Weekend Trip

For a long time, I have been trying to plan a trip up to visit some of my London flatmates who now live in Stockton. Our schedules just weren't working until finally this weekend we were all available. Saturday morning I braved the fog and headed north. Since I was going that way, I decided to go a little farther and visit my friend Conor in Davis.

 We had a nice lunch, then walked along a river by the school. It was really good to see him and catch up. It was also a gorgeous day for a walk.

 Then it was back down to Stockton to spend time with Darrin and Charity. This is Darrin with his scary van that we took to get dinner. We decided to go for Italian food because 2 years ago on that day that's what we were eating in London, it seemed fitting. Plus, Darrin had seen an Italian place he wanted to try. It was a cool place and we were there early so there wasn't anyone else there. The food was good, mmm, pasta.

After eating, we stopped at this theater turned church and coffee shop and Darrin got coffee. It was a neat place, good feel and smell.

Charity was volunteering at the Miss San Joaquin beauty pageant that night so she got me a ticket and I got to see my first beauty pageant. It was really interesting.

Of course, it started with the swimsuit portion.

 Then, we moved on to the talent part. This was my favorite because there was so much variety and all the ladies did a good job. There was tap dancing, singing, monologue, jazz dance, piano solos, ballet, flute solo, and more! My first favorite was the Tahitian dance performed by one of Charity's students; she was good. My other favorite was a flute solo by the lady who ended up winning, it was amazing. I think I sat there with my mouth hanging open for most of it.

These girls were not competing, but the theme for the night was South Pacific, so they came out and danced  a number of times and that was also a highlight for me.

 After an intermission, we had the evening wear and on-stage question portions. Then there was a good bye to Miss San Joaquin 2010, some stalling while the scores were tallied, then finally, the results. That was exciting, there was plenty of hugging and freaking out.

The show ran from 7-10:20pm, so by the time it was over, I was ready. Charity and I got a snack on the way back to the house, but pretty quickly after eating it we all went to bed.

Sunday morning, Darrin decided he was going to make Belgian waffles, so he did and it was wonderful. We had bacon, waffles, orange juice, and fresh fruit.

It was a new recipe and a new waffle iron and Darrin wasn't happy with the results. Particularly because the iron wasn't cooking the waffles evenly and they kept getting burned in spots. But, Charity and I didn't mind, it was a delicious breakfast.

After eating, Darrin started watching football, so Charity and I watched a movie in the other room. Then we all went on a short walk before I had to leave. The drive back went smoothly. Everyone was already there when I arrived. We celebrated Isaac's birthday by having fish tacos for dinner and German Chocolate cake for dessert, yum!!