Wow

So, there has been a bit of drama between myself and Jeff & Daniel since I told them on Sunday I wasn't going to Vegas because I wasn't feeling well enough. I have been on antibiotics for a week now, and am making progress, but can tell I'm still not 100%, because despite sleeping until 11am today, and only doing mildly taxing things (went to temple and saw a movie...the end), I am exhausted less than 12 hours later.

Anyway, I posted my two activities on Facebook, which exacerbated the problem. See, they think that I didn't go with them because they are gay. Yes, my family expressed some concern about me traveling with two guys, but only because they thought people at church might assume they are straight and that it might look like I was doing something bad with them in Sin City. I don't necessarily agree with that assessment (I also think it underestimates many of the friends I have at church), but I can understand it. Then, when I got sick, and the hotel needed 72 hours to give me a refund, and thought of hours in the car blowing my nose, and walking through a smoke-filled casino with already reactive lungs (I have asthma), and thought that I should take care of myself first.

Sadly, the way the whole thing played out gave them the impression that I decided not to go because they are gay, which is not the case at all. Hello - I spend every Friday night (practically) at their house,and they are like my brothers! If I end up losing two friends over this, I will be hurt; mostly because I thought they knew me better than to assume the worst about me.

My bad

I realize I only posted once in May; the month was an extremely busy one for me. We spent much of the month driving to and from Petaluma for work, which is a 150-mile round trip every day. I ended up driving 1650 miles in 16 days.

So, you already know that I went to Yosemite. The weekend after that, I went to Monterey. Jeff, Daniel, Juka, and I visited the aquarium, did lunch at Bubba Gumps, visited the tidepools, and drove down 17-mile drive. We then drove back up the coast a little and had dinner on the beach in Aptos. Here are some pics of that fun day:

The weekend after that I did girls' night at Delphine's on the Friday, but made a point of doing nothing on Saturday - it was really nice.

However, last weekend, I went up to West Point with Jeff and Daniel; we stayed at Daniel's grandparent's house there. Being away from TV, computers, cell phone signal, the freeway, etc. was REALLY nice, and allowed me to win pretty much every board game we played. I won Monopoly twice (probably the last time that'll happen).

We went to Black Chasm cavern and to Moaning Cavern, and here are the pics and videos:

Ziplining was SOOOO fun!

All-in-all, May was a busy, but highly entertaining month for me. I hope June will be the same!