Day at the Races!

After living in San Diego for 4 years while in college, I have never made a trip to the Del Mar Racetrack. I had my first experience at the races on Monday. Our Medical Director bought tickets for the NICU administration team to take a "Retreat at the Races". He rented out an area right at the level of the racetrack so we could really see all the horses up close. This was really nice; we all left work around 1230 to make it to the first race at 2pm. I was surprised that each race was spread out so long. They occurred about every 30 minutes. As I was looking at the program for each race, I couldn't help wondering who actually named all the horses. They come up with some pretty interesting names...none of which I can remember at the moment! It was such a nice afternoon to spend with my fellow workers outside of the work setting. Many of the docters, nurse practitioners, managers, educators, ect. were there to hang out for the afternoon.

Green Thumb!

Plants generally don't last more than a couple weeks when under my care. But I think my recent attempts at growing something green have turned out pretty good. Maybe it's because they like the nice San Diego climate or maybe it's just because they are low maintenance plants. This is the second time that I have grown a plumeria from a stick. Both times they have actually turned out great. My first one did really well, then froze during the winter. This one I planted the end of March and it's starting to blossom. 

The other plant, a flax, I got from the Farmer's Market in San Luis Obispo on one of me ventures there. So far it has grown and looks pretty hardy. No brown yet.

On the other hand my Fuchsia plant looks pretty sad and needs some Divine Intervention and probably a little water! 

Happy 4th of July!

We had a pretty Low-key holiday weekend. We spent the 4th over at Zack and Julie's for a BBQ! Lots of fun. We finished the night by watching the Macy's Fireworks Spectacular in HD on our 50" Plasma! Next best thing to watching fireworks in person just without the crowds.

On Saturday, Julie and Olivia came over and we went swimming. Although, Olivia didn't want to get into the water. She seemed to have fun just sitting at the side of pool splashing her feet in the water. She kept saying "Spla...Spla". Next weekend, we are hoping to go to the beach in La Jolla Cove.