Work Trip

About a month ago my boss asked me to book myself to attend a conference in Irvine, California for a 3 day class called "By Referral Only". I booked my flight and found that the cheapest hotel was where the class would be held because of a group discount they were offering. It was a 4-star hotel that looked amazing. They mentioned that Doug should join me and I was on it! When I approached Doug, he reminded me that he is in grad school and missing 2 full days off class wouldn't work. Well, the next week 2 of his 4 classes were cancelled. Yup, I won! I must have done something right because we bought his ticket and he joined me for the trip. The best part was going up to our hotel room on breaks or for lunch and seeing Doug there. I told him that I finally got my wish--he came to work with me.

We went to Newport Beach with Ron and John (my boss and his brother--a colleague). I couldn't help going down and putting my feet in the water while the guys just standed watching the surfer next to me.

It was a beautiful night and the water was so calm. There is something about a beach...

This is our hotel pool. Doug had it rough for 3 days--doing homework and hanging out around the pool until I got out of class.


This is on my lunch break--just chillin' by the pool. Wow...love warm weather in October. Too bad we came home to Utah Thursday night and it snowed on Saturday.

Go Utes!

Doug's sister, Jenn, is in grad school at the University of Utah and just so happens Doug and I are big Utes fans. So, Jenn has been kind enough to take us to some games this season. Doug and Jenn to the Sept 13th game against Utah State.

Then Doug and I both went to the Oregon State game--they won by a field goal with 1 second left. Still undefeated...GO UTES!!

We did it!

Doug and I started training for a half marathon and ran September 6th in Spanish Fork. It was so much fun! We met up with Doug's brother, Kyle, unexpectedly. We had no idea he would be running. Kyle is a speed demon. Doug is still fast himself though--he finished in 1 hour and 49 minutes.

I set off with a goal to finish in under 2 hours and was off to a great start. I ran the first 9 miles and was on pace with a few minutes to spare. That was until I needed a porta-potty and there was none to be found. So, yup--didn't make the 2 hour mark. That little issue cost me about 10 minutes of slow-down time. I finished in 2 hours 6 minutes. Still felt great about it though.

Doug finished before me and caught of photo of me coming down the stretch. By mile 12, I felt better about not having a porta-potty and was able to run the last mile pretty well.

Doug is hooked--he said he wants to do a marathon and run more half marathons! Woo hoo--glad I married my running partner. Now I have one for life.