Ok....I know it has been 3 weeks since either of us has written anything. Ross has a good excuse since he has been crazy busy with school but I just keep pushing it to the back burner. So I am going to try and sum up the last three weeks in this one post. Not much took place the week of the 8th besides getting things ready around the place for my parents to come out and visit. That meant cleaning the house up, mainly our second bedroom so we could put an air mattress down and have a place to sleep for 4 nights. And Ross also tried to get a little ahead in his reading for school so he would be able to spend time hanging out with my parents instead of stuck in a room reading and studying.
The week of the 15th is the week my parents flew into town. There is a slide show of pictures from their visit that you can click on to view larger pictures at the top of the page. They flew into Orange County on the evening of Thurs the 19th and I was actually able to get Fri the 20th off. On Fri, we went to the beach, where mom lost the Frisbee in the ocean. After enjoying lunch at In-N-Out Burger, we left Ross at home to do some studying and I took them to the South Coast Plaza Mall (giant mall) and we spent about 2-3 hours walking around there. After an evening of shopping we came home and enjoyed a nice ham dinner for Thanksgiving/Christmas. On Sat the 21st, we spent the day on Catalina Island. We took a 75 min boat ride out to the island then rented a golf cart to cruise around the town for 3 hours. After our golf cart adventures, we walked around the town and enjoyed lunch looking over the harbor. It was a lot of fun and a very pretty place! After dinner back on the mainland, we went up to Downtown Disney where we got to enjoy the fireworks show from the front gates of Disneyland. And I have to say, the fireworks show in Disneyland is better than any fireworks show I've seen on Colorado. On Sun the 22nd, we had Christmas morning around our 2 foot tree that my mom brought out for us since our regular Christmas tree is too big for our apartment. After a relaxing morning, we watched the sad Broncos game and then it was off to the Ikea store. For those of you who haven't heard of Ikea, it is a GIANT home furnishings store. And since my mom has been wanting to remodel their kitchen for awhile, we had to take them there. On Mon the 23, I called into work so I could spend one last day with them and we all got to join Ross in one of his classes at school. It was very interesting to see what a real law class is like. And I was surprised at how much I was actually able to understand. After class, my parents and I headed to the beach for a few hours while Ross had to go back to school. It was nice to have to beach almost to ourselves since it was both the middle of the day on a Mon and in the middle of Nov. We even got to see some dolphins swimming in the surf. After spending the afternoon at the beach, we had to head back home so they could pack, eat dinner and then head off to the airport. Thankfully the airport is only 10 mins away so we got to spend more time at home and not driving. We had a great time spending the weekend with my parents and it was really hard to say good bye. I know I can't wait to see them again.
Now we are on to Thanksgiving. This was the first Thanksgiving for both of us that we have not spent with family. So needless to say it was different and felt a little weird. It was also the first Thanksgiving that we did not eat turkey. Since we made a ham the weekend before when my parents were out, we did not feel like making another big meal for just two. So we took it easy the entire day. We watched the Thanksgiving Day Parade in bed enjoying our coffee. After the parade we finally went downstairs and decided to play cards. After our card game, we decided to play Rock Band for a couple hours. To help us unwind after all our game playing, we made chicken stir fry and watched some TV until bed time. So this Thanksgiving was kind of nice to not have to worry about where we had to be for lunch/dinner and at what time but at the same time we missed spending time with family.
Another first this year was that our house still is not decorated for Christmas. Normally the day after Thanksgiving is the day we spend putting up our Christmas tree and going crazy with Christmas decorations. But this year, the only Christmas thing we have out is the small tree my parents brought out, and the only decoration on the tree is a big red bow that is attached to the base. Ross has been so busy with studying that he has had no motivation to dig out the Christmas stuff. I would dig the stuff out myself but he packed it away in a place that only he can reach it. Plus it's more fun decoration together when you are in the mood. We still have time before Christmas to get a few things out.
As for Ross and school, him and his study group have been spending some crazy amounts of time studying and reviewing concepts. The group was over at our place on Sat where they started studying at 11:30 in the morning and didn't finish until almost 7:00 at night. They did take a break for lunch and margaritas which I got to enjoy also. They plan on studying every night this week as well as all day next Sat. The first final for him is on Tues Dec 8. Needless to say he has been looking forward to doing nothing for 4-5 weeks after finals before the spring semester begins min-January.
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