Sea World and the Zoo

Sea World was AWESOME!!!! Do you see the man standing ON TOP of a whale?!!! The shows were incredible.

The San Diego Zoo probably would've been cooler if it wasn't so dang hot. It was also our last day and we were all just so exhausted. We loved the monkeys. One was seriously fingering through his poop for the longest time, so serious, and one just played and rolled around constantly! We got a good kick out of him. The polar bears were really cool too. They played with a ball in the water for a really long time. It was great.

How cute is this?

At our last hotel, after we came back from the hot tub, I look down and see this:

2 WHOLE DIAMOND MISSING IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE!!!!! I was mortified! I never realized something so beautiful could turn so ugly so fast. I was pretty upset and started crying. I was 99% sure it happened in the hot tub, because even now, 4 years later, I am always looking at my ring, and just couldn't believe I wouldn't have noticed it earlier. Greg and I went and talked to the maintenance man and he let us look in the pool. It was a long shot but look!!!!

He found one! Do you SEE how small this diamond is? It's just another testament to how incredible my man is. He is like Superman with xray vision. And he found it within 30 seconds! It was immediate! We're pretty sure the other one got knocked down the drain. But my sweet husband kept looking with a flashlight and a snorkel. The maintenance guy was really sweet too and helped us look. I felt SO much better after we found the one. Unfortunate events took place almost everyday! Greg and I got silly and started dancing right as we're entering Disneyland and somehow Greg elbows me, full force, right in the face. It hurt a lot. Hmm . . . what else? My sandal BROKE at Sea World. So I was forced to walk on the unbearably hot cement for awhile. My feet were sort of burning on the underside and I felt sort of like an idiot walking barefoot in such a public place. I put off buying shoes, assuming I'd have to pay $30 for a pair with Shamu on it, but when I got desperate we found some Roxy sandals for only $15. I could never forget one unfortunate morning in a beautiful bathroom hotel where I was especially tired. I was getting ready for the day and bent down to smack my face right on the counter. I jerk up and notice in my reflection that I am BLEEDING THROUGH MY LIP. My teeth had somehow cut through. We grabbed some ice and somehow you couldn't tell after it was done bleeding. I really do amaze myself at the varied ways I injure myself. I am pretty sure that's everything that happened. Pretty crazy.

As for the latest, there's not too much to report on. I was kind of at my wits end, not living in my own place and literally beginning to lose my mind, but my husband gave me a blessing and the last few days have been sooooo much better. It's pretty amazing what blessings Heavenly Father can give you. Neither of us have any leads on a job. How sad is that? I think both of us are completely qualified for what we're applying to, but I guess there's just too much competition. At least that's what I'm thinking. We're literally sitting ducks right now. We're really glad Pat and Randy are letting us stay with them or our savings would definitely have been spent by now, as we're on month 3 of being unemployed. We still have hope and we're branching out a little more- as in Greg is going to apply to the Police Force and Fire Force/Station? That was sort of forbidden before. Forbidden by me. We've had this rule since we got married- Greg cannot work anywhere he has to carry a gun or anywhere dangerous, in general. Well, we'll see what happens. But he can't even apply to these places yet- he has to wait for an email to alert him of when he CAN apply. This government stuff can be such a pain! Why all this waiting?! Aren't we waiting enough? I know, I know. Our lives could be soooo much worse. Back to the police thing. He looked up stats on how many policeman actually die, and it was practically nothing. So . . . I can deal with that. I thought it was a lot worse. I'm not so excited about Greg ENTERING a building lit up in flames, but we're sort of running out of options/time, and it wouldn't be forever.

I've been watching My So Called Life on Hulu. What a flashback. I love the internet. Such a wonderful and terrible thing. I don't think there's anything harder to balance in life. Meaning watching only 1 episode a day versus 5. That is just too much life to waste. But oh how I waste it. I finally got off my buns and looked up a battered women's shelter to hopefully volunteer at. I don't know if I ever mentioned that, but I worked at one in Eugene. I'm really hoping they'll let me help there. In Eugene I had to go through a month long training program before I could ACTUALLY volunteer. I've just been so blessed in my life and so many people need help. What good is my life if I'm not helping others? Especially since I have all the time in the world right now.

Lately Greg and I have sooooo been wanting to live abroad again. When we first got back I didn't really care either way. But now, with Greg looking at jobs, we think, "What if that was it? What if we can't get a job abroad and we just have to be here?" It got us so sad! But, I have hope. I think if we're always looking for the opportunity, it will come. I'm not so worried anymore. I just wouldn't want to miss out on the world. Heavenly Father created this beautiful world with so many people! How wonderful to see it all and know it all! It just seems so pointless, to me, to only know what's around you. I just feel like I'll know God better, the more I know his world and people. I guess that's where my desire comes from.

Well I hope all is well!