Days 94-98: San Diego

Friday, September 2nd: Friday was my last day at work before flying cross-country to California. I ended up eating a lot of random produce because I was trying to use up anything that would go bad while I was away. This meant a salad for lunch and dinner because we had so much leftover arugula. I spent my free-time getting a spray tan, cleaning the house, packing my bags and calling the cab company.

Saturday, September 3rd: Had to hop in my cab at 4:40am to make it to the airport for my 6am flight. I'm always so grateful on these days that we live 5 minutes from DCA. I didn't eat anything before the flight because it was way too early, but enjoyed some animal crackers on the first leg of my flight to Boston and some blue potato chips on the second leg of my flight to San Diego. I ended up landing at 1pm, which meant it was 4pm in DC. The first thing we (the boyfriend, the boyfriend's mother, and I) did when I got there was go grab lunch. We got tacos and toured Mission Beach. After we went back to the boyfriend's parents' house we changed into workout clothes and took the boyfriend's two dogs on a walk on the beach. After the boyfriend's dad returned home from work we enjoyed a fish dinner in Del Mar and a little hula dancing back at the house.

Mission Beach and the taco shop we ate at, Roberto's.

Family trip to the beach with boyfriend, bf's mom and 2 dogs.

The large cliff we walked down to get to the beach.

Mika catching her mini tennis ball.

Tippy catching her normal-sized tennis ball.

Delicious sea bass.

Me at dinner in the beautiful necklace my BFF got me in Africa.

Hula night!

Sunday, September 4th: When we woke up on Sunday we took a long walk with the dogs around the bf's parents' neighborhood. Did I mention the boyfriend's parents are extremely active? After the walk, boyfriend's mom took us to her hot yoga studio. The class was great and cleansing, but extremely hot. I almost didn't make it through the hour! We showered at the studio and then headed out for lunch in Del Mar. I got a split pea soup and a salad. After a little shopping and a nap, the boyfriend's grandparents and cousin and cousin's girlfriend came over for a Thai food dinner. 

Monday, September 5th: We took another dog walk first thing in the morning. Then we headed to Torrey Pines national park to go hiking in the hills. The hike led us out to the beach and the views were terrific despite a little rain. After we got cleaned up we headed to the Del Mar horse races for a little gambling and drinks. After the rain we saw the sunset on the beach and went to Chart House for a fabulous dinner.

 The boyfriend and I at Torrey Pines.

 At the Del Mar horse races.

 Sunset on the beach.

Out at dinner.

Tuesday, September 6th: Our last day in California was spent at the San Diego Zoo's Safari Park. After the park the boyfriend and I made a delicious scallop and steak dinner before heading to the airport for our red eye flight home.