2 weeks? really?

And here comes the sappy saga of the summer quickly gone by, just to give you a heads up.

Palm Trees and the waves of the ocean. Or Pine Trees and the glassy lake.
Tomorrow will mark exactly two weeks I have left here. That's it. Two weeks.

I am excited to go home and be in a familiar area again. To drive along familiar roads and see familiar places. To see my family, my dog, my friends I've all missed so dearly. To spend a few weeks out on the lake before the summer weather dwindles into fall. To deep-fried food at the State Fair, and friends gathering for Monday Night Bowling. To moving into a new apartment with an old friend.
Yes, I am ready to be home.

Yet knowing I'll be home soon also reminds me I will have to leave this place I didn't expect to love so quickly. Yes, I knew before the summer started that California would be wonderful. C'mon. Ocean. Palm Trees. the PCH. Working 4 blocks from the oceanfront. Oh, yes, I knew this summer would be splendid.

But the thing that caught me by surprise was the close friends and relationships I have gained through church. Through college group, Emmaus, GiGi and VBS, it's been oddly unavoidable to grow so attached to a church I've been attending for not even two full months.

So as I go home, I'll be excited to finally be back in my comfort zone, with Annie's right down the road, Targets everywhere I turn, the Twins games and Vikings games that will soon transition through their seasons...
Yet a piece of my heart will be left here in Southern California. Ya know the saying, "I left my heart in San Francisco," ...well, I think the truth of the matter is, "I left my heart in SoCal."

Ok, so much for the sappy "I only have two weeks left" post.
Now it's time for some NNNNEEEWWWWZZZZ! (noos, newz, nuz, oh yeah...news.)
hmm...not much.
Work is going splendid! I have much to do as I will be working on writing 5 separate features on different reality stars from ventura county. I was struggling to find a direction for my articles, but thanks to a talk with my editor, I think I now know where to go with them.
I'm also working on an article about a cheer team from Camarillo...which is, well...AWESOME.

Dad and I just booked our "stuff" for Vegas on the way home! We'll be staying at the Monte Carlo (!) and seeing: THE LION KING! SSTTOOOOKKKKEEEDD!!

oh, and dad also flies into LAX on Aug. 7th, so we'll have a few days together here before it's time for Road Trip part deux. yay!

As far as updates and such go, that's about all I can think of.
Oh yeah...and a wave wiped away my technology, so I'm without a phone until I can get myself to Tmobile and get something figured out. Which will be soon.