This last week was Spring Break for me (but not for Jesse ๐ ), so my mom bought me a ticket to come to San Luis Obispo for the week. Because so much happened, I do not have time to go into detail about everything. But, in case you are interested, I will give you a day-by-day rundown of what occurred. If there is something that you would like to hear more about…say so and I will consider writing about it. Maybe. Perhaps.
I left Wednesday morning and landed in LAX at around 9am. My brother picked me up and we met my mom and dad for lunch in downtown San Luis Obispo. That evening, my aunt, uncle, and cousins came over for chili. Since Heidi is getting married in 3 months, we talked “wedding stuff” until Julie was about to run away.
On Thursday, I met my mother-in-law, Esther, for coffee and brunch. I then sat in on Janelle’s violin lesson (she is getting really good!) and took her for icecream and a “Selena Gomez” haircut.
Later on in the evening, we all went through all of my old high school memorabilia. It was…interesting, to say the least ๐ Earlier this year, I made Jesse an “I Love Me” wall. It is comprised of all of his MVP sports plaques, of which there are many. There are also a couple about him, say, being the Valedictorian and all. As we were going through my sports “treasures” however, I found my shameful contributions. The first plaque I pulled out said, “Best Attitude”. The second, “Most Improved”. The third, “Most Inspirational”. And I thought to myself, “There is NO way I am putting this up next to all of Jesse’s stuff.” The only one I ended up bringing home was my one MVP plaque for Volleyball. It was pathetic, to say the least.
Friday was comprised of eating lunch with my father-in-law Norm, shopping with my mom, and going out to sushi and clubbing in downtown SLO with Tess, Brooke, Linda and Laura. I had one drink. And I was toast. I am so glad Tess was there! And NO, I will not say more about this ๐
Saturday morning, my mom, Janelle and I woke up early and followed our 10-year tradition of getting donuts and going to garage sales. It was fun, although all we got were some cute boy clothes for Topher.
When I got home, my dad and I went to Thai food and talked for 5 HOURS. On our way home, my mom sent us to the store to buy Olive Oil. Boy, my dad and I are the WRONG people to ask. We sat there for 15 minutes, analyzing the whole wall of choices, comparing, contrasting, debating. In the end, we had to pick randomly, because there was no way we were going to come to an educated consensus without research on the internet. Later on in the evening, the Trinidade family came over for yummy falafel pita bread sandwiches and apple tarts.
As for my trip back…it was pretty epic, so I think it deserves a post of its own later…..
All in all, I can’t think of a better way to spend Spring Break. I was able to have great relaxing conversations and hang-out time with everyone in my family and some.
Praise God for wonderful parents, in-laws, siblings, and life-long friendships!
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seattlitelarsens says
Oh … I’m jealous. In the non-loving, very un-Christlike way. I wish I could have come down to spend time with you and Tess! One breakfast at Christmas didn’t cut it. Sigh … I AM glad to hear that you had a good time, though. It sounds like a much-needed and definitely much-deserved break. And who cares about MVP stuff from high school sports? Do we have great memories? Yes. Did we learn a lot? Yes. Did we have a fantastic time and love every moment? Okay, most of the time. Btw, remember that volleyball tournament where you and I downed almost a whole thing of Oreos? I’m pretty certain it affected our performance that day. ๐