I could use a day on the beach!

I want to be someplace like this background right about now! We have lived in North Dakota for 6 1/2 years now and only one other year have I felt so desperate to get out of the cold!
Why I am happy here I am not really sure. Well, maybe I do know. Let's see. The schools, UND Hockey, tortilla soup at The Red Pepper, our friends, my new house, the Summer Performing Arts program for Taylor, and there is even a mountain (if you want to call it that) for the boys to go skiing and snowboarding.
I am getting out of here. Jeff gave me my birthday present today a little bit early. A ticket to California. He is going to San Diego for some meetings and is taking me with him!!!!!!!!!!!