State Street midweek

Yesterday (Tues) we spent the day in Ventura and Oxnard after kicking the day off with breakfast round the kitchen table.

Rhodri had been looking forward to this day because he really wanted to visit the Patagonia flagship store / HQ as well as visit REI and any other outdoor shop in the area. We did those things, went to those places, and it was a great day. I did start to feel quite twitchy in the mid-afternoon because I had some work hanging over my head. So in the end, we probably didn't spend quite enough time in those shops as Rhodri would have liked, but it was a good day.

Today (after my work thing finished in mid morn) we went downtown to visit Eric in his office and to see Chip, Georgia, Beth and the rest of the gang.  We had a funny moment when we tried to take the elevator up to the 8th floor of the Granada building and learned from a passerby that the law office had moved a few doors down State Street!

After saying hi and chatting for a bit, the 4 of us walked down State Street to do some shopping. Rhodri peeled off to go back and meet Eric for a bike ride in the afternoon, while the kids and I continued down State Street to have some quality 'Mama time'. What a gorgeous, happy memory this day will be in years to come. I got to be in my hometown on a beautiful Wednesday with my 2 precious kids and to just be allowed to enjoy the day with them. What a treat!

We had lunch at Longboards Bar & Grill, and then spent a couple of hours at the Sea Center. You know your kids are growing up when they order salad for lunch!

It was a truly wonderful afternoon. On our way home, we even stopped by the GVAC club for a quick workout, just because we could.