surf's up!

It seems like these weeks just keep going by quicker and quicker! In exactly one month from today, I will be done nannying and off traveling! Wow! Anyways, my past few days off have been great! I went out to dinner on friday night with some of my closest friends here and had an awesome time. We went to a place called "In situ" and it's known for their tapas and cocktails. I went with Shayli, Jess, and Ruthie (they are in the picture). After the meal, when we went up to pay, Ruthie grabbed the bill and paid for all of us! I really couldn't believe it, considering the bill wasn't cheap...we decided to buy her an ice-cream after dinner, (Ok, I did really want ice-cream anyways hah)..we went to a place called "copenhagens" and they seriously have the BEST ice cream. You get a free chocolate dipped cone, free toppings (self-serve) AND free whipped cream! Yum!! It was a really fun night, just us girls. The weather here has been a little iffy and we have been getting some rain and thunderstorms....although yesterday and today were gorgeous. Yesterday I went out surfing with Erik, who was one of the sons of the family that my friend Molly stayed with when she came out to visit. I'm feeling like I'm finally improving on my surfing and am now attempting to turn the board and learn how to really ride the wave and not just simply catch waves and go straight. I wish I could go out everyday....I'm really looking forward to Bali (just over a month away) when I will be able to surf a lot! Today we were gonna go out for another surf, but there were no waves, so we (Erik and his friend Simon) went to a little beach called Collins Beach...it was gorgeous! There's also a high rock that they call "jump rock" and there were heaps of people jumping off it...we were gonna do it but there were too many people, but I really want to go back another time and do it! Oh yeah and it was super funny because at that beach there's little boats that come to shore selling food and stuff! There was one boat selling ice-cream and another boat selling bottled water, juice, yogurt, and smoothies! Crazy huh? They literally drive right up to shore and ring a bell and people run over and buy stuff. I thought the whole concept was pretty funny. 

 

Tonight Shayli and I went on a movie date (Tuesday nights are cheap night at the theater) and we saw "It's Compicated" (it was filmed in Santa Barbara!) Probably one of the funniest movies I have seen in a long long time...we were cracking up the whole time and I would definitely recommend seeing it! Anyways, I should get going ...have to wake up in five and a half hours to start another nanny work week! Only a few more weeks to go and I'm done. Hope everyone is enjoying 2010 so far! xoxo