it's good for the soul

Finally! An update on our trip to California a couple of weeks ago. Highlights include: surprising Bob (twice!), playing Scrabble in the sun with Bob and Ryan at a winery, a traditional St. Patrick's Day dinner with Kevin's awesome family, spending the day in SF with Josh, Jessie, and Brian, wine-tasting with the Shevlins at Silverado Winery in Napa, seeing the Seniors and the Putnams in Half Moon Bay, 2 games of Risk (one American version and one very complicated and exciting Argentinian version), strolling through the UCD campus and reminiscing about the good old days, sitting on a swing with Nicole and Sarah and thinking about how lucky I am to have so many good people in my life, having a seriously good day in Davis at Sarah and German's wedding shower, lunch at our all-time favorite restaurant, La Mediterranee, meeting beautiful new people, seeing beloved old friends, spending time with family, taking deep breaths of some lovely California air, and feeling totally, utterly, and completely refreshed.