I have lived in New Mexico for almost a year and a half now. And I have probably thought about San Diego nearly every single one of those days. I miss it. I lived there for 6 years and most of that time I lived close enough to the beach to walk to it. That's probably what made it so great to live there. I imagine that if I lived in some other part of San Diego, like Mira Mesa or El Cajon, it wouldn't have been quite so hard to leave. But I was lucky enough to spend my time in San Diego in Pacific Beach, Ocean Beach, La Jolla, Encinitas, and Cardiff-by-the-Sea. Encinitas and Cardiff were my favorites (the north part of San Diego county).We lived a couple blocks from here in Ocean Beach:
And later, a few blocks from Swami's in Encinitas:
(This was during the winter months when it was probably a mere 65 degrees and I was so cold that a beanie was a must. What a wimp, huh?)
This is one of Hubs' favorite surf spots (Sunset Cliffs in Ocean Beach). My favorite was up by Swami's at a surf spot called Bone Yard. (It isn't as scary as it sounds)
This is Hubs with one of his favorite surfboards and me with mine:
We surfed together pretty much weekly most of the year (not during winter for me ... I'm not a die-hard). Hubs surfed at least a couple times a week all year long, if not more.
Oh, and I miss the MLB games as well. This was at the new Petco Park for a Padres game:
(once again, I apparently thought it was kind of cold out)
I would like to think that we took advantage of where we lived while we were in SD. We played a lot and had an incredibly great time together there. Needless to say, moving to New Mexico was quite a change in lifestyle but it was a good choice. We sacrificed some things to gain access to some other things. We were able to buy a house here in NM (NEVER would have happened in Southern California) and Hubs has a wonderful job that he actually likes now. Plus we get to travel quite a bit more, which we love to do. So the trade-off was good...but I will probably always miss San Diego.
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Aww, I'm glad you still think of SD as home. Cardiff certainly isn't the same without you guys. I miss Thursday night Earl and Office watching and just hanging out with you guys. sigh.
I miss the thursday night earl/office get together too. Jeff and I try not to talk about the joys of SD too much because it just makes us more homesick.
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