March so far...

March has been pretty interesting but still laid back month for us here in Encino. Dave has been busy with his secret side job (I'm not sure that I'm allowed to say what his job is). Last week he had to work this job, and I went with him. It was at the UCLA campus, which is absolutely gorgeous!! I totally fell in love with campus. Around every corner I would point and yell at Dave "Look at that!!" I'm sure he was bored with me by the end of our walk around there. We both practiced our photography skills while we were there. We had a nice little picnic on one of the beautiful lawns and enjoyed the perfect weather. It was a wonderful day.

With the Bruin Bear

He didn't like Dave very much

Awesomeness

So cool (and not just the girl doing the handstand)
Who wouldn't want to go to school here?
I mean, look at how beautiful their library is
I'm seriously so jealous and so in love with UCLA

I'm sure most of you wouldn't be able to tell, but spring has sprung here in California. The weather is getting a lot warmer, and there is a distinct change in the air that Dave and I can both feel. The flowers are starting to bloom and it smells so wonderful when I go running in the fancy neighborhood behind us. I love spring!

One bad thing that happened to us was my desktop computer dieing. I bought the computer new in summer of 2008 and the motherboard decided to die last week. We looked on HP's website and apparently this is a common problem for that model of computer; a lot of people who bought it the same time I did had it die at the same time also. It's so sad. Luckily my hard drive is fine though, so we will be able to save all my files. And thank goodness that we have Dave's laptop to use also. I don't know what I would do all day without the internet.

We are patiently but anxiously awaiting our tax refund from Uncle Sam. We had an uncommon form I guess, so we had to mail our return in rather than file it electronically, and they are still processing. Because of all the things we did this year, the main one being a first time home buyer, we are getting quite a refund and are ready to go shopping! Hopefully any day now it will come and we can pay off our debt and buy some fun things.

Yesterday I had a fun blast from the past. My good friend Shannon from Imlay City, Michigan (which is where I mostly grew up, for those of you who may not have known), came to California for a visit. She's a super genius, so she was out here visiting Cal Tech for grad school. I haven't seen her since the summer of 2005 I believe, so it was awesome to be able to catch up with her and enjoy the sunshine. It was a great day and made me miss all my friends in Michigan.

Until next time...