Buried again

Here are a few pictures from my last couple of days at Stacy and Kelley's house with the kids.

Occasionally, I will try to add something here just so you know I'm still living and still staying ridiculously busy. I've only been back in Monterey for 2 1/2 weeks and back in school for 2 weeks, however, enough has happened to make it seem as if I've been here for 2 months.
A few minutes after I walked in the door, I was informed I had a ticket sitting on my car awaiting my return. I was really blessed that this silly ticket was only placed on my car the previous day, because the ridiculous California laws strike again. It is difficult to even park on my own street most the time and I have to have a "guest" pass in order to do so at all. All the parking in Monterey is timed and they are extremely happy to drive their mini parking truck around 24/7 to give tickets to bring in plenty of money into this city. So this time, my ticket said, "no person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any street or alley for more than a consecutive period of seventy-two (72) hours." After 72 hours from when they place the ticket, they will then tow, then I would have had to pay $300 plus to retrieve my car. Since I was gone for a month, I am extremely lucky that they didn't decide to put it on there much earlier. Of course, this was extremely upsetting anyway, 2 days after getting a $100 parking ticket in downtown DC the one day I went there, because I misread the sign saying I needed to leave by 4:00 rather than 4:30 to open up the commuting lanes.
By the way, for those who I didn't see when I was there, which is 99.9% of you, I'm sorry. Work and spending time with my family in Southern Maryland seemed to take precedence.
Now since my return, my Portfolio has especially overwhelmed me not to mention the other classes and MLJ work, which are being treated as "other."
But, I have to say that the most exciting thing that has happened since I returned is witnessing the engagement of my roommate Nicole and Si'i, who leaves Monday for deployment to Afghanistan. The details are fun, and I'll add them once I get someone's pictures, because I was surprised and thus, without my own camera. You might be thinking that I'm keeping up my trend of marrying off my roommates. Yes, this is two since moving to Monterey, both of which, I witnessed the engagement. People are beginning to ask me again if they can apply to be my roommate, which has happened in every other location I've lived. It is fun to be a part of it, I have to say.
Back to the books I go.