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I can't believe we've already been here a month! TIME IS FLYING! Work is picking up for Tim, so I'll be spending my first weekend solo in SD. This is likely to be the first of many for the next few months.

In other news, life has been pretty typical around here. For us, "typical" means 10 hour work days and quiet nights at home. We managed to get out on Wednesday for a movie (Magic Mike - do NOT recommend) and a happy hour on Tuesday (always recommend).

On Sunday we used our annual passes for the first time in California! We spent the day galavanting around the Disneyland parks with my in-laws-once-removed (does that make sense?) and Tim's cousin. The weather was gorgeous and the parks, while busy, were totally manageable.

Of course, no trip to Disneyland is complete without a spin on the Tea Cups. (Three years ago, that was not the case, but I've since been converted.) With three adults in the itty-bitty little cup, including two ::determined-to-go-as-fast-as-possible:: spinners, I was more than a little wobbly getting off the ride. Our observers told us we were definitely the fastest ones out there.

In addition to a complete overhaul of CA Adventure, the Matterhorn has been upgraded. As a bonus, they've brought back the climbers, who come out a few times a day and scale the mountain. Can you spot him? (Click on the picture to enlarge it.)

 Riding California Screaming right after dinner is not a good plan...

We're already looking forward to our next trip up there to experience more of the new Cars Land. Most of the rides throughout both parks had lines under 60 minutes, but that was because the rides in Cars Land had waits of 75 to 180+ minutes. Um, yeah...we have time, we'll wait for the next trip.

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Walkin' around...

Update: I had my first audition (thanks to everyone who voted on the headshot - I went with option A) and did well enough that they had me stay for some cold readings. Unfortunately, that didn't go quite as well as I had hoped and I was sent home. I was definitely a little bummed about that, but this morning I got an email from a different director and now I have a call back for the holiday show! Send your good vibes this direction on Thursday night! :-)

In other news, Tim and I have been making an effort to get to know our surroundings and explore more of downtown. On Sunday we headed north to the Hillcrest neighborhood for their Farmers Market. It was massive. Especially when we compare it to our hometown market of 20-30 vendors. This one had over 100 vendors!

My favorite part was all of the samples of fruits the vendors were handing out. I left without any peaches, but it took all of my will power! They were DELICIOUS! (And I realize there's no fruit in this picture - you'll just have to trust me.)

That afternoon we walked to Seaport Village for some shopping and ice cream. It also has a great park for boat watching. Can you spot Tim's place of work?

We opted to do the same walk again on Monday night and I couldn't help but take a picture outside the convention center of the Comic-Con set-up. I am SO jealous of everyone who's going, it looks like it's going to be SO fun. :-)

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Fourth of July FAIL

To celebrate America's Independence, we headed to Old Town where they were celebrating like it was the 1800s. 

Of course, you can't visit Old Town without eating Mexican food...

 We let our delicious, but massive meal digest while we watched square dancing in the square.

There were several people dressed up in period costume - this was one couple who sat in front of me and were dressed to the nines! She was even wearing a hoop skirt.

The Old Town State Park has several shops and small museums around the square, this one happened to be sponsored by Wells Fargo and outlined their contribution to the developing West. I was shocked to learn that 18 people could ride in one of these carriages and it typically took up to 24 days to reach San Diego from St. Louis. (Can you imagine!?)

We wandered around for a bit and then made it back to the square for the Annual Pie Eating Contest. It was quite funny to watch and I was thankful that we weren't participating!

The end of the contest was also the end of the festivities, so we jumped back on the Trolley and headed to the Gaslamp District for a movie. We ended up seeing Ted, which was pretty funny.

After the movie, we went home, ate dinner, and left to go to the waterfront for the Big Bay Boom fireworks extravaganza. I was so excited. See - this is me excited:

Oh look, the fireworks are starting early...

and that was it. The entire 20 minute show went off in 15 seconds. It has made national news. And I promise, it was not as cool as everyone who WASN'T THERE is trying to make it seem.

Since no one told us what was going on, everyone waited another 40 minutes. Eventually the cancellation leaked out and everyone left. We made it back to our condo in time to watch the live stream from Seattle of their firework show - which DID work.

FAIL SAN DIEGO. FAIL.

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Which One? Headshot edition.

I knew before we came down that I wanted to continue my theater experience in SoCal. Little did I know that I would need headshots so quickly after arriving! Unfortunately, it's not in the cards for me to get professional ones done - there's not enough time. After getting the "ok" from the audition coordinator to use a regular ol' photograph, I had Timmy do an impromptu photo session.

Now I need some help deciding which one to use:

Option A

 Option B

Let me know what you think in the comments! The audition is in one week, so send your good vibes my direction.

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