San Diego

Last weekend my colleagues deserted me, so I decided to head to San Diego. When I got there is felt really cold as it was only about 25 degrees which is around 15 degrees cooler than here. Thankfully it warmed up a bit in the afternoon.

I went to the zoo which was really amazing. Probably one of the best ones I’ve been to. I was a bit disappointed though as I never got to see the giant panda’s as the queues were so long. I will be going there with my Mum next week so it is a good excuse to go back.

I wrote in my last entry the places I will be going on my holiday. I have now added Mexico to the list. I have 5 days after my Mum goes back before I need to go back to work, and just didn’t want to sit around in the desert all day, so then booked the Mexico trip. It is a bit expensive, so all my vacation money has now gone. Oh well, I might not get the opportunity again. For those of you who are interested, here is the link to the resort where I will be staying http://www.cabovillas.com/properties.asp?PID=199. Unfortunately I won’t be taking the all inclusive option as my vacation money just doesn’t stretch that far.

At the top you’ll see some pictures from San Diego, and below the hotel my Mum and I will be staying in, and the beach next to it :-)

Wave goodbye to straight hair!

Last weekend was very relaxing. We went out for a colleague’s birthday on Thursday and sampled some very tasty Margarita’s. I’m not a big fan of tequila but they seemed to go down very well.

Saturday I decided to finally go to the hairdressers and went a bit more extreme than planned. It’s getting hot here now and I am fed up with having to dry and straighten my hair each day so decided to go for a wave!!! I have included a picture below which I took of myself. Please excuse the fact that I have no make-up on. For the faint hearted among you, you may want to look away now :-) It looks very 80’s but if I get fed-up with it I can always go back to the straighteners and it will drop out soon.

Sunday was a day of sport. I went for a swim in the morning and then watched the Formula 1 (hooray 2nd race running I’ve managed to see). The English guy won again which was an added bonus. I went round to a colleagues in the afternoon where we had delicious shrimps on the BBQ and then watched the end of the US open golf, and the Yankees baseball game. A perfect relaxing weekend.

In 2 weeks time I have a holiday. I will be going to Las Vegas for 3 nights and will spend the 4th July there which should be fun. I then meet my Mum back in LA on the 5th and we spend a night in Hollywood and then head off to San Diego for a few days before heading back to La Quinta for the night. I will then have another 5 days before I have to go back to work so will hopefully use those days to go somewhere else. I am really looking forward to the holiday as I have haven’t really had any time off since Christmas.

I am not sure if I will really do anything interesting before then, but I will make sure I update my blog if I do.

So remember, NO LAUGHING!!!

HOORAY HOORAY HOORAY

Formula 1 at last!!!

For the first time in 6 races I have finally managed to get to watch a Formula 1 race, and what a race it was to watch. Lewis Hamilton (English) managed to win his first race which was very exciting. There were lots of safety car incidences and a very nasty high speed crash which left the poor Polish driver with a broken leg. They will also show the next 3 races which, as you can imagine, I am very happy about :-)

The rest of the weekend was pretty relaxing. On Saturday we went to the Beer Hunter to try and watch the Yankees game but unfortunately it wasn’t on. At least we managed to add a few more beers to our total. We then helped my colleague to buy a big HD TV. I can’t wait to play golf on it when it arrives!!!

After the race on Sunday I went to the ‘Living Desert’ which is a wildlife zoo about 20 minutes from my house. It is a large area of the desert where they have birds, plants and animal. It is quite strange wandering around and having the lizards, rabbits and roadrunners scurrying around in front of you. You keep hearing noises in the bushes and you are not sure what is going to crawl by next, but nothing quite prepares you for when a snake goes by. I am not an expert on snakes so haven’t got a clue what is poisonous and what is not. Luckily it then just curled up by a tree trunk so the panic was over.

The sky at night

As I have absolutely nothing to write about at the moment, I have decided to just include some photos I took the other day from my back garden and the roadside outside my complex.

Enjoy :-)

Home cooked dinner :-)

After being here for 2 months and 12 days, I have finally got round to cooking dinner. I tend to eat cereal in the evenings as we always have a big lunch, but I decided it was finally time to cook. You can see from the picture that I am quite a natural at this ‘cooking’ thing, and might even enter Master Chef when I get back.

For any of you who are not so talented, here is the recipe:

1. Get a large pan of slightly salted water and bring to the boil
2. Get one sweet corn cob freshly picked out of the field that day
3. Remove the husk and any disgusting stringy stuff from the cob
4. Place the cob very carefully into the boiling water
5. After approx 12-15 minutes carefully remove the cob from the water
6. *Brush with butter and salt and pepper if desired
7. Allow to cool slightly before eating

* Optional

Look out for future recipes on this site.