So I survived...barely...and had a blast.

Nicole and her sister got here very late on Thursday night and after a short day of work on Friday we headed to lunch at the Cheescake Factory. It was raining so we went shopping and tried on $1K dresses just for fun. Friday night we went to dinner at the City Deli in Hillcrest with our old roomate Jocelyn and her husband and our friend Brad and Matt. It was really fun. Good to see Jocelyn. Nicole then dragged me down to Coronado so she could look at the San Diego skyline at night from her favorite spot. On Saturday I finished preparing for the Oscar party while Nicole and her sister ran all over San Diego. Nicole brought her beach cruiser down with her so Matt fixed it up at Sport Chalet and then we went to Mission Beach to ride on the boardwalk. Then we went on to get some Gelato at our favorite gelato place in Mission Hills. Then on to Coronado again to ride beach cruisers around the island. Let just say my bum was quite sore after all that riding. After Coronado we met Matthew and Michelle at Islands for dinner. Then Nicole bought me Walk the Line on DVD so we watched that and went to sleep.
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Sunday was the Oscar party. It went really well. Probably the smoothest it has so far. Michelle worked wonders with the decorations and they looked awesome! I just realized when looking at the pictures that I didn't snap any of the theatre itself! Whoops! But it was really cool. We had a few people cancel on us at the last minute but we also had a couple additions so it evened itself out. It seemed like everyone had fun. It is always hard to be the hostess because I felt like I was running around the whole time so I didn't really get to sit down and watch the show. But I did see most of it at least out of the corner of my eye. I was happy with the results. I wish Joaquin could have won for his performance but he had some pretty stiff competition this year. At least Reese got recognition for the movie. I was very surprised by Crash but very happy. I really liked that movie and if any of you haven't seen it yet you should. Very good. We finished the party up around 10:30pm just in time to clean up the room and get out by midnight. Really fun! I can't wait for next year!! :) Then home to rest up for another day...
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Monday we left at 8am for Disneyland. We had to pick up my friend Tia and then off we were. We arrived at 10am just as Disneyland was opening (I haven't been there that early in about 5 years!!) It wasn't crowded at all which was really nice. We started at California Adventure because Nicole had never been there. We went on all the big rides there including the new Monsters Inc ride which is pretty cute, just like a storybook ride in Fantasyland. The best was us going on the Big River Run. We came prepared with trash bags which we tried to cover ourselves with as much as possible. I got pretty wet but it wasn't too bad. I was laughing so hard though I almost made myself wet!! Then we went off to Disneyland where we also rode just about every ride and some twice. The park closed at 8pm so we were trying to fit everything in. And let me tell you...I haven't gone on that many rides in one day in about 5 years. Usually I have the legacy of taking it slow since I don't have to "get my money's worth" because I have a pass. I was certainly feeling it by the end of the day. Not to mention I had been walking around all day on Sunday in 3 inch heels so my feet were pretty much screaming at me after hiking at least 3 miles at Disneyland all day. We had dinner at Red Robin then headed home. Poor Nicole had to drive while Brad, Tia, Amanda and I fell asleep as soon as we hit the seats. It was a fun day but the weekend as a whole had definitely taken it out of me.

Tonight I am taking it easy and am going to go to sleep soon to try and make up some energy. This weekend my other two old roommates Sandy and Kim will be in town to wear me out again!! I will post some pics from this last weekend. Congrats Kim and Treven! Sorry it took me so long to get to it on the blog...I've been busy. The floor looks really nice Adina and Dave. And that is quite a story Brent! Scary!! Glad you are both safe though. Love the stories of Hayden! Glad I inspired some of you to watch the Oscars this year! It was a good one!

Hope everyone is well! Love you all!
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Marnie