Smokey Sunday

Greetings from a very very smokey Sunday. As most of you probably know there have been several wild fires burning in Southern California. Yesterday morning I woke up to ash and smoke,even though I am over 20 miles away from the actual fire, the wind has brought most of the smoke directly over Long Beach, which means lots of dirty air and soot and ash everywhere. Even though the weather and conditions this weekend have been not so great, I do appreciate that fact that my apartment is safe, my thoughts and prayers go out to all of the families affected by the wild fires.

As promised here is so of the most recent updates and news. Below I have posted several pictures that have cataloged October and early November fun. For Halloween Adam and I were ....drum roll please... Princess Leia and Han Solo. It all started a spring afternoon in Disneyland where Adam and I posed for a Star Wars picture where your face is superimposed on famous pictures, as you can guess, we were this famous pair:

Besides Halloween fun, I have a lot of exciting plans coming up for November. Tomorrow night I am being sent to Minnesota for a training class for work...think warm thoughts. After returning late Thursday morning, Adam and I will fly out on the 6am flight on Friday for.....LEHIGH/LAFAYETTE!
Horray!!! Lehigh/Lafayette is not only a highlight of my fall, but it is also the longest and most played rivalry in the United States. Go Lehigh!!! Really I just can't wait to see all of my closest friends again, living on separate coasts from friends is very hard. I wish if for just one day I could go back to senior year, I cant imagine any other point in my life where I will live less then 5 minutes away from all my friends, with no work, and maybe a beer here and there, perhaps we'll all live in the same senior center.....close but not the same ;) Anyways I have posted a couple more pictures below from the fall, more to come, but for now I must pack. Think warm thoughts for me, I hear Minnesota is cold this time of year, brrr.

P.S Even though California disappointed me with their bad choices in voting yes on Prop 8, I have to say I am so proud of our Governor who regardless of his party, has supported what is right, civil rights! And also to the 10,000 people that marched in protest this weekend, don't loose hope, what is right will prevail!!!!

Former Secretary of State, Madeline Albright at the Women's Conference in Long Beach, pretty awesome and inspiring!!!!
Heck Yes Masters Swimg team, aka SOBA (south bay swim club)!!! We're technically gearing up for regionals in December...yea Taylore and I are pretty much the next Micheal Phelps!

Touring the caves on Tom Sawyer island in Disneyland....true Disneyland EXPERTS!

Yea...I almost got stuck, funny how the caves shrink as you grow older ;)

Thanks to Taylore's awesome picture taking skills we were able to capture one of the most beautiful sights in southern California...DISNEYLAND!