I'm catching up on events. The weekend before my Grandpa Derrall passed away, I met up with one of my very best friends in San Francisco. Jen was my fellow Journalism Dept. adventurer and later became my roommate. We became instant best buds while working at the Sundance Film Festival together, then later the 2002 Olympics. We are so alike and when together become this super brave and fun-loving person we like to call Jenodi. If you haven't heard some of our crazy college tales yet, you should. Even though we've been living on opposite ends of the country for years now, we've continued to grow closer through correspondence. So you can imagine my excitement when I found out that her work was sending her to SF for the weekend! It was the first kid-free girl time I've had since well... ages, so we lived it up! It was seriously the most fun I'd had since my honeymoon. We, accompanied by her equally awesome coworker, Jane, hit the town, ate our weight in seafood, cruised and screamed our way down the steepest streets we could find, danced our hearts out and got an enthusiastic ovation from our kareoke number, which can only be explained by the magic that occurs when Jenodi comes together. They let me participate in their work stuff too, and it was great to briefly pretend to be an important businesswoman. Just like the old days with Jenodi. We stayed right on Fisherman's Wharf within walking distance of all the action and then slept in hotel beds more comfortable than I ever imagined possible. Each evening ended in hours of girl talk. It was the best weekend, and I floated the whole way home. Ok.. actually I gripped the wheel in fear and panic as I maneuvered the streets of SF and multiple freeways towards Chico, but you know what I mean. Thanks Jen for the most amazing, rejuvenating, fun-filled, full-filling weekend. Thanks Rich for watching the boys AND cleaning the house. Incredible. And thanks GPS for getting me safely home.
Jen & the amazing seafood platter from Scoma's... best seafood in SF
Posing in China Town
Jane, Jen and I in front of our hotel.
Rocky sporting the ninja sword and jammies from China Town.
4 comments:
Yea for girls weekends! you look awesome jodi.
I am a bit jealous it was not me with you, I need to learn how to plan a getaway!
Sounds like an awesome trip! And I love, love, love your picture in China Town!!!
That's great that you were able to get away and have some fun. Too bad it wasn't AFTER the funeral.
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