Belly Up Success!!

As the title shows the Belly Up gig was a success!  This past Friday night (Jan 23rd), the band I sing in called, "The Credentialed" performed at the Belly Up in Solana Beach.  We played the happy hour set from 5:30-8:00pm.  It was an absolute blast!  We pulled in between 275-300 people and everyone was having a great time.  We had the crowd dancing and singing along like crazy.  It was such a fun time!  I had amazing support from family, friends, and people from the gym.  It was so cool.  Our next gig is Friday March 20th at 7:30pm at La Costa Canyon High School.  After that we are hoping to do the Belly Up again and Fiesta Del Sol.  Updates to come on those.  Overall, Friday was awesome and I wish we did it more often!

This past week has been crazy.  After being gone for three weeks to Minnesota, getting back to CA was bound to be a little hectic.  I had to catch up on a lot of things: paying for school, tutoring, training clients, getting back into teaching classes at the gym, band practice, etc.  It seemed like there was so much to do and so little time.

On Wednesday I start school for my last semester.  Wahoo!  I am taking 21 units all combined in two days-M/W.  It should be interesting to combine so much into two days, but they are going to be fun classes so I am excited.  Then on Friday, the band that I sing with "The Credentialed" are playing at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach from 5:30-8pm.  It should be a lot of fun and there should be a good crowd of people.  Other than that, its just a whole lot of personal training, tutoring, and back to the grind here in San Diego.

Farewell for now Minnesota

It seems that my trip has come to an end in Minnesota.  It was a great three weeks and I am so glad I was able to visit.  Today, I leave to go back to Cali and I am all packed and ready to go.  It seems like such a short trip now, but I had a great time.  I feel like I did a lot while I was here: hung out with friends, visited with family, checked out many different gyms in the Twin Cities.  I also id all the fun winter activities such as ice skating, playing broom ball, and sledding.  Going to the MN Wild hockey game was a blast and listening to my friend Ali and her sisters sing (Redpath) was awesome!  Besides doing fun things I read three books while I was here in MN and just started a fourth!  I got a lot of reading done at it was great.  I just finished, "New Moon" today which is the second book in the "Twilight" series and now it is time to move on to the third.  Half way through!  

Overall, I had a great trip.  Today it is about 13 degrees here in MN and back in CA it is said to be around 79 degrees!  What a crazy change in temperature.  I am used to bundling up in layers and standing by my mini heater.  No more of that I guess!  Well, farewell for now Minnesota...its time to catch a plane back to warm California.

End of Week Two in MN

Now I have come to the end of week two in MN.  A little recap is necessary I think...

-Christmas-Spent the night at my grandparents and celebrated with my dad's side of the family.  It was a lot of fun and great to see everyone.  My parents and siblings came in town late Christmas night.

-Leading up to New Years-My family went to the Mall of America a few times.  I hung out with a lot friends.  I went sledding with my mom, siblings, and cousin Sam in Stillwater, MN.  My brother, dad, and I went to a MN wild hockey game.  It was awesome!  My friend Lauren sang the National Anthem at the game and a few other friends were there as well.  It was really cool. 

-New Years-A bunch of my friends and I went to the U of M to a friends apartment, then St. Paul to an apartment, a bar in St. Paul, and then back to Mahtomedi.  At the stroke of midnight a few of us were at my friend Ali's house and watched fireworks on the lake.  It was a bit of a drama filled night, but ended up being fun.  Some friends stayed down in Minneapolis and one friend broke his leg playing ding-dong-ditch in an apartment complex.  Embarrassing!!  

-From New Years until now-My siblings left New Years Eve and my parents left New Years day.  I am still in town until January 10th and am loving it!  I have seen so many people and everyone has been really nice.  Last night a group of us played broom ball on the lake and it was a blast!  Cold, but fun.  Today I went to a funeral for my friend Ali's grandpa and it was really sad.  He did a cool thing though, and wrote a letter for his family awhile back about his faith.  Ali's dad read it out loud at the service and it was awesome.  I had only met him once (Fred), but from hearing what everyone said about him, he seemed like a great man.

So far my trip has been great!  I have loved seeing everyone and I am enjoying the Twin Cities.  It is very cold, but I am getting used to it.  My mini heater is my new best friend!  I have already read two books while being here and am on my third!  I read, "Alone Against the Atlantic" and I just finished reading, "Twilight".  Now I am starting "The Pillars of the Earth."  So far, so good.  I am staying with family friends in their apartment and it is great.  I am also using their car and loving it.  I have met with a few different gyms about working here if I move back and things have been going smoothly.  I have one more week and I am excited for it!