Photos from San Diego

It's testing time again at work. My students are taking the written portion of their final exam. There's not much for me to do until they finish and I can begin grading, so I thought I would post a few pictures from our San Diego trip. If you already looked @ the pictures over on facebook, then you might want to skip this entry because they're all the same pics. :)

Saturday 4/14: We got to Sea World around 3pm

Our first stop was to get some food! hehe ;)

This is us @ the Sea Lion show. It was was windy, chilly, and kind of rainy out so not a lot of people...

I <3 watching the sea lions! people were feeding them and they would just stand @ the side begging for food

This ole' fellow just couldn't get comfortable on that rock. He looked so cute. Kind of reminded me of Snickle for some reason

I loved watching the dolphins! They're so friendly and seem super intelligent!

Me trying to pose w/ the dolphins...they were so fast though

Otters...they're pretty cute also

D was fascinated by them...

Us

We got some hot chocolate while waiting for the dolphin show to start...

I really enjoyed this show. we didn't get to see it last time when we were here ( in december)

Hanging out by the lilly pads

Loved the turtle exhibit!

There was a scratch on the glass of the tank and this crazy turtle kept trying to eat it. He thought it was food. haha

This walrus was HUGE!

The penguin exhibit was deserted! Of course it was almost 9pm so they were getting ready to close. But it was pretty cool to have the place to ourselves. Even most of the penguins were sleeping haha

Saturday 4/15: We hung out in Balboa Park for awhile. They had a ton of museums. We didn't go to any of them, but maybe next time.

they had these cute little cars that you could rent w/ just a credit card

the international cottages were pretty interesting. I guess they're only open on Sundays.

The Beatles haha

map of balboa park

@ the Organ Pavilion

There is a giant organ behind this door. They give free concerts on Sundays, so we hung around to listen to a couple songs.

The lilly pads! their were some koi fish and some cute little turtles in the water

D's smile looks more like a grimace...haha

The sculpture garden

I loved this archway and giant window

Walking around...

We tried some amazing almond pastries @ one of the houses...I think it was Norway or Sweden...can't remember which. They were sooo good!

The bay w/ the city skyline in the background

We ate at this cute little Italian restaurant a ways out of San Diego. I can't remember the name, but it started w/ a 'c'...it was near the water.

I got this amazing pizza w/ walnuts and pears. I'm not sure what kind of cheese it had, but it was sooo good!

And those are the highlights of our weekend in San Diego. It was a belated birthday trip and I had a good time! I love exploring new places! The next place I want to visit is San Francisco! It sounds amazing!

Well, that's it for now. Have a good day! :)

A dog named Cali...

Well, I know it's late but I thought I would write a quick entry. I'm getting ready to head to bed, but wanted to update a little bit.

A bunch of testing going on @ work. I took some cheesecake in for my students as a snack after the exam.

My boss wrote out the test instructions on the board in Japanese.

Grading the test. I felt kind of cross-eyed after looking @ all of those circles!

The testing only lasted about 1.5 hours. After I did the grading, I finished up the written final for tomorrow's class.

 It looks like Berenice and Jacob are probably going to keep Callie. I'll be honest, I'm disappointed. D and I were really wanting her. :( But we're living @ their house right now and so there's not much we can do about it all. It's just kind of a sucky situation. Ah well, hopefully there will be a dog out there for us eventually. Speaking of dogs, I sure do miss my Snickle! I can't wait to see her. Only a couple more days!

Anyways, when I got home from work, D and I took Molly and Callie for a walk @ the park. Molly has been kind of stand-offish w/ Callie, but I think she's slowly warming up to her. Here are a few pictures from our walk:

Getting them in the car...

Molly sticking her head around the passenger seat...she didn't like riding in the back

Chillaxin on the ride over

D w/ the doogies

such a cutie!

haha

awww

We walked them all around the park. They were pretty exhausted by the time we got back to the car

This is a good pic!

There were a ton of geese over near the pond

Enjoying some shaved ice...for only $1!

Yum!

After our walk, D decided to go golfing w/ Larry. He was gone most of the evening. He actually just got back about 20 min ago. Silvia and Joe stopped by right as D was leaving. They ended up hanging out here all evening. I sat there and talked w/Silvia for awhile. Got my shower and then cooked some dinner. Berenice and Rachel came in right after dinner and then Jessie stopped by awhile later. Everyone hung out in the living room, watching TV. And that was pretty much my evening... I'll end w/ a few photos from this evening. Good night everyone! :)

Callie taking a nap on the couch while I was talking w/ Joe and Silvia

Molly getting a belly rub from Joe

Dinner! There was left over chicken and veggies from Sunday, so I made some chicken tacos. Berenice had made some salsa the other  night so we had that too.