Outing to San Fran for Giggles

So, The Girl and I hit San Francisco last night.  We went to see a musician play in Delores Park (it is right by the Mission District).  The artist was Katie Sawicki  http://www.katiesawicki.com  I heard her at a SisterSpace weekend I went to with RS.  There is a funny story in there if you want to hear it.  Anyway, our outing was a fun adventure; hopefully as summer gets closer we'll venture into the city a little more often. 

As we sat in the coffee house we noticed across the street that there was a steady line of 20 people or so waiting in front of a creamery.  Well, a girl can't let that go by without some inspection.  After the show we crossed the street just as an information gathering adventure, there was no intention of getting ice cream.  We got to talking to some folks who indeed told us that this was the BEST ice cream in San Francisco.  Of course we got ice cream, let me rephrase, I got ice cream.  I got two flavors, salted caramel and roasted banana DEEEEE-LISH-OUS.  The banana was better by far.  As we were leaving we noticed that the line was even longer now,  approaching 40 people long.  Here is the link   http://biritecreamery.com/

Spring is Springing In Northern California

Yesterday on my travels I noticed a tree blooming with small flowers.  It is the same tree that blooms in the East though I couldn't remember the name.  As I was driving home I noticed in the shopping center on the corner that there was a WHOLE ROW of these same trees all in bloom!  I asked The Girl about it and she suggested that they are Dogwood trees and I think she is correct.  I saw a white one in my earlier travels and the rows at the shopping center were pink trees.  BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!!!  This morning I saw daffodils!!!!!  Daffodils.  I have been asking folks when it is safe to plant plants and things and no one really had an answer for me.  One neighbor, who self admittedly is a "killer of plants,"  said that she knows when it is time to plant because the stores start selling plants.  I thought "Wow, it really is that simple."  I saw plants for sale this morning at the drug store.  We have some seeds for herbs that I wanted to plant in the house first, I picked up some dirt last week; perhaps that is what I will do today.  I'll work on getting some pictures of Spring.

Silence

I know there hasn't been an entry in a while.  That is for a combinations of reasons, the first of course is time, the other reasons  are even less tangible.  I have been pretty busy working on details for school.  There always seems to be one more paper that is required, one more transcript and one more session that I must attend to participate in financial aid or get a nursing application.  It is a pain in the next and my academic counselor is really not a whole lot of help.  Awesome.  Another reason for the delay was a serious problem with my computer; alas that is all better now.  The last reason for the long span of silence, an probably the one that has the most weight,  is that I just haven't had it in me to write.  It's hard to put it "on paper" when even I don't really know what the heck is happening. 

Happy February.  Hopefully, I'll be back to the blog before March.

Peace.

Kitties

Saturday afternoon nap.

Random Photo

Does anyone else think this is REALLY funny??

Some Photos

I thought I'd post some photos today (this is not at all a way to get out of, putt off or totally ignore dealing with boxes of office supplies and accoutrements - nor should it be perceived as such. LIES ALL LIES)

So this is some of the stuff I worked on last week. In the photos the box of horses does look crooked, I don't think it is crooked on the wall, but now of course, I will have to go check with a level. Drats.

Oh, and we found the box of stuff that decorates the refridgerator! (I am talking about the pictures, not the water bottle on top)

Who Pulled Out the 45s??

So I don't listen to a lot of music on the radio, I haven't in a long time. I know very little about current music or artists. Of course that leaves older music wide open. I heard the song "Another One Bites the Dust" a few weeks ago. I remember that being on the B side of a 45, I have no idea what was on the A side, but as I recall the A side was the side with the popular song, right? So, the vinyls weren't actually mine, the records belonged to my sisters who are 10 years older than me. They had a record player on top of the dresser, I don't know if I was allowed to touch it or not, but I remember playing some of the 45s and lying on the top bunk - not my bed, but I remember it being a cool place to sit. So, then I thought about the 45, and how I might really be at the cusp of folks who don't really know what the the heck that is. I am 36 and I think cassette tapes were the new cool technology when I was a kid. I know I had a Walkman. So kids in their 20s don't really know what cassettes are and I suspect we are pretty close to a generation that won't know what a CD is. That's sort of neat to me.


California Stuff

I am working on getting things sorted to start classes later this month. I have a student ID number and yesterday I took a placement test at the college. Well folks, it turns out I can read and do a bit of math (luckily there was no spelling test). I placed fine. I am meeting with a counselor for registration on Monday. The goal is to take classes that will go towards the nursing program at the two year college (OHLONE) and classes that will transfer to a four year college as I prepare to enter the lottery in April. I have already taken all of the core requirements for the nursing program but there are a few classes that are required here in California that fall outside of the sciences but are necessary for the Associates Degree.

The Girl is at a conference through Saturday. I am trying to get through the last of the boxes but it may be a two person gig. I'll see how it goes.

Ohlone Campus.

View from main campus, i will be attending a different location. Step three of many complete, more to come soon.