These are some views over looking the city of San Clemente where we live.
I think the weather was better in KY this weekend than it was here. We had some showers on Sat. afternoon and lots of clouds this weekend. On Friday John and I decided to rent a movie and make dinner. I stuffed some chicken breast with feta cheese, bacon, and pepperonis in John’s. The we had some zucchini and homemade mashed potatoes. In the middle of me pounding violently on my chicken breast our neighbor that John had met came up to introduce herself. Her name is Brittany and her and her boyfriend picked up and moved out here from GA a few years ago without jobs or much of a plan (kind of like John and I) and they also are high school sweethearts. She invited us to dinner with them and another couple from the apartment but John was in the shower and I was pounding chicken so instead we just went down and hung out with them after they got back. Everyone is really nice the other couple is Brittany and Matt and they are also 24 and newlyweds. 3 out of 4 of the group are from the south so they understand the accent. At one point during the night we were discussing my particularly strong accent and I mentioned that mine is probably worse because Herman has such a strong accent. I told them that he was from the hills so they have a very strong accent. Brittany (originally from orange county) asked if I meant the Hollywood Hills. Everyone laughed at her but they weren’t really sure what hills I was referring to either. I realized that I would have to be more clear with certain expressions. But I assured her it definitely was not the Hollywood Hills and I am not sure that there is even a Hollywood Hills accent.
The next night we had planned a cookout but because of the rain it turned in to a potluck in our apartment. It was fun to entertain and get to know everyone better. After dinner we decided to go to a movie, they all wanted to see Alice in Wonderland which is not what John and I would normally see but we humored our new friends. Tickets to a 3D movie are $14 dollars here so this was a big expense for a movie I didn’t want to see. We also went to the 9:40 showing which is approaching my bedtime and as a result I fell asleep in the first 30 minutes and slept through pretty much the rest. It had been a long day since grocery shopping meant going to 4 different stores trying to find what like at each store, this is a very annoying problem I have here in CA. Then there was cooking and cleaning involved so no wonder I was so tired.
Sunday I just wanted to lay around and do nothing but after we went to the farmers market John reminded me that the Whale festival was going on in Dana Point and we had been mislead in to believing that we could see whales migrating from the harbor. When I asked a girl in the coffee shop at the harbor if we could see the whales without going out on a boat she just looked at me and said Whales? I thought yes idiot, there is currently a whale festival taking place, why would that be a stupid question. So after walking for like an hour looking for a whale watching vantage point we went home disappointed. Pictures are attached above. I did get my taxes done so that was one accomplishment for the day. And we had a wonderful seafood and veggie pasta for dinner. With all the cookies we had leftover form the party and the girl scout cookie ice-cream, it was a very naughty weekend.
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