This last week was mostly spent finishing up my last week of work at GTI. I'm gonna miss all of the people there so much and the work that we did was pretty dang amazing. I'll definitely be keeping in touch with them and the work they continue to do.

Other than that I have been packing A LOT. I'll be moving everything I am not taking with me, which is just about everything, into storage first thing Monday morning so I have two more days to finish this up. Lots of open boxes at this point. Hard to commit to actually closing them shut for six months.

Yesterday Mom & Dad got into town for the weekend. My friends Michelle and Joel went with us to dinner at Shogun Kobe in Clairemont Mesa - delicious! It's just like Benihana's but less crowded and commercialized. I think we all had a fun time. :)

Today my plans are to attempt to get a little more packing done this morning, hang out with Mom & Dad doing i-don't-know-yet and then on to the exciting bit --- the San Diego stop on the American Idol 09 Tour! And you thought Mom & Dad were coming down here to see me, huh? Pssha! Yeah right! It's all about AI and Adam. Good thing he's the nicest guy in the world and gave me passes so we can all go back to see him after the show tonight! We're really excited and I also can't wait to see how bad/good/awful/amazing the other contestants actually sound in person (it is already a given that Adam will fall in the amazing category of that list).

This next week is gonna be my last in San Diego for awhile and the Gods (and my friends) have blessed me with quite a fun week to be had. Monday is moving day -- not one of those fun bits I just mentioned. Tuesday we get to rock it out with some Karaoke at a local Korean Karaoke establishment where we get our own room in an attempt to only embarrass ourselves in front of each other. Wednesday, during the day, it's off to the races for Opening Day at Del Mar. I've never been to any horse races ever so I am very excited to see what it is like -- and what better representation than Opening Day!

Wednesday night is the beginning of the end (not really - just sounded better) -- Comicon 2009 begins! From the schedule this year it looks like it is actually going to be a pretty relaxing year. Every morning will be a VERY early morning but that is a given. But we get to see a lot of people we haven't seen there before (e.g., Tim Burton, Peter Jackson, James Cameron, Jason Bateman, Sigourney Weaver...) but also a lot that we are already good Comicon buddies with (e.g., Robert Downey Jr., Guy Ritchie, the Twilight cast, Damon & Carlton of LOST...). Most days won't be too long so we'll get a chance to walk around more than we have in the past. We also (fingers crossed!) will get to meet the cast of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"!! They will be in the main exhibit hall at a booth signing autographs so we will be doing our darndest to get to the front of that line!

Anyway so I'm super super excited (and my camera is excited) for this amazing week that I have to look forward to and then my friend Matthew and I take off to drive up to the good ole Northwest and I say good-bye to CA for a while. I have a feeling that a single Frodo tear will be shed. I'll just have to train Matthew so he can get a picture of it.