A Day in the Life of Olivia!

I can't believe it! We have been in California for 7 weeks....and we only have 7 more to go!  Before we know it we will be back to little ol' Rexburg.  I'm not going to lie...I'm kind of excited for the structure that comes with going to school and having a schedule.  I'm going a little CrAzY!!!  I'm embarrassed of my daily routine: 

Wake up

Take Sheldon to the train 

Go home and sleep a little longer

Read scriptures/eat breakfast

Go for a walk

Do homework.................................

Read a book…paint my nails….go grocery shopping…..

Try to find things to do until Sheldon gets home anywhere between 9-12pm…

I've always wondered what it would be like to have absolutely nothing to do...and now that I have it I don't know how much longer I can take it!  I am taking a few online classes, so that keeps me pretty busy, but you can only do so much homework in one day.  I'm starting to explore the area more, I found two great malls and a shopping outlet....But I don't want to spend all of Sheldon's hard earned money!  This picture is gross, but this is my desk (where I do most of my homework)...and Sheldon thought it was funny that we had all three laptops out....Silicon Valley...what can you expect, we gotta try to keep up!

Sheldon thought he would cure my boredom by giving me a honey-do list (I thought I was the one who gave out honey-do lists!!)  So I am now learning how to do our taxes!! Sheldon does taxes every day, so now I'm experiencing a little of what he does, and I'm actually enjoying it! ...this is a picture of me inaction doing our taxes!

I was nervous to come out here at first, and I still miss home at times but I'm grateful for the experience! I'm learning so much about myself and about different places.  It can only help me become a better person...I hope!

Monterey California Adventure!

    Last weekend Sheldon had to work Saturday and Sunday....and this weekend he was FREE!! I was so excited to get to spend two whole days with him!  We decided to not waste a single minute and explore beautiful California a little bit.  We headed out to Monterey (it's only an hour drive south of San Jose).  We've been told that the beaches are beautiful here, and they have a huge aquarium.        

           

The ocean amazes me still!  Sheldon and I could sit and watch the waves crash up against the shore for hours!  I guess one reason why we love it so much is because it's so mysterious, we really don't know much about it and you can't see what lies beneath it's deep blue surface!

It was so warm Sheldon decided to pull out his shorts and flip flops...his legs were happy to finally see a few sun rays!

We parked in town and walked along a path that takes you from one side of the beach to the other.  Here we are standing in front of the boat harbor.

The Aquarium was fascinating! Ive never seen so many different sea creatures. We saw otters and sea horses, jelly fish, flamingos, penguins, TONS of fish, sharks, sting rays, star fish, an octopus, and many other things!  This is one of my favorite pictures.....

They had a tank of jelly fish that looked like they glow in the dark! It was pretty amazing how these boneless, brainless creatures float around.  Here are a few other pictures of things we saw....

These fish were so crazy weird!  They looked like they had been stepped on and squished...they were completely flat, with two little funky eyes on the top.  They were cool because they looked just like the rocks.

I was so excited to see penguins!  They are such interesting birds... 

This little guy was probably our favorite part of the whole aquarium.  This is a bat sting ray, and they will let you touch them without stinging you.  It was kind of scary to stick your hand in the water with this funny looking creature, but it was SWEET!  They are really soft and almost squishy.  I actually got to feed one!! This lady gave me a squid head that I held in the water, and when the sting ray came up he sucked it right out of my fingers!

The beach was beautiful!!....

...and the sun set was amazing!!

What a great weekend! I hadn't realized how much I had missed Sheldon's company! Thought of the day...Don't take for granted the ones you love most!