This San Diego trip felt so far away for so long, and now it’s come and gone and it’s basically Thanksgiving.

Okay, not really, but with two more trips before Thanksgiving, it’s gonna get here really fast. Time flies blah blah.

Enough of that. Let’s set the scene! I went to San Diego with my snis on Thursday October 16th to meet up with Tiff and Val (my close friends I met through rock painting).

We stayed in the La Jolla neighborhood through Sunday.

We got to the airbnb before noon and hung for a bit with Val before booking an early afternoon visit at The Cat Cafe!

Our Lyft driver to the cafe, William, was a hoot. He was telling us all about his grown kids and the cool jobs they do, mentioning one is a pilot for Alaska and William gets to fly places for free. I said “I want to be part of your family” and he responded “I’m single!” Ha ha ha ha. Folks, William was in his 70s. So funny. Best Lyft ride ever.

While we were waiting for our time slot at the cafe this handsome little fella, Leo, greeted us through the window. I promised I would pet him first thing upon entry! (And I kept my promise!)

Kind of funny to go to a cat cafe when you’ve seen your own cats fewer than ten hours prior, but… I am who I am. Or! I should say, we are who we are! Christina (that would be Snis), Val, and I are all huge cat lovers. Tiff isn’t, so we went before she got to town.

After the cat cafe we went to Grains for a late lunch. It’s all plant-based so I could eat everything on the menu!

Tiff got into town while we were there and met us at the restaurant. She drove down from LA, so no more ride share for us. Thank you Tiff! It was so nice to have a car and driver!

We had a chill rest of the day. We went back to the Airbnb then walked down to the beach. It turns out this house is very close to a hotel Tiff often stays at with her family, so she was familiar with the area.

We did some painting at the house then ventured out for food.

It was a lovely first day. I’ve been shit at updating people on my life, and keeping in touch in general, and we had so much to catch up on, which we did throughout the whole trip. Without getting too incredibly sappy on the first post, I really cherish this time. Time in person with my loved ones brings me so much joy. Kind of like, it’s the purpose of (my) life or something?!?!