Well, I made it here safe and sound. Drove up to the Grand Canyon on Tuesday and was so exhausted that I took the shuttle to a couple stops, snapped some shots and hit the road towards Los Angeles. I will add pcitures later (I forgot to bring my camera with me to the coffee shop). But, anyway, if you get a chance to visit the Grand Canyon....DO IT!! and take a couple days to take it all in. flagstaff is a wonderful city just south of it, and hotel rates aren't that bad if you travel with a few people and use priceline.
After driving 12 hours on Sunday, and another 13 on monday, my 8 hour trip to LA was a little bit tiresome. But I got some good rest in SoCal. Besides the awful smog that is everywhere because of pollution, hollywood was a fun place to visit. My buddy there took me to see the famous sign and we drove down to Venice Beach for the day on Wednesday. I took my final trek north to Santa Clara, which took me about 5 hours. Said Hi to a few folks in my departments office, and crashed like a plane with no engines until sometime this afternoon. I haven't been this tired since I took some sleeping pills on my 13 hour flight from LAX to Taipei, Taiwan. I kept trying to get up and move around, but my head wouldn't move, just kept sleeping.
So, I am totally lost in this new city, in terms of finding different things. Apparently, the campus is pretty central to a lot of things, but that also means I need to learn the lay of the land in order to get to the different places....UGH. thankfully the constant 85 degree breezy weather and endless palm trees keep me company when I lose my direction...haha. However, i'm sure the gas prices will encourage me to learn my way sooner than later. I paid a crazy 70 DOLLARS for a fill-up yesterday!!! AHH!!! Until I get my first pay check, daddy is not going to be happy with the amount I ask for during my weekly allowance calls...LOL.
Miss everyone...but have a feeling Cali will treat me right.... To start things out right, I get to hear BP preach this Sunday at church :-D
Cheers,
~DD
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