Yesterday we were up at the crack of dawn, after 2 hours of drunken sleep. Mom drove the caravan down to Santa Cruz, where we watched the sun come up while listening to the bark of the sea lions.

Once we were on the boat we got set up with some squid on the line and waited to hear the magic words, “Okay, drop your lines.”

Everyone caught some fish… Though Tammy’s kept getting thrown back (she was catching rare and elusive fish).

Tammy all geared up:

Courtney’s first fish:

Raju’s catch:

Martin’s pretty red fish:

Bob and Mom hooked fish at the same time:

I think we caught around 50 fish in all. Last night was good eats for sure.

You can check out all of the photos here. I haven’t yet rotated all of the photos, and they are wacky out of order, but enjoy! (Some photos are mine, some photos are from Martin’s camera, and there are even a few movies from Martin at the end.)

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Day in the Life, Fun Times, Wedding by Courtney

I’m sooooo ready for it. Sitting on the couch for an entire weekend, doing nothing, but eating nachos, wings, pizza, brats, and other yummy non-healthy things. Beer! Lovely, lovely beer. And not planning a wedding.

It’s coming… only 12 more days. The next week is going to be a mad rush to get everything done. The weekend after the wedding I am doing nothing. I am going to pretend it’s a football weekend, even if it’s not yet on. I’m going to eat oooey-gooey cheesy food and sit on the couch… Well, I might take Milo to the beach, but that’s about it.

Here’s to August 25th!!

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Day in the Life, Stresses, Wedding by Courtney

The sun filtered through the trees as waited in the driveway.

“Are you guys ready to go?”

No, they weren’t.

“I’m taking off. I’ll meet you there, okay?”

I slide into the Fiero and back down the gravel driveway, narrowly missing the trees.

It’s the first game of the season — UT versus somebody, I never follow these things too closely. Surprisingly I don’t have too hard of a time getting in.

I start looking for my seat. I go all the way to the top of one set of metal bleachers, then I start heading back down a couple of rows over. Here are my seats, toward the front. The family is already waiting for me.

We watch the kickoff. At halftime, we decide to get some food.

It might have been nice if I explained — this football game was taking place in a huge, Wal-Mart-style warehouse. Just on the other side of the field, behind the bleachers, were the grocery aisles.

“I’ve found the cookies!” I shout, as I grab a pack of Oreos. I run back down the aisle and hop into the electric car. “Hit the gas; let’s check out and get back to our seats.”

We speed down the main aisle and everyone else wants to get into this long line. “No, let’s go down here…” They don’t follow, so I take my cookies and go.

I end up behind the scenes, long concrete hallways, heading to loading docks, locker rooms, storage. There’s a random mop and bucket sitting in the hallway.

Eventually, I make it back to my seat. Time to settle in for the second half…

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Dreams by Courtney

“When they tell you to grow up, they mean stop growing.”
– Tom Robbins

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Influences, Observances by Courtney

Yesterday the day was spent in San Francisco. We went to pick up my dress (yay!!!). Then we headed down to the Ferry Building to take some pictures and grab some grub.

We’re closing in on the wedding. Only 27 days until the big day. And there is still so much that needs to be done.

But, we did take a break yesterday evening to enjoy the gifts we’ve been receiving — we ate our first meal off of the new dishes from our registry. Buffalo steaks and grilled veggies — yummy! Thank you Lad & Becky and Ninny & Papaw!

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Day in the Life, Wedding by Courtney