Sunday, January 4, 2015

A Surprise Visit!

While winter break was wayyyy too short, it was definitely a memorable one! My two best friends from college managed to surprise me for my birthday by coming to visit for a week! I don't know how they kept their plans a secret for months, but it was amazing!

We started off the week by going to old Sac for my birthday, somewhere I hadn't been in years! We wandered around and did a little shopping, had some lunch, and then had a great dinner at the Spaghetti Factory.

We went to the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose one day, an interesting experience! Stairs to nowhere, doors that open into walls, and 47 fireplaces! I wish we could have explored the rest of the house too.










We also took a nice walk through the park. It was a beautiful sunny day which turned out to be perfect because the deer were out in force! We were able to walk almost right up to them.






And the annual awkward park photos! But this time with friends!







Thank you guys for a wonderful break and birthday! My time at home was way too short compared to the 7 and 8 weeks Linfield gave us, so I can't wait for the next time I get to go home. Whenever that will be!

The next two weeks will be spent in Winter Ecology (brrr!) and then we jump into the winter teaching practicum!

~Meghan