April 10th was my last day of school for last trimester, but I had to miss that class. Our connecting flight out of Chicago was cancelled, so we were forced to leave early; it turned out just fine. Due to the flight change, I had to delay my Shiatsu final but was to arrive in Michigan earlier than planned (that was a good thing.)
Susan and I ended up having a very nice time in Michigan visiting the family. We were greeted with snow on Easter day. I was able to see most of my sisters on Easter and then a day or so later drove across the state to visit another sister. We walked along the lake - Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr - it was cold! I had a great visit with the family and hope to plan the next one during a summer break.
Upon returning to CA, I had exactly one week to get the house ready for guests; my friends Sarah and Andrea were scheduled to arrive on the same day that I scheduled to take my Shiatsu final. I picked up my friends then went to give my instructor a massage. I had to pay him to give him a massage; as strange as that sounds, I understood the reasoning. I was glad that my friends were tired because they were not difficult to please on their first day in SD. They took a nap while I was at school.
Susan, my friends and I did tourist"y" things around San Diego and had a good time. There is plenty to do and see in this area. We took a trolley tour and saw a few things that we hadn't yet visited; we went back later to a few of the places. One day we went kayaking - it was fun because we were just in flat water - nothing scarey; I hope to do that again soon. My friends stayed almost one week then returned home.
School started back up on May 3, so I had one week of school before taking one more trip. Susan and I went to Durango Colorado to visit a friend. The first thing we did was take a train ride from Durango to Silverton; it was cool. I mean cool too-the morning ride was a bit chilly, but we had jackets. The next day, we were determined to find the lake; we went one way, the "easy" way, but the gatekeeper told us that since the people we rented the cabin from were not members, we could not enter. Do you think that stopped us? of course not! We took the other route and had a few "hills" to climb down before we arrived at the lake. It was beautiful and well worth the hike.
The next day, Macy had planned a little hike for us; When she told me it was a four hour hike roundtrip, I became a little concerned that it would be four hours of the previous days little trip. It wasn't bad at all - it was a nice trail (except for the horse poop.)It was a great trip and now I have been to Colorado. I don't think I could ever live there because I would be to afraid to drive anywhere especially in the winter!
Even though we didn't return home until Wednesday (it snowed that morning too), I didn't miss my Monday class because it had been cancelled. I went to class on Thursday and was looking forward to going to class on Friday but it was also cancelled. So... today, I did four loads of laundry. I guess I should do something useful tomorrow too since Susan has to work all day.
That was my vacation. Life is good!
