I'm Off Again For Another Adventure

This weekend I’m off to San Francisco to meet up with Gary. He’s leaving today for a meeting he has there tomorrow. I’ll be heading out Saturday (hopefully morning) to meet him. I actually have an afternoon flight, but I am going to try to fly standby – which is actually a first for me, so should be a little adventure to start my adventure.

I’m looking forward to seeing the sights. I’ve been to California, but not to San Francisco, so I’m excited. Now I just have to figure out how to pack light while packing warm clothes. The highs will be in the 60’s some days. It will be weird to go to that when I’m used to 100 degree days here.

Ahhhh....

I haven’t had a chance to update this to brag a little. My boyfriend is sooo sweet. Tuesday was our 10 month “anniversary” and he brought me 10 roses. It was so out of the blue, it was *really* nice. He said he hoped to make my day and he did.

Thanks Gary! :-)

Picture from Rhode Island

Gary and Rachelle in RI
Originally uploaded by rkbk03.

Here's a pic of Gary and me in Newport.

Catching Up

I guess I haven’t been up to a whole lot lately… I just realized I haven’t had anything to write since I returned from RI.

I did have lunch with my friend, Angela, last week and it was fun to catch up with her, as always. I also had dinner with my friend, April, and again… nice to catch up.

As for the weekend… Friday night, Gary and I went to see Paula Poundstone at the Improv. She did the whole show, no opening act. I kinda like that since the opening acts are hit or miss. I really enjoyed her performance.

Saturday morning we intended on going to the Greenville Cotton Patch bike rally, however when the alarm went off at 5:30… we quickly decided, “why go all the way to Greenville for a bike ride, we can just go around White Rock Lake”. So we went back to sleep and then did that at a much more reasonable time. We did the White Rock Creek Trail plus the lake for the first time, so it was 23 miles. It was fun, but it was pretty hot by the time we finished – very close to 100 degrees.

Saturday night we went to the Ranger’s game with friend April, her boyfriend, his son, my sis and her boyfriend. It was a really exciting game. We won in the last inning. There were fireworks afterwards, which were also really good. There seemed to be a lot of unique ones that I had never seen before, so it was really cool.

FSMism

There has been much debate about the theory of Intelligent Design. More specifically, about whether it’s an appropriate topic for a science classroom. I think this open letter to the Kansas School Board makes an interesting point. And, extra credit, it’s amusing.

I like the artwork on the right side of the page. And don’t miss the theory on global warming. Clearly, there must be some causality.

Rhode Island Trip

Gary and I went to Rhode Island last week... got back Sunday. It was a fun trip. I got to meet his family and see lots of sites. We went to the casinos, the beach, Newport (including a tour through The Breakers mansion), and up to Amherst to see where Gary went to college. The weather was really nice, most days. The day we went to the beach was mid 80's and sunny.

We also went to a couple fun events. Friday night there was an End of Summer outdoor concert by the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra. Saturday night we went to a Paw Sox baseball game.

Note for Liz... The Rhode Island paper has a section similar to Dallas' Guidelive. I was checking it out to see what was going on and guess who was on the cover?? The Spankers! They were at the Rhythm and Roots Festival... we didn't make it to the festival, but I thought it was kinda cool to see them on the cover.

It was a very nice trip.