santa barbara
Santa Barbara was BEAUTIFUL! It was idyllic, beautiful, peaceful, calm, plenty of shopping.... It was green, the air was clean, the perfect spot for a peaceful vacation....
but in the back of my head, i was screaming: GET ME OUT OF HERE!!
Yes, it was beautiful, but I was thinking... it only made me more depressed. I had nothing to do but enjoy nature, whatever that means, right? I felt like I needed to be doing something, not just looking out into the ocean and saying "wow! Look how close and green the mountian looks!" and "doesn't the air smell so fresh!" ten times over the course of 2 days... haha. I needed to be busy.. or maybe i am just so used to be continually doing something that having no goal to accomplish seemed a bit surreal to me. Maybe I'm a city girl at heart.
But regardless, I had a wonderful time with Lisa and my mom...We did some excellent shopping!!!! I bought a $50 yellow t-shirt (note : t-shirt.. not a pretty looking shirt that looks like it was $50) and my roommates went crazy when they actually saw the t-shirt cuz it totally doesn't even look like it's worth more than $10. Whatever! I bought it, I enjoy it. Though..... Yeah... $50 is a tad bit too much~~~ but that's what happens when I go shopping with my mom.... Lisa would have definitley said no, but my mom was in a very generous mood, so I took full advantage of that. I probably won't get it again now that i'm graduating and msut now get a job and pay for all that myself.
We ate dinner right at the edge of the pier, and I think the guy who was serving us thought lisa was cute. He only looked at her... and made me want to pull out his little goatee for doing that! But he was good looking... Must give him that...even my mom commented on our waiter. The next day, we went to a GORGEOUS botanical garden, and I always love gardens... I make it a point to go to gardens as much as possible.... one of my favorite cafes have the word "garden" in them. And this garden surpassed Descanso and Huntington Library, and comes in second to the Bellingrath Gardens in Alabama. Gorgeous!! I want all sorts of California poppies in my future garden now..... *sigh* I felt like Alice in Alice in Wonderland, where she falls asleep in a bed of daisies dancing to the wind...
I think I would have enjoyed those 2 wonderful days more if I didnt have 2 finals looming over my shoulder. I felt like I didn't deserve a break yet, and I guess that kinda put a damper on things. But I am so thankful for the time, I think my mom really needed it,a nd my sister really wanted it.
Time for chocolate filled crossaints and a date with pleasure....