Whew....so life is totally back to B.A. times...that is "Before Africa." Sadly it seems like a distant memory already. A great memory though. So, I was in Arizona for 2 days before flying off to Illinois for the week. That was fun, but I also kinda hit a wall while I was there. As in...I've been traveling for 7 weeks and I'm exhausted. I felt bad because the last couple of days I just didn't do much of anything and there were people I still wanted to see. There will be more opportunities I suppose. It's likely that everyone will be right where I left them.
I flew back to Arizona on Friday (the 1st) and went straight from the airport to Ivan's softball game. We didn't get back to Surprise until after midnight. Then we got up at 8 a.m. and drove to L.A. for a wedding. I haven't been back to California since we moved, but Ivan's been back a couple of times to visit friends and family. We stayed at Breigh's place, which is in the apartment complex of the first place we lived, in Rancho Cucamonga. So that was kinda surreal. And nice. To be in a familiar place I guess. However, I also remembered part of the reason I left California...there's so many people!!! The traffic, although it really wasn't that bad, is crazy. There's just so many cars on the road.
The wedding was so beautiful. They had it at a country club, outdoors on the patio. The bride is Catholic and the groom is Jewish so they had a mixture of traditions in the ceremony and it went together wonderfully. Plus it was cool to see some of the Jewish traditions. Right after the ceremony there were drinks and appetizers on the patio, then we went inside for the reception. The food was awesome and decorations too. As favors they made CD's of love songs, which was cool. We listened to it a few times on the drive back. Pretty songs and a favor you'll actually use and appreciate you know? Overall, great wedding and a nice visit back in Cali.
We got back to Surprise yesterday evening and I had a lot of unpacking and washing to do. Now everything's settled and I just have some last minute paperwork things to take care of before I go back to work on Wednesday. It's so crazy that literally from the time I got done with work on May 22, until I go back on August 6th, I will have had 5 days when I wasn't traveling or somebody was visiting! On the one hand I think it's good because I never really had a chance to get lazy...on the other, it would have been nice to just kick back here & there. But, I really have no complaints. One of my best summers for sure...the other being my summer in Florida of course!
Not much else to say I guess. Hope I adjust back to work ok! haha Ivan started his masters program last week so wish him luck on that. I'm taking a small break from classes until I get my computer fixed. Hopefully within a month that'll be taken care of. Anywho, gotta go. Hopefully when I start getting a paycheck again I'll have some fun stuff to write about!
