september 19-24

this week we spend a few days at disneyland, then head up to monterey where brad has some continuing legal education classes to attend.

disneyland is so fun; we spend lots of time with brad's brother and friends, and there are a surprising number of rides i can still go one while pregnant. of course the funnest rides are out: no space mountain, splash mountain, big thunder mountain railroad, or california screaming. however, the benefit is that no one bugs me to go on tower of terror. while waiting for everyone to get off big thunder mountain railroad, i even got to see kelsey grammer walking around with his daughter. he looks way old in person. later that day brad saw whoopie goldberg in california adventure, but i missed out on that.

on wednesday we take our leave and head north to monterey. we stop for dinner at a subway in soledad and i accidentally leave my purse hanging on the chair (stupid pregnancy brain). and just my luck: someone takes the purse and uses my credit cards instead of turning it in. i feel so violated. thank goodness i realize i don't have my purse an hour later instead of the next day. i am able to cancel my credit and debit cards before too much damage is done, and i contact the soledad to file a report. it still doesn't bring back my lost purse, wallet, camera (that was the worst), car and house keys (we changed our house locks, just in case), a book, and some sentimental items that i am sad i will never get back: my very first library card (i was still using it!), a notebook with notes from brad, a note from my brother, and so on. i hate jerks with no sense of right and wrong.

thursday and friday i hang out in the motel room and wait for brad to finish his classes. friday afternoon i am not feeling so hot. i leave to pick up brad from his last class and as i am in the car i realize that i am not merely feeling nauseous, i am actually going to throw up. right now. i pull over to the side of the road, open the car door, and vomit on the roadside while still strapped into my seatbelt.

all in all, it was a very long, very eventful week.