It's hard to believe it's been a year since Mark and I met. Thanks to our aunts, we have enjoyed a wonderful year together. On Sunday Mark and I went to San Diego's Wild Animal Park. It was awesome! We took a safari tour where we got to get up close and personal with the animals. My favorite was probably the meerkat's and the gorillas. They were both a bunch of characters. All in all it was a great day!
To celebrate Veterans Day, Mark and I drove down to San Diego and went to the Veterans Museum. We had a blast exploring San Diego. It was nice Mark had the day off. The Museum was a real neat experience. There were men and women of all ages that served that were there. There was this one man there that served in World War II. He was crying looking at pictures of what he went through. He said it was the best time of his life. Now, I know that sounds weird. It did to me at first. But when he explain, he said it was a great honor to protect the country he loved so much. I wish there were more people like him in this country.
The beach here in Carlsbad CA is absolutely beautiful. I feel like I walked into a movie sometimes. You can defiantly tell I am not from here. In any case I have loved being here and will miss it when we leave. I went to the beach and took some pictures of people surfing...wow!...It was really neat to watch. I don't think I'm going to try surfing anytime soon, but it sure is fun to watch.
Carlsbad, California
This picture doesn't do the waves justice...they were really big!
Halloween for me this year was very laid back. It was the first time in years where I didn't have to dress up, whoo! On Friday, Mark, Dan, Little Pete and I went out to Joe's Crab Shack to celebrate Halloween. The guys worked really hard all week and wanted to treat themselves to some seafood. We had a blast. Dan and Mark ordered a big bucket of food so they had to wear a bib. hahaha, they looked very funny. Little Pete and I enjoyed that we did not have to wear those big bibs. All in all we had a great time.
Mark and I
Mark and I laughing
Dan getting his bib!
Mark and his bib...I can tell he's real happy about it!
So I'm starting a new adventure in my life and I am very excited about it. Starting in January I am going back to school to hopefully someday become a nurse. I am little nervous to go back to school and have to take tests again but at the same time very excited. I have a wonderful boyfriend who is so supportive of everything I do. In 2009 it will be ten years now that I have been out of high school. Wow does time fly! I will be 28 soon and I feel as though my life is just starting to come together. A little later than I thought but like I always say "better late then never." So to sum it up, I feel very lucky and blessed. I have wonderful friends and family and I can't wait to see what 2009 has to bring!