Weekend With Friends

This past weekend, I headed South to my college town of Long Beach to visit my high school friends.  Is it funny that many of my high school friends ended up living in my college town?  I think it is.  Anyway, the purpose of the weekend was to celebrate my friend Katie who is moving up North to Santa Rosa for a new job.  And I just love a reason to celebrate with some of my very best friends.  So I left my hubby studying at home and spent the weekend in Southern California with my girlfriends.

My Scooty and me :)

Katie (the girl of the weekend!)



Highschool buddies

On Saturday evening we went to The Ranch in Anaheim, a country restaurant and line dancing club.  It was perfect for all of us country Bakersfield gals.  I am now seriously considering seeking out line dancing classes.  It was SO. MUCH. FUN.

Liz, Katie, Me, Tristen

Tristen and Me!

And don't worry, Josh got to take a study break and go out for Brandon's birthday on Saturday night too!  Poor guy has been stuck in his mancave for far to long.

Josh's new BFF Andrew

On Sunday morning, Liz, Katie, and I met up with the Golden-Grant's for breakfast.  We hadn't seen them since the wedding in April and it was so nice to catch up on how married life has been for the newlyweds.

It was a fun weekend, but I'll be glad when I can go out of town with Josh in tow.  This studying for the USMLE is just no fun, for either of us.

LBC

I'm sorry I've been a little negligent in my blogging as of late.  Considering Joshua and I have had nothing to do while we are home, we sure have been finding LOTS of things to do!  Every day seems busy and filled with errands, lunches with friends, or visiting family.  And now, we only have one week left before we head off on our next big adventure to the island of Grenada.  This month has flown by.  So I guess I'll have to catch you up on what's been going on around here.

A couple of weekends ago, we took a trip down to Long Beach to visit all of my friends from college.  Josh and I also had an extreme urge to dine at our favorite italian restaurant in the world, Roman Cucina in Sunset Beach.  We called up a bunch of our friends very last minute and told them that we would be in town for a night.  And surprisingly, many of them were able to meet us for dinner.  It was so great to see so many of our closest friends and we appreciated the effort that each and every one of them made to be with us that night.  The food, as always, was amazing and the company and converstation was simply great.  I only wish that we could spend nights out with these people a little more frequently.  Unfortunately, our current "medical school, romp around the world" lifestyle won't permit that at the moment, but we are lucky that when we are in town, our friends come runnin'.



BFF's since high school: Katie, Me, Tristen, & Liz



Can't imagine my life without this girl!

The Whole Gang!

The next morning, Josh, Katie, Tristen, Liz, and I went to Schooner or Later.  It's a breakfast/lunch place on the Long Beach Marina.  If you are ever in Long Beach, CA and looking for some of the best breakfast food around, Schooner is the place to be.  Plus, it's in just about the most beautiful setting imaginable, especially when the sun is shining.

I'm so glad that Josh and I were able to make the trip to see our friends in the LBC.  I really love that city and sometimes, I can't believe that I lived there for four years.  It seems like a lifetime ago that I was there, but it's nice to know that it's only a couple hour drive away, and that everytime we do make it there, we make more and more great memories.