Just in time.

It seems I made it home just in time for the wonderful Maryland winter to set in. Hooray!



I flew in this past Thursday, with easy, on-time flights and parents waiting for me at baggage claim. I couldn't have asked for a better a Christmas present. It only took a few minutes to be able to see my bags through my uber-wimpy tears of joy. Anyhoodle, I'm home now and Christmas Christmas time is here. I will be in Maryland until the 12th of January and will take tons of photos for a later post. But I have other updates from before I flew home:

Last week, my friend Mackenzie and I went into downtown San Diego to the museum district, Balboa Park. It was super-fun until I realized how spoiled I am with free admission into the Smithsonians in D.C. So instead of actually going into any museums (and wasting $16) we watched street performers, got some lunch, and walked around. Here's a snippet (including a Dr. Seuss tree!):

We even had the privilege of watching a performance at the Spreckel's Organ Pavilion, complete with ADORABLE San Diego children's choir.

Then I went north to San Luis Obispo again, which seems to be an occurance every two weeks or so. While there, I went to my friend Kayla's graduation from Cal Poly (an event that made me miss college oh-so-much again), and I gave some Christmas presents to the kids. And then what did I do? Why, I took pictures of them, of course!

Here's Kayla, all graduated.


Here is AJ in some new clothes I bought her


I bought Nathan a Lego Chicken Walker to go with his Darth Vader Tie Fighter and this is what he did with it:

I bought Jessica clothes as well but she didn't put them on for a fashion show. Here she is anyways :)

After all the rain I drove through to get to San Luis, I got up Sunday morning to drive back, and I saw this:

Gorgeous, huh? If you look closely, you can see it's actually a double. I like to think it was a sign that this is going to be an excellent holiday :)

OK, just a leetle more and then I'm done. Promise. For now, at least.

I think I've mentioned I volunteer at the animal shelter in Coronado. Before I left for the break, I took some pictures of the kittens I get to play with every week.

This is Cyrano (who I call Chicken Leg), a very unsightly but total sweetheart kitty.

These are my dessert kitties: Biscuit, Biscotti, Cookie, and Muffin (and no, I did NOT name them)


And this is Luke, who I think looks like Salem from Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

There are plenty more but I don't want to bore you too much with kittehs. Hope you enjoyed all the pictures again. The more photos I put up, the less everyone has to deal with my horrid writing skills. And on that note, here's one last pic of Coronado as seen from the plane on my flight out.

Pretty huh? I wish I could point out where I live, about half an inch left of where that tiny bridge hits the island, in that little bay. Again, prime locale.

Wellllll, I hope e'erybody has a very safe and enjoyable holiday, and if you are in Maryland, SO AM I. Also, that little bay where I live? That's where my car is too. So come get me and hang out with meee!

Happy Holidays favorite people!

Love, Shub :)