Chula Vista

As I'm sitting in my house trying to avoid the sub-freezing temps outside (we just got above single digits a couple of hours ago), I thought I'd reminisce about my trip to our Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista last week. Chula Vista is a little south of San Diego and only a few miles from the U.S.-Mexico border.

The weather was warmer than Colorado Springs, but still not as warm as I was hoping for. It figures that one of the nights I was there, they set a record low!

While I was there, I got to visit with one of my Navy friends from Spain. Stephanie just got out of the Navy, but her husband is stationed on a ship in San Diego. Their house in Chula Vista is super nice and in a great neighborhood with a really nice park. It was so great to get to see her and Brick and their two kids. It had been a few years since we had seen each other, so I got to meet their youngest one for the first time. Unfortunatly, the visit was so quick, I didn't get a chance to take a picture of the family! Next trip. . .

This week at work is pretty jam-packed, so I'm not sure when I'll post again. I'm heading home to Louisiana on Dec. 21 and I'm beside myself with anticipation. I can hardly wait to get there and be surrounded with family! I'm hoping we won't have snow again on Christmas Day this year! Yes, I know it's crazy, but while I was sitting in my parents' living room on the bayou, my nephew comes running from the window shouting that it was snowing. Sure enough, there was a light dusting right on Christmas Day! As much as I didn't want the snow to follow me from Colorado, I have to admit it was pretty cool to see a whole generation of kids experience snow for the first time! I can only remember snow in South Louisiana three times in my lifetime- 1973, 1989, and 2005. I lived overseas for most of the 1990s, so maybe there was snow during that decade too? Comments from home?

Until the next post, stay warm and safe!