Day 27 and 28: Getting Caught up

Well, I said I would try my best while I was on my little road trip to stay up to date, and what do you know?!? I slipped. So in the spirit of keeping on the 40 Days of Gratitude... Here are a variety of things that have brought be some joy over the past couple of days!

• Spending some time in my friend's mom's classroom. It was fun to help and hangout but also observe for a couple hours. Good perspective, and further proof that teaching is teaching no matter where! 
• BEACH TIME!!! Kristen and I went to Huntington and chatted for hours! It was such a gorgeous beach! I honestly don't know if I've seen that much sand on a beach in California in a LONG time! Sounds so dumb and obvious, but it was beautiful tan and freckled sand and the waves were lovely to watch! And the sun was shining and my heart was happy!
• Street fairs in Huntington! It was fun to walk around the beach, spend some time at the street fair and just catch up a bit more!
• Bagels before driving
• Smooth, uneventful driving in a non-allergic reaction sort of way
• Granola bars that are also a wannabe microphone when driving one of the most boring drives ever and you don't want to think or you don't know what to think about it!
• Fun nights at Edge. I got Bryan out in Dodgeball TWICE!!!! I'm usually terrible at this game, but we put some spins on it and Once you were out you could help your team out from jail and I got him out!
• Going for drinks to celebrate Emma getting into UCD Vet School! It was fun to all sit around at De'Veres (our spot of choice) and spend time with friends and catch up
• Sleeping in this morning.... okay I didn't really sleep that late, but the option was super nice and to wake up and have a pretty slow morning has been relaxing. 

It is always nice to take a break from the normal routine, but sometimes it is nice to get back to it too. I had a nice visit with friends in SoCal, and as much as I'm not a fan of LA itself, it was nice to be in a new place. Well sorta new, new in the sense that it wasn't a place where I knew where every street went. I'm liking the idea of a new adventure soon, and I think it will come, I just don't know what kind of adventure. I think one of the hardest things is to find adventure with where you're at. I've said it before, and I'll say it again... I'm not a fan of change, it freaks me out a bit, it's stressful, not always fun, exciting, exhilarating, unpredictable. All sorts of things. I'm feeling like I'm getting to a point where I need some sort of variety. But until I actually know what that is on account of God hasn't quire given me all the clues to solve the mystery yet, I'm going to try to find adventure and variety where I'm at in the best way I know how..... 

DAY TRIPS! =)