Laboring on Labor Day

Unfortunately, I had to do some school work this morning, but it didn't take too long and I'm ready to spend the rest of the day catching up on some items from the "To Do" list.  We had a short thunderstorm (I cannot remember the last time I heard thunder in San Diego, and I've never seen lightening here) this morning, so the weather is quite pleasant.  

My garden loved the shower!  Everyday that I venture out there it's looking better and better, and I cannot wait to harvest some of the goods.  

I've got a nice looking pepper, some vibrantly colored flowers, and some red chile peppers just waiting to go into a recipe.  I'm thinking of trying THIS RECIPE sometime soon.

Overall we've had a nice weekend.  We watched the first Purdue game of the season at Henry's Pub on Saturday morning, with the rest of San Diego's Purdue Alumni Association.  They held a raffle, and we won tickets to Wednesday night's Padres game, so it was a nice morning.  Later on we went over to our friends' (Mike and Kaye) condo for a little birthday bash, before the whole group walked to PetCo Park for the box suite at the baseball game.  We all had a lot of fun, especially the birthday boy.

Ashley and I at the game

Matt and Ashley in the Suite @ PetCo Park

Mike and Kaye at Fleetwood after the game

Yesterday I worked at the Zoo in the morning before driving up to Orange County to visit Sarah and Rob, who moved here from Indianapolis a few weeks ago.  It'll be really nice to have some good friends close by.  We have some plans to take their kids to the Miramar Air Show in a few weeks.

That's about it.  It's going to be a busy week around here.  I've got a lot going on with school this trimester, but all of it should be good.  Ciao!