Hello, June!

And with June, I welcomed Mike to San Diego yesterday evening around 6:20. It had been another long day moving refrigerators around for my working party. And for working out, I spent a bit over a half-hour swimming on base for the first time (it opened Monday). Knocked out 1,000 yds in sets of 100's (two laps).

The first thing we did after I picked him up was run over to the outdoor theater to get tickets for "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (Jimmy Stewart, Doris Day) for this Saturday night. And then we found some Chinese for dinner, and picked up some Diet Coke at Vons. :) It was a wonderfully fun and simple evening together.

Had a bit of a scare this morning after muster. I was called out for a special duty starting Monday... the Monday I had a special liberty chit approved for... and for about an hour, the issue was in doubt, because our LPO, IC1, said it was not negotiable. Fortunately, when I came in to show him the chit, he said it was fine if I reported on Tuesday... (whew!).

Today we're going out for burgers, then to the Padre's game tonight. They promise after-the-game fireworks every Friday night... so that should be very fun.

Jp

PS... it was! We did have burgers at my favorite place in Old Town (how can you resist a juicy, cheddar cheeseburger with half an avocado and all the trimmings... and Parmesan cheese french fries?). But on our walk through the historic park (the "birthplace" of California), we stopped in the Wells Fargo bank museum, as well as the courthouse (with rusty one-person jail outside) and the newspaper office.

Later, we took the special event trolley from Old Town to Petco Park and enjoyed one of the first Padre's wins in a while. They beat the Houston Astros 3-1 and even hit a home run for the 3rd score. We had some wonderful snacks... they have an event every Friday night with local downtown restaurants offering tastes of their fair before the game... tried the fondue from "The Melting Pot" and some shrimp cocktail from "Anthony's". A bit later, during the game, we enjoyed some very cheesy cheese pizza, and then during the 8th inning, some hot chocolate. It was getting pretty chilly. Our view was lovely... first level on the third base line.