Thursday, August 10, 2006

finally home?

Since I've gotten back from Europe which was over 2 weeks ago, I've slept in my own bed for just 2 nights for a total of probably 10 hours. Where have I been? I'd love to say "it doesn't matter - wherever I take my macbook pro!", which is mostly true :)

But really, I've been in San Jose, and for the last week or so, our cabin up in the trinities. My dad, mom, sister Sheryl and I took off to spend some quality bonding time away from it all. We went on an overnight backpacking trip up in the Trinity Alps which was made most interesting when I woke up (tentless mind you) to the spattering of rain on my sleeping bag. Not to mention the deer harassing me in the night, and the rattlesnake in our campsite, the lightning while walking through the field... I knew there was a reason I loved backpacing :) But really, we all had a blast for the whopping 26 hours we were away. We were going to hike up to Emerald Lake, but like I said, the rain gave us incentive to go home early. On Tuesday we rented a boat from the local dock to go wakeboarding and just good 'ol boating for the day. It has been a while since I was on a wakeboard, but I think I picked it right up again. I'm sure I would have been clearning the wake by the end of the day if it weren't for the shitty board and bindings we rented. Unbelievable how they can charge $60 to rent that plank of wood with a strip of neoprene and velcro they call "bindings" for the day. But again, my bickering aside, we all had a blast, especially my mom who got a kick out of my driving over other boats' wake and nearly capsizing the ski boat with my "defensive driving techniques".

My dad (love him) took about a bajillion pictures as usual, which he promised to forward on to me, so I'll post those if I get them soon.

It is good to be in Chico again, just because I guess it's the place I call home. It's going to be nice to sleep in my own bed tonight, and to sleep in tomorrow as long as I see fit (read: 2PM)