have ever tasted, and since the vineyard is a smaller vineyard that only sells wine from the winery (not in stores or resteraunts), we bought another half case of wine there, LOL! We’re going to let the wine age, so AJ and I used a Christmas gift certificate I had saved to by this AWESOME wine fridge.

So, I guess can check off #37 on my 101 in 1001 - I’ve been to California! For all the pictures, see my Flickr.

Then, Mama, Daddy, and Bo all went home and AJ and I went to New York for a couple of days. We saw August: Osage County (which was soooooo amazing) and American Ballet Theatre’s production of Sleeping Beauty (which meant a lot to me - Disney’s movie has been my favorite movie since I was 2, and I’ve always wanted to see the ballet). We also got to spend some time with my best friend Stephanie. She lives in NYC now, and she’s never had a chance to meet AJ.

So, we’re back now, and completely exhausted, but we had a truly great vacation! I think I’ve decided to give wine tasting/journaling another shot now that I’ve been to Napa and have a bit more knowledge about the whole thing.

Oh, and while I’m posting, we can also scratch #69 off of my 101 in 1001 list - over the past year I’ve really switched a lot of my grocery purchasing to organic food, and I try to consciously pick the organic options, even if they do cost a little more!

Posted at 9:26 pm in: 101 in 1001, General, My Life
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Apr

One year later . . .

Today was AJ and mine’s one year anniversary! I honestly can say that when we first started dating that I didn’t think it would last this long, but I am very glad that it has ;-)! Back when we first started dating I mentioned that AJ is way different from any other guy I’ve ever been interested in, and that is still very much the truth. However, I think that we compliment each other a lot - we each have different strengths, and I think we can appreciate each other even more because of that.

So, here’s to our first year :-)!

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Shout out to Amy!
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Posted at 10:56 pm in: General, My Life
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Mar

Too Many Cats!!!

Well, I never thought I’d say it, but there are too MANY cats now!

It all started when we got back from Florida. AJ’s supposed to be getting central heating and air in his condo, so the guy came on Monday to do a walk through, give them a quote, etc. He said they’d start work next week, AJ said OK, we go to lunch.

Then AJ gets a phone call . . . and it’s the heating and ac people. The apartment they were supposed to start work on has water damage and they can’t do anything until the water is vacuumed out. Can they start work on AJ’s condo today?

Well, we had to do something with his three adorable kitties . . . so they came over to my apartment. Yes, your math is right, for this week I have FIVE kittens! Don’t get me wrong, I love them all dearly - they’re my babies! But they hadn’t all met each other, and it has been . . . interesting.

AJ’s kittens actually seem to be adjusting quite well. They love me, and everything smells like me, so it wasn’t too scary. And my place has carpet and his doesn’t, so they are LOVING the traction they can get while running around my apartment. My kittens are another story all together. Miles is very slowly warming up to them. He walks around them, lets them sniff him, he even doesn’t hiss at them too much. He’s just kind of confused.

Oscar is mad.

I was quite surprised by this. As I’ve had them, I’ve come to realize that Miles is the dominant cat and Oscar is submissive. So if ANYTHING, I figured Oscar would be cool with things. But noooo . . . he is mad. He has been hissing at the other cats for even entering the same room as him. He bats at them, growls constantly, and is just not happy. He even growls and hisses at Miles now! And they’ve been together since birth! They are absolutely BFF, but he’s not having it now. And he’s growled and batted at me too.

He’s getting a little better. Tuesday it was intolerable - I was afraid to leave them in the same room alone. Yesterday and last night were better. Not great, but now I’m beginning to think there is hope (where before I didn’t).

So, that’s what I’ve been up to this week! Oh, and I started back to school today. Yay?

And since I’m talking about them, I have to show them to you

They are in age order: Jazz (AJ’s, almost a year), Ninja (AJ’s, almost a year), Oscar (mine, 9ish months), Miles (mine, 9ish months), and Ana (AJ’s, 5ish months)

Jazz

Ninja

Oscar

Miles

Ana

Won’t you pray for us please? LOL, I love them all so much!

Posted at 2:14 pm in: General, My Life, Pets
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Mar

Spring Pause?

Well, it’s spring break now. I finally got all of my final papers/projects/exams turned in, and I don’t have to be back in the classroom until March 27!!! However, I very much feel like this is a pause, and not a break. Why?

Well, for starters, I will be working most of the break. The few days I won’t be working are Thursday-Sunday, and that’s because the boy and I are going to Florida to visit my parents. I’m excited about that because I get to see my parents and I will get to be at MY church for Easter (I miss my church). However, it won’t be much of a break because I have THREE doctors appointments while I’m there.

When we get back, I still have a few days off from school left, but I’ll still have work, and I think that my rotation supervisor is going to make me come in to school even though we’re on break. Sigh.

So, I’m not really going to get a whole lot of breakin’ in. Just a pause in school. I can’t wait to be done with this. I’m not even sure if I’m going to get to do any spring cleaning or get my hair cut (like I DESPERATELY need).

Anyone got spring plans or projects?