Santa Cruz

Today was Auntie Shelly and the kids' last day here, so we went down to Santa Cruz with them and Auntie Uusi. It was beautiful, sunny, warm, summery down there, all the things that Pacifica is not. I'm trying to get as much sunshine as I can before I go down to Chile and its the middle of winter. Anyways, we went to this great bakery and spent a lot of time talking and eating delicious things. Afterwards, the Worobs headed back to Arizona and Auntie Uusi, Mama and I enjoyed the long, windy, beautiful drive back home along highway 1. As we got further and further north and closer to Pacifica, we could see this huge, menacing fog bank waiting for us. It looked so cold and awful it was like another world! Anyways, we stopped at Duarte's in Pescadero for some of their great artichoke soup and artichoke raviolis...yummm.

I've been talking on the phone to Dylan a lot appreciating being able to do that even, before going to Chile where staying in touch will be taken to a whole new level of difficulty. I was amused when Chand asked in a puzzled, disaspproving way, "Do you ALways talk on the phone this much?" : ) The answer: no, just when I'm going to be out of the country for the next six months!

I spent hours yesterday reading this kind of boring, poorly written blog about a girl at the CIEE program in Santiago. Obviously it wasn't the most interesting reading, but I liked it because it gave me a bit more of an idea of what to expect...knowing (SOMEWHAT!) what to expect is way important for someone like me!