Trip to Monterey

Last weekend Brandon and I went to Monterey for Jill's (my cousin) birthday. We started off by going to her house in Oakland early Saturday morning to meet her new dog Lucky. She is adorable, but did not warm up to us as we hoped. She is really attached to Jill. We stayed there for about an hour and then headed to the Oakland airport to pick up Jill's best friend Monique. Then we went to Mountain View to eat some delicious ramen. We went to a store afterwards then we went to my cousin Rich's house in San Jose to drop our stuff off since Brandon and I were going to stay with his family for a week after our trip to Monterey. From there we went to Monterey, and checked in our hotel when we got there and then did some site seeing before dinner. We had dinner reservations at Passionfish, food was excellent. For dessert we went across the street to an ice cream shoppe. Brandon of course got some but I was too full from dinner. It was pretty late by this time so we all went back to our hotel and rested for the next day.

Sunday morning we all got up early and went to eat breakfast at Toastie's. They served delicious breakfast dishes. I will definetley go back the next time were in Monterey. Then we all headed to the Monterey Bay Aquarium and had a great time. We split up into groups after we saw the tuna and baracuda feedings which was cool to watch. The seahorse exhibit was one of the coolest exhibits at the aquarium, they did a good job putting this exhibit together. We met for lunch afterwards and had some delicious Clam Chowder in a bread bowl. That is one of my favorite dishes. We all split up again when it was time to go home. Brandon and I stayed in Monterey for a 1 hour and 1/2 since he wanted to climb on rocks. He loves to explore and climb on rocks, so I figured we had time so why not. I on the other hand is not a big fan of doing this so I watched him and took pictures until he convinced me to join him. I was scared but did it anyway. By the time we got to San Jose it was after 7pm, traffic was really bad. But overall our trip to Monterey, was great. Too bad we couldn't have stayed longer. Thanks Jill for suggesting this trip hope to do it again soon.

Me and Jill

Brandon and I at the Passionfish Restaurant
Me and Brandon at the Outer Bay Exhibit

Seahorses

Me up on top of the rocks

Brandon on the rocks

Keith Urban Concert 2009

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So last Thursday, July 23rd Greg and I went to the Keith Urban concert at Arco Arena. We had a blast. Keith Urban is such a great performer, and this was our 3rd time seeing him in concert and it was another GREAT show. LeAnn Rimes was the opener, and she was good too. I have never seen her in concert before but she put on a great show as well. It was like we got to see two headliner performers. Below are some pics from the concert:

Ticket to the concert

Waiting for the concert to start

Keith Urban performing

Keith Urban and his band

Keith Urban with his lighted up electric guitar

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Kenny Chesney Concert

Last Saturday, a group of us went to see Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert and Sugarland (they didn't show) at AT&T Park in San Francisco. We had a blast! We left the Rocklin area around 11am and got to SF around 2 or so. When we got to the parking lot there was a bunch of people tailgating, it was crazy. I've seen people tailgate before but this time they brought gazebos taking up 2 or 3 parking spaces. They had bbq's, and lots of alcohol. After we got there we walked over the County Fair that they had going on and two of my coworkers Robyn and Regina went on the drop zone. They had a blast on that ride. Then we went back to the car to get our things and then headed to AT&T Park. When we got there and was waiting in line for the gates to open we saw a sign that said Sugarland wasn't going to be performing due to Jennifer Nettles losing her voice. I was bummed. Once they opened the gates we got through and headed up to our seats. Our seats were pretty high up there but they were good.

The concert was overall good and I think we all had a good time. The group that sat next to me was crazy thou, they were getting up every 15-20 minutes to get another drink. The drinks were so expensive there, they ranged from $8-$10 each. The guy next to me didn't take long to get drunk and was stumbling around next to me. At one point he dropped his sunglasses and was using a lighter for light to try and find it on the ground. I was scared that he was going to burn my feet since I was wearing flip flops. Crazy guy! The concert finished around 10:45pm or so and by the time we got back to the car it was closer to 11:30 or something like that. It took us forever to get out of the parking lot and to get home with all the traffic. I fell asleep of course. By the time I got back to my house after carpooling with some coworkers it was 3:30am. I was exhausted.

Well the next concert I'm going to is tomorrow, Greg and I are going to see Keith Urban and Leann Rimes. I'm so looking forward to this concert! Look forward to the blog post on Friday.

Kenny Chesney Tour 2009

Melissa, Monica, Beverly, Regina, Robyn and Me

AT&T Park

Kenny Chesney

Me, Robyn and Regina

Miranda Lambert

Lady Antebellum

Another picture of Kenny Chesney

Kenny Chesney and his band

My first B

Well I just received my grade for my Communications class. I ended up with a 88.6% (B+). It's disappointing to me because I wanted an A. But with everything that has happened in the last month I kind of expected this grade. I did not put the effort into my assignments as I would have. For my final project, I needed to score at least 235 out of 250 to bring my grade up to an A. But I only scored 207. Anyway well I have 2 new classes now, another Communications class and my first Accounting class so hopefully I will pass these 2 with A's. Will see.

I know I'm a DORK

Ok everyone probably is going to think I'm nuts. But my car hit 100,000 miles today as I was driving to work. So I had to take a picture of it. I know it's crazy but I had to post a picture of it.

Another A++

Well this past weekend I was working on my 2 final projects for my classes. I submitted both of them yesterday and I got a grade for one of them already. For my Communications 150 Class I got a 250/250 on my final project and ended the class with a 99.4%. I was so excited when I saw my grade. Especially since this final project I didn't put the effort that I should have but I still got full credit for it. Now I'm just waiting for my grade for my Critical Thinking class. Hopefully it will be just as good, will see. I will post it as soon as I get my grade back.