I left last Thursday afternoon for a mini-vacation to Southern California. It was a great, albeit short trip to visit my mom and bro. I packed a lot into only a few days — Thursday night through Monday morning — and managed to watch among Lakers fans at a Mexican joint as their team lost in the playoffs; enjoy a delicious lunch with some coworkers in the area; help my mom clean up and rearrange her house; go to a Padres-Cubs game (Saturday night) and cheer for the Cubs, even though I have no allegiance to either team, as the Padres won with a homer in the bottom of the 11th; go to a karaoke bar just before closing time; party into the night with Pete and his friends; hit a few after-hours golf balls on the 15th hole; hang out at the beach in Encinitas; enjoy delicious Mexican food at a restaurant overlooking the ocean; finish reading Freakonomics; and spend quality time with my family. Not bad for a weekend trip, eh?
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