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San Diego
Me in the jacuzzi at the Marquis Marriott
Me and Kenny at the La Jolla Cliffs by UC San Diego
Recently I traveled with my husband Kenny to San Diego. It was a nice vacation, largely because UC Davis was paying for Kenny to go to this neurology conference and I had few plans other than to eat good food and relax. So since the hotel, car, his airfare, and food was comped, I figured I may as well go along and make a vacation of it. Going back to San Diego is nostalgic for me because I lived in San Diego from September of 1997 to August of 2003. I went to UC San Diego and still dream of my carefree life living in a beach city with mild climate. I definitely took the beach for granted when I lived in San Diego. Although, I love my life now, I do miss the life I had in San Diego. Don’t we all miss our college days?
I spend the week reveling in the simple pleasure of eating good food and avoiding usual responsibilities. I visited with old friends, ate at my favorite places, Hash House A Go Go, Extraordinary Desserts, and Sushi Ota (all of which will be reviewed in a timely fashion :). I soaked up the sun, enjoyed our hotel jacuzzi while my husband was at his conference, and stuffed my face with a bunch of foods which definitely were not the least bit good for me.
I’m posting a pic of me and Kenny by the La Jolla Cliffs across from UCSD. It’s my favorite spot in the whole world. Period. It’s the one place in the world where I can go and, for the moment, feel completely free. The view is gorgeous. I used to go to the cliffs to think, to pray, whenever I needed me time, whenever I was feeling sad. I’ve brought countless friends and family here and they’ve all loved it.
This journey to the cliffs was a bit different from those before it. I wasn’t there for answers. I was just there to spend time with my husband and attain a sense of peace. Those few moments by the cliffs made my whole trip to San Diego worth it.
And in the end, of course, a true San Diego story is never about San Diego. It’s about sunlight. It’s about the special way that the sunlight spreads on the water at the cliffs by UCSD and how you know you must dive into the deep currents and do things you are afraid to do. It’s about love and memory. It’s about reconnecting with your past. It’s about holding onto the good people in your life, learning who you love and are really loved by, and learning to set yourself free.
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