Von Bodungen Visit, week 2

Did you miss us? Things got way too busy to sit down and write about it. Here's where we left off:

Steph and I spent the next few days sick as dogs

and mourning all the fun and happy moments

we should have had in San Francisco with Amanda.

In truth, it was probably good that we were resting anyway, we had done quite a lot the week before!

We took it easy, and just went out one morning, to stroll on the beach and explore what was happening at the Oceanside pier.

We saw a guy giving surf classes to a mother and daughter, and lots of people fishing on the pier as usual.

It was a very breezy day, almost chilly, but it felt great to get out of the house and clear the cobwebs from our brains.

When we finally did feel better we went to Jazzercise, and you know the first thing they told us? Lots of people have been getting sick that go to that studio. All of a sudden the light bulb came on for us - Jazzercise

was the only thing that we had done without the guys, and had to have been where we got whatever our virus was. I made sure to wash my hands after working out that day, just to be on the safe side.

With Mark back in New Orleans and Alberto back to work, Stephanie and I set ourselves about painting the kitchen and planting flowers in the back yard.

The boys had done the perimeter work with the trees and the bougainvillea, and it was time for us to fill in the middle.

Stephanie joked that our hill looked like a cemetary because I had placed all the potted flowers right where I wanted them to go in the ground - what do you think?

I found that a little creepy, so I was happy to finally put them in the dirt!

It was a great sense of accomplishment to get it all in the ground!

Here we are, celebrating being finished!:

That weekend, Steph and I were back at the beach to catch some rays, and drink some mudslides!

It was a beautiful day at the beach, and we really enjoyed just doing absolutely nothing after climbing up and down the hill in the backyard, and bending, reaching and stretching to paint in the kitchen.

We saw a lady with an iguana, and she was taking him into the surf! We decided that the iguana didn't like that too much, because he writhed around like he was trying to survive in the cold surf!

Then I found out from Keith that there is one breed of iguana that has adapted to water and actually enjoy the ocean. Did you know that?

Last stop before Steph went home was Balboa Park. We took Dudley with us too on his first real afternoon excursion. Dudley loved it, but we wore him out!

Steph and I were a little worn out too after a few hours of walking all around the park and peering down into some of the hidden trails.

I took Steph to may favorite part of the park, right in front of the Botanical Garden, and we got a picture of her and Dudley:


Then it was back to New Orleans and the real world! Well, almost at least. I still had a few more days before I started my new job :)

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