the last two days

I left at 4:00 am Thursday to help my best friend Will's wife move from Ventura up to the bay.  It was me and Will's dad.  It was interesting interacting with him me being an adult now, especially since he was like my dad growing up (Will and I were joined at the hip for many years).  We took a detour to Pinnacle National Monument, which is the site of some really cool seismic action.  Giant shards of rock pushed up into the sky slowly over the years.  We were looking at a sign about the endangered California Condor and saying how cool it would be to see one.  Just then, we hear this flapping of wings and we see a tree with about 20 of these birds!  They were so awesome.  Wing span of about 9 feet.  They were just waking up and starting their day.  I felt pretty honored to see it...

We got to Stef's that afternoon and helped pack up.  One of Stef's friends, a girl named Courtney, was there.  She had kind of a catty Mona Lisa look, hair parted down the side of her face and long fingernails.  She is a straight edge insomniac working to help recovering addicts who likes to garden.  We had some great one-on-one conversations.  I like her...can you tell?

The next day, we loaded everything in the Penske and me, Stef and Will's dad drove to the bay in our respective vehicles.  101 ocean view...sunset..."1979" by the Smashing Pumpkins.  It was so good to leave the bay for a while.  I love helping Will, Stef and Will's family because of the bond we have.  It won't be long until I'm Uncle Jeremy!  :)  Will is going to be in Kuwait when Stef is due and I've made it as clear as possible that I'll do anything I can to help out.  She just left all her friends to move up here to live with the in-laws, a bold move!  Feeling grateful to have these people in my life.