san diego

my biggest reason for going to san diego was to spend some time with grandma...she's 92, and still in pretty good health...:)
my first flight from vegas to LA was fine...the connecting flight from LA to san diego was delayed by an hour or so? I WAS NOT HAPPY...i ended up arriving at grandma's place just after midnight...i hate arriving anywhere that late...ugh...
we both went to bed straightaway...it was nice...

one morning we went to the grocery store...exciting stuff, i know:)...i think it was that evening that i joined grandma and her friends at dinner...they're all older than she is, i love the conversations...one was a vet during WWII, he fought in italy...another still works 40 hours a week, and spends time on his blackberry when he is home...
the next day we went to breakfast at harry's...according to grandma, this is a johnson family tradition...wheneva anyone visits her, they go there for breakfast...this is not my first visit to san diego, but it was my first trip to harry's so i have clearly missed the memo somewhere along the line...ooops...harry's is a typical hole in the wall diner/breakfast place...i love these types of places...it was packed, but i loved it anywho...for some strange reason i was in the mood for salt/protein (as opposed to my normal sweet tooth) so i went for the basic eggs and bacon...
one afternoon my friend layna drove down and picked me up...this is the chick i traveled with during my epic asia trip...we hadn't seen each other since, so it was great to catch up...she had the phone number of another garmisch friend, michelle...when we called, michelle was tail gating before a san diego padres game, she invited us to come...
layna and i figured hey, why not? petco park, the stadium is located in downtown san diego, an area i don't ever recall visiting...oh well...the stadium is really squeezed in tightly, there is no room for expansion...we found michelle, and finally got to meet her husband...well, layna had met him previously, i hadn't...great for the three of us to catch up...
michelle and her husband are season ticket holders for the padres, so they were able to get us a discount on our game tickets, we only paid $7!! our tickets were up on the 3rd level, but after the first three innings michelle sent us a text telling us to come down to the 1st level where they had their tickets, she'd gotten 'permission' for us to sit down there...AMAZING SEATS...the padres ended up losing the game, though it did go extra innings....and the fireworks afterward were fun:)
my last morning in san diego grandma and i went to church...it's been a long while since i've been to a presbyterian church, it was nice...plus there was a special choir performing, and i loved it...we didn't stick around to chat, which was also nice for me, since i didn't know anyone else there...
i didn't do any sightseeing in san diego, i just spent time with people...my computer had troubles and crashed not too long afterward, and i hadn't backed up the few photos i took, so they're lost foreva...argh argh argh...