San Clemente, and our first Earthquake

Max and his new buddy Allie hanging in San Clemente


Last week, due to the generosity of my old roommate's dad, Cody and I and some of my old college roommates went and spent four days in San Clemente at this beautiful beach house. It was amazing-and it made me covet, and wish that I lived on the beach too......maybe someday when we strike it rich! Anyway, it was so fun to spend time with my old roommates, Kelli, Fallon, and Rachael and their families-to relax and just sit and talk. I decided that there is such a different bond/friendship between friends you have later in life and roommates because of the living situation. Not to mention that when I lived with these girls we were still so young-maybe just 20 so we did some pretty crazy things, that lead to great stories and and memories that only we could sit and laugh about!
Also while we were there we experienced our first earthquake-it was pretty exciting, and I will admit it was a little scary....none of us had ever really been in an earthquake so we all just stood in the kitchen in shock about what was happening, and then when it was over we sat and discussed in the kitchen what we should do. We didn't know if we needed to get out of the house-run to higher ground since we were by the coast, etc. We didn't really do anything since nothing even fell off of the walls, and continued eating our spaghetti! Earthquakes are just a little unnerving because you have no control over what is going on around you-you just have to sit and shake...which is not a very comforting feeling! However, we all survived and had a great time in San Clemente-it was really hard for me to leave happily!