Ahhhh, the beach.... Like a lot of people on the planet, it's definitely one of my happy places. This weekend I was able to get to the beach two days in a row! On Friday, my hubby convinced me to take an hour work break at lunchtime to head to the beach with him. There had been an insane amount of anchovies in the water the day before - apparently the largest school of northern anchovy seen in local waters in 30 years: (source) Wow right?! There are so many anchovies it looks like an oil slick. Adam had gone surfing and swam amongst them the day before and said it was really cool. We were hoping the fish would still be around, but they had moved on by Friday afternoon. I'm not going to lie, if they were still there I probably would have been a little freaked out swimming in the ... [Read More]
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A Weekend of Celebration
The past two days were all about celebrating the great things going on in my life. I have so much to celebrate, including these biggies: First, my hubby just finished his last day of work as an active duty Marine Corps officer. My years as a military wife have been full of ups & downs and lots of adventure. Adam and I have grown so much as a couple, and I'm really proud of how we've made it through everything together. Secondly, we received word last week that Adam has been offered a civilian job that he really wanted. YEA! The job is in San Jose, so we'll be moving very soon to Northern Cali. I absolutely adore San Diego and will be a bit sad to leave here, but I am super excited to move up to the Bay Area. Wine country! Redwoods! San Fran! I can't wait to explore up there and ... [Read More]