Highs and Lows

Fake Honeymooners

Kc catching whales in stripes

Labor day weekend was a roller coaster. Kc and I worked real hard all week studying for boards, working in Emeryville, and teaching seminary to escape down to Monterey. We got into town with just enough time to go to the wharf and eat dinner. Going to Monterey was a late anniversary celebration, so when we walked in the restaurant I told the lady to seat us in the best table because we were on our honeymoon. She brought us upstairs, and the accordion player sang us Love and Marriage, but I think our jeans and hoodies gave us away. The next day we decided to go whale watching. There are a lot of boat charters to take you whale watching-which could make it a tricky decision, but for Kc it was easy. Whichever company got us home in time to watch the BYU football game. Boy were we happy with our decision, we saw a BLUE WHALE and 3 humpback whales. Blue whales are the largest animal on EARTH, and one came 30 feet from our boat. A lady on our boat was almost in tears, saying it was the best day of her 50 years of life. Kc said the same thing when the Cougars pulled out the win to beat the Sooners and jumped to 9th in the Nation. We had a great time and were lucky to get out before all the traffic poured into Monterey for Sunday and Labor Day.

Blue whale sighting

30 ft. Spray

Reggae festival at the fair was a little too expensive, but paying $45 to smoke doobies must be worth it to someone.

However on Monday, I wished I could rewind and stay in Monterey the whole weekend to avoid getting my car window smashed in and destroyed. Kc was studying all day and so I had to find an activity to go out and do for cheap after we made a few too many Gilroy outlet purchases. I decided to go biking around Lake Merritt, a park in Oakland. While I was gone pedaling around some jerk smashed the smallest window on the passenger side of my car, which I found out later are the most money! What? I talked to a police officer that was circling in the park, and he said he may know who did it, there was a "regular" in that area but that usually nothing comes of it. What is the point? How do these people get away with these deeds without being seen? He had to have been there for a while to break the window and clear the glass and go through all of our bags. I just hope someone out there has caught a burglar in the act-just once. The ironic thing is that I hardly ever drive. I take AC Transit wherever I go, and the second I drive I get a ticket for taking an illegal U-turn(2 months ago), or get our car vandalized. Better stay inside from now on.