Trip to California

I headed down to San Diego this weekend with my siblings Natasha and Greg and Greg's girlfriend Jessica. Mark and Rob came down from northern California and we met up at my aunt and uncle's house. We were there to visit my grandma who has had major health problems in the last few months that have put her in the hospital. She appears to be very close to the end of her life, so we wanted to get down there to visit while we could.

It was a great weekend! We talked and told stories and laughed and ate tons of food all weekend. We went to see Grandma multiple times a day, always leaving having tired her out enough that she would always go to sleep afterward. We took a trip down to the beach at La Jolla and saw all the sea lions and walked along the ocean. That was fun.

I forgot my camera, so I will have to get pictures from my siblings, but we had a fantastic time. We did have quite the hiccup when we headed back Monday morning. 20 miles out of town we got a flat tire. It took 5.5 hours and $800 for 2 new tires before we were able to head on again. We had to call so many places to try and find the tires Jessica has on her car. She has a Lexus, and apparently that means all replacement parts are ridiculously expensive and nobody stocks them. On a whim, after calling all the dealerships around and a bunch of tire stores, we stopped by Costco. They weren't answering their phone. Lo and behold they had the tires! They had accidentally ordered them at one point and just had 4 tires on hand. Yay for us! That was definitely an answer to many prayers. We rolled back into town at 12:30AM Monday night. It made for quite the time taking my two tests Tuesday, but I survived. It was worth it to see my grandma, my siblings, and my aunt and uncles.