Surprise House Guest

     Tuesday evening I received a text message with Kara's name on a boarding pass for a flight to San Diego!  I was a little confused on what was going on, so I asked Geoff and he told me Kara and Ki were coming to visit!  My first reaction was I need to get some milk; why didn't she give me at least an afternoon of warning to prepare!!  But I was very excited, shocked, happy, pumped up, and knew that she wouldn't be too hard to please and if we needed something, we could pick up in the morning.  Her flight was delayed, so she got in pretty late, so we spent the night catching up.
     Wednesday morning, I had to go to the HR office to fill out some paperwork for substitute teaching, so we got a late start.  We decided to drive out to Coronado Island and check out NAS North Island, Hotel del Coronado, and the rest of the island.  We then drove downtown to the Gaslamp Quarter looking for food and souvenirs.  Of course, we rode around a long time downtown looking for the parking garage I like.  I am the worst with directions; which Kara found out very quickly!  My copilot finally kicked it into gear and we found the garage.  We shopped around and found a place to have some lunch.  We walked around the Embarcadero to see the water and boats.  We then headed back home to meet Geoff after work, so we could make dinner and hang out.  We stayed up incredibly to long talking and having fun.
     The next day, after both of us finished our runs, we decided to go to Point Loma to Cabrillo National Monument. While Kara ran, me and Ki were entertained by Smitty and her tricks!  We were able to do some hiking and look at some great views.  We tried to get a good picture of the three of us, but apparently people aren't real sure how to take pictures with an IPhone.  We had one that had their finger in the way of the picture, one that didn't push the button, one that took as we weren't even looking, and one that pushed the button a million times.  Oh well, we tried!  We then went home to go to the pool, so we could wear Ki out.  We went to Bevmo to buy some different beer Kara's brother said to try, so we had some drinks and cooked some dinner.  We did have to stop for some cheesecake at Cheesecake Factory!!! Kara went in and came out with 4 different kinds.  We sure did eat four! We were miserably full, but the cheesecake was worth it!!  And yet again, stayed up way too long sharing conversation.  We even got to watch 24 together just like old times.  We used to have Bauer Hour during our lunch time, so it was good to get to be in the same room again! 
     Friday, we both went for our runs.  Ki and I couldn't find Smitty to entertain us, so we settled for walking and some park time.  We could never decide what we really wanted to do this day, so we settled for hiking around the mountains near where we live.  I told Kara it would be a short walk and ended up taking over two hours.  We were in need of water by the time we got back home.  We hung out around the house the rest of the day.  Geoff picked up some Oggie's Pizza for dinner.  It was interesting trying to settle on what to do for dinner!!  Both me and Kara are the same way, whatever you want to do.... I really didn't want to get dressed, but wanted to take Kara to eat somewhere to experience some place not in Texas.  We settled on pizza from a place Texas doesn't have! LOL!
     It was a really good surprise to get to see Kara and am so grateful for her.  We have only known each other for a short period of time, but seems like forever, like sisters.  We had a great time talking, laughing, eating, roaming around, driving, and just chilling.  Never a dull moment with us.  A bi shout out to her husband for taking care of the twins while she was gone.  I know that was hard work, but really appreciate it Brodie!  Thanks Kara for the wonderful surprise!!

                                             Downtown San Diego!

                                               After Lunch!

                  Well my hair is in Kara's face, but we are all in the picture!

                                    Let me try this! Oops, didn't get Ki!

                                               Next, I got us all lol!

                                              One of my dinners!!

                                                Point Loma!

 Best one from this day, us asking people!  Only a little of his finger in the top corner.

                                  Uh, I don't think we were ready, sir!

                                 One of the million from this man!  But not bad!

                                              Ki is passed out!

       Kara's brother told her to try these... my take, different.  I had to put sprite and rum in mine!!

                                                       Hiking!

                                                 Ki having fun!