reunion and viva.

Last Saturday was our 5-year High School reunion. Technically, the reunion was the night before, but it was kinda pricey so a few of us threw together a potluck bbq instead. Though only at most 30 people attended, it was still fun and great to see people. It was crazy to see all the babies that people have had.

Sunday began a week of relaxation. Tam and I drove to Vegas where we literally sat by the pool and read books for 4 days. It was possibly the best vacation ever because there was no rush, no need to do anything but sit by the pool. The Mirage has a new outdoor show similar to the Bellagio's water show. I took a video of it and will post it sooner than later.

recent happenings.

At the beginning of the month, mom, dad and I went to Vegas for the Supercross Finals. Well, dad and I went for the race, mom came and hung out with Ninang Lita and stayed at our timeshare. The race was amazing. Honestly the best set of mains I've seen in a long time. The battle for lites champion in the East/West shootout was incredible. It came down to the final seconds for Dungey and Pourcel with Pourcel winning by about half a bike's length. The supercross class main was pretty sweet too. It wasn't incredibly competitive... Bubba and Reed both kinda coasted to keep from messing up. Bubba was in the lead for a bit but Villapoto pulled ahead getting first and Reed eventually passed Bubba up too. Lots of fun.

During the opening

Fireworks after the main

On the 8th, I went with Nicole, Ariel and Kim to see Jessica Simpson at the Dixon May Fair. Her performance wasn't the best, but it wasn't the worst either. She forgot the lyrics to one song, but she sounded amazing for the most part. Every now and then, it sounded like she was straining her voice. I have to admit that I enjoyed myself though.

Jessica Simpson singing

The next day, a bunch of us went paintballing in Vacaville. It was honestly a lot of fun. I can't wait to go again. My legs are so sore from crouching and running low and I have a huge bruise on the back of my right thigh, but it was amazing.

Me being stealthy

Sarah, Tam, Nicole, Ariel, Me, Jo-Anna and Kim

This is the last week of school, which I'm really excited about. Finals are next Wednesday and then I'm done until nursing school in January (hopefully). Starting to get nervous about the whole application process but I feel really good about being able to get in. I also bought my backpack yesterday for when I go to Panamá. Should arrive on Wednesday!

back to life.

Well, today's the first day back to school from spring break. Not too sure I'm used to it. Class 8-5, Mondays and Wednesdays. I had gotten so used to waking up at 10 a.m. that I was surprised this morning when I woke up at 6:55 and didn't feel tired at all. Class this morning was great because we got out at 10 instead of noon, leaving me 3 hours before my next class. I now have plenty of time to eat, work out, shower, and review before heading back to campus. Instead of longing for summer vacation, I'll reminisce about spring break.

My spring break started on Wednesday, March 18th with a long drive down to Lancaster, where Dave's brother Greg lives. The three of us were going to Vegas on Thursday and Dave and I had to drive down to be there in time. Well, we left pretty late, meaning we were both extremely tired, so we spent the night at the TA truck stop near Bakersfield. Surprisingly, it wasn't too bad. We woke up in the morning and hit the road, getting to Greg's about an hour and a half later. Thus began our trip!

Dave and I with the Strip behind us

We went to Vegas for March Madness... a whole weekend of college basketball. I enjoyed myself completely, which some people did not expect. We stayed at the Excalibur but watched the games at Planet Hollywood and Paris. Paris was my favorite venue because it was a movie theater venue with four screens projected onto the main screen so that all 4 games could be seen at once.

Dave and Greg waiting for the Bellagio water show that never came

3 of the 4 screens at Paris

We also did a lot of walking around at night, seeing the different sights. We tried to catch the Bellagio water show, but missed it every time. You may be thinking, wait another 15 minutes to see the next one. We did! Turns out the water show doesn't go 24 hours... we missed it. Every time. Oh well. It's not like I've never seen it before. It was nice to just be able to walk around the strip. We stayed in Vegas Thursday through Sunday. Dave and I drove back up to Davis on Monday.

The rest of spring break blew by pretty quickly. Dave and I mostly cleaned up his room and got him ready to move back home to San Diego. He ended up leaving yesterday morning. I wasn't sure how I'd react to his actual leaving, but so far so good. I guess the fact that I'll be seeing him this Thursday when I fly down to San Diego helps a lot. Pretty sure it'll become a lot harder as the days get closer to his actual leaving on April 20th.