santa cruz adventures

yesterday i went to santa cruz to visit my cousin Amy who is a freshman there. we had an awesome day! not only was the weather practically perfect, but we were also quite productive. after seeing her adorable dorm room and comparing her "hippy" side to her roommate's "pink" side, we ran off to an indian buffet. what could be a better way to start our friday off? then we went into town and ran some errands.

we had a few goals for the day:
1) look for hiking boots for me
2) i needed to stop at kinkos to fax something
3) she needed a tapestry
4) and she wanted to buy a cheap bike so she could cruz around campus... gosh my jokes are getting more and more like my dad's every day ;-)

i know i mentioned above that we were very productive, but we actually only accomplished one thing on our original list... let me explain.

after shopping downtown for a while, seeing way over priced hiking boots (eliminate #1), and getting some fudge and chocolate covered gummy bears (add a #5... everyone needs a treat), we found the perfect little green tapestry (yay #3). then we decided we were going to find a target in a nearby town called watsonville. we went to the santa cruz public library. Amy got a brand new library card (add #6) and we used the public computers there to check out the location and directions for the target. we were on a mission! it was at this point that i realized it was after 2pm and i could not fax this form i had because it was going somewhere on the east coast and it was after 5pm over there already (oops #2).

so, we found the target (add #7) and spent like an hour in there finding all sorts of great stuff that we didn't need! that's what makes target so wonderful. we got some cute little girly yet boyish trendy underwear (#8) Amy got batteries (#9) and we both got hot pots that were on sale for $7.99 (#10)! oh, and don't forget gum (#11). of course in this process we looked at some cheap schwin bicycles. they were all broken! (there goes #4).

instead of our original goals, we were productive in:

5) getting a yummy treat
6) getting Amy a library card
7) finding the nearest target which was in watsonville 15 miles away
8) buying new underwear
9) getting Amy batteries which she had written on her hand but almost forgot anyways
10) acquiring new hot pots for easy tea/soup preparation
and last but not least...
11) getting the ever needed pack of gum

ahhhhhhh! what a day!

we ended our day on campus with a delightful hike through the redwood forest, a stop in the meadow for a santa cruz sunset, and some vegan pizza in the dining hall. oh, and of course we hung the tapestry on the ceiling.

thanks for reading about our adventures! i can't imagine that was at all interesting to anyone but Amy and myself, but i thought i'd share anyways because that's one of the things i do best.


My cousin Amy and Me