Weekend Update

Scott, a friend from ISU was coming out to the Bay area for work this week and decided to come out a little early to come visit! He got here on Saturday and we just hung around the apartment. We went to dinner at Gorden Biersch that night. It's a fav of Scott's. We really enjoyed "dining" with a friend! We talked nonstop! I do remember I did a lot of the talking. Hmmm. Does that sound like me? Scott had to be in San Fran for work on Monday so after breakfast out we drove to "the city". (Everyone out here calls it the city. We don't know why. Especially considering that San Jose has like 300,000 people on it.) The weather was beautiful and Scott's rental was a Pontiac G6 hard top convertable! I was so excited! So many times I've said to D "Wouldn't be awesome to have a convertable in this weather?" and we finally had access to one! BUT the dang top wouldn't go down!!! Grrr! Sorry, getting back, we walked around the Wharf and down to Ghiradelli Square for some ice cream! Cookies and cream in a waffle cone! YUM! Aparently I got a little ice cream on my lip from my first bite that stayed until my last. Thanks guys for telling me! After our ice cream we headed back to San Jose by way of train (since Scott drove). It was a great weekend. Here are a couple of pics from the weekend.






This picture isn't from the weekend but it needs to be shown. It is evidence that Derek does IN FACT like the cat. If he has ever told you he doesn't then he's a liar. This pic proves it. And I'll have you know that he went and PICKED Jacy up to lay with him. I'm pretty sure she loves him a little more than me!

Great News!!!

So this post is going to seem a bit ironic considering the last post. But........

WE'RE MOVING HOME!!!!!!

It's true! We are so excited and I reiterate the WE!! I know that I have always been the one to want to move back but Derek has finally jumped onto my boat! :) After much thinking and praying the decision was made. D will be transfering with PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to the Peoria office December 1st so we still have 3 1/2 mths here.

It just makes me think about the "plans" that I made for my life. I always thought I would grow up, get a job (although I could definately give that up now! :)) , get married, have babies, and just be happy. However, I ALWAYS thought that all of these things would be done in central IL near my family. I never wanted nor dreamed of moving away. But Derek wanted to. And I married him. So, I had to. Right? But more than that, God changed my "plans" and expectations to His plan. His plan was for us to move here to San Jose, CA, 2000 miles away from anyone and everyone we know. And it was/is hard. That may sound trite but unless you've done it, don't knock it! :) But also, it's been great. Great for us, our marriage, our time. We both feel that even though we moved 7 mths after getting married, THIS is where we started our life together. And D always thought that he would want to be in Cali for (if he had his way) 5-10 yrs. But God changed his plans and his heart. God really worked in his heart and now D is just as excited to move as me.

I'm not SUPER!! excited about moving home!!!!! Cause I AM!!! I can't wait! Hopefully I'll see you in December!!

Happy Anniversary to Us!

It had been 1 YEAR since we have officially lived in California.


August 16 last year we arrived here in San Jose around 4pm and had everything moved in by 7:30!! Thank you Meisses (I know this is my last name but I have NO idea how to pluralize it!! Can someone tell me? :)) They were so helpful and so great! We had our first meal in our apartment. It was pizza from Pizza California. Pretty good. We still get it and it's literally around the corner.


I remember the last day of driving. I was anxious to see the apartment and just get here. We spent 40 HOURS in the car. AND that was over 3 1/2 days driving behind a 26 ft truck that could only go about 65! It was pretty much awful!


I can't believe that it has been a year. It went by fast but I also feel like "WHAT? It's only been a year!?!" Looking back it went by fast but there were different months that I thought we had been here so long but it wasn't even a year yet. But now it officially has.


Happy Anniversary California.

FYI:

I have an announcement.......Ahem.

I did not get out of my pajamas until 4:30.

I know, I know, what was I thinking? NOTHING! Thats what I was thinking! I didn't do ANYTHING today! And it was wonderful, glorious, loved it! Well, I did clean the bathroom (gotta give me a little credit!) but that was it. It was just one of those days!

Don't hate me cause I disgusting!

It was too short!!

We're back..... with a FEW complications and MANY great memories.

First, lets start with the flight home and go from there. We had an early flight to Chicago and had about a 2 1/2 hr wait for the flight to Bloomington. HOWEVER, there were some storms that passed through that delayed our flight. We're supposed to leave at 3:50 but didn't until 5:30. It was a long wait and we almost missed it! They told us that the plane wouldn't be there til 6 and then they changed the gate. I wanted to waste some time so we walked around. Derek kept saying we should check but it was only 5:15 so I said no. Then we sat near but not in the gate area and started playing a game (name that person from Il that we both HAVE to know. kinda like 20 questions but who wants to keep track? quite fun actually) Thats besides the point, on with the story. While we were playing, I heard the announcer girl say something about Bloomington flight but didn't know what. D got up to investigate. Our gate had been changed AGAIN and it was the FINAL boarding call! AHH!!! You know when you see those people rushing to get to there gate? Yeah, that was us! But we made it!

We arrived to BMI, called Anne and she said she was almost there. We turned the corner and there she was! With Ali, Nick, and Libby, oh and of course, Caroline! We ended up going to Ali and Nick's, and had Monical's pizza (which we miss!) There was also a small issue with D's suit but in the end, everything worked out. We were able to see so many friends and family this weekend. 2 very pregnant friends that did NOT help my baby craze!!! So cute!! The wedding was great and got to see even more people! It was a busy weekend but we were glad for it!

Flash to Monday, time to leave. We head to the airport about 4, start to check in and the lady says, you do know your flight's been cancelled? What? NO, we did NOT know that! Yes, we called xxxxxx and left a message at noon. What? Noon? Oh thats not our number. We booked our tickets thru our credit card, they called them. It was cancelled to due more storms in Chicago so we debated about driving there. In the end we felt that we would be too pressed for time. As it turns out, the San Jose flight was cancelled! Yay! We got one more night here AND we don't have to feel guilty for it! (Thankfully, I didn't have to work but Derek did but he got it cleared) So now Tuesday, time to leave. We check in fine, get to Chicago, and decide to have dinner at Chili's. Let's waste more time. We don't have to leave til 8:40 and we got to Chi at 6, we got out of Chili's at 7:15. Not bad. We walk to the gate, settle in for a wait. After a while, Derek gets up to get a drink and notices that the flight has been delayed til 9:05. Ok, fine. (I do have to work on Wed, calculating how late we'll get back, how much sleep....) We don't end up boarding til 9:30. Everybody gets seated, start up the plane, pull away from the walkway, stop, wait, wait, wait, captain comes on and says there's problem with an engine. It's too hot and they need shut it down, cool it off, and start it again. It doesn't work. We have to DEBOARD and wait for another plane! We didn't end up leaving Chicago til 11:30!!! We were/ still are so tired!

But you know what? It was not fun and I did complain but I'm really happy we got to go home in the first place.