San Francisco

Kateen and I journeyed to San Francisco to see some of the sights and check out the city. Really fun, energetic city is my first impression. We had great weather, good transportation karma, and met really fun people. Definetely a worthwhile trip.


Kateen on the famous trolley's



Grace Cathedral- the replica "Gates of Paradise" doors are located here- really neat to see



Pier 39 - the sea lions are huge!



Moonlight Kayaking- probably one of the best excursions we took. Kayaking out to Bay Bridge, eating dinner on the waves under the full harvest looking moon with the skyline of San Fran and lit up bay bridge nearby. Very Very fun.



The reflective full moon over the pier



We biked across Golden Gate to a little picturesque town that starts with an "S" has sauce in it somewhere and ends in "ito".



In said town- enjoying the warmth, sun, water, boats, views...and gelato!



Vampire tour- can't say what was more entertaining... listening to some of the history of the rich patrons of the city or walking into one of the most prestigious hotels with a women dressed like this.



Heidi Jeske, Kateen and I waiting for the tour to begin.



Sailboat on the water underneath the Golden Gate Bridge amidst cloud and fog



Not sure if you all knew, but Kateen had to go to Alcatraz :)



We had three beautiful clear sunny warm days in San Francisco and on Monday- the fog rolled in to show us San Francisco's true colors. The fog kept shifting creating new and more interesting photos- it was a really fun trip.

Rant on the GRE

So I took the GRE. After I finish this three hour test where I know a minimal amount of the vocab words and all the math problems are just tricky (feeling really strong about how I did)- a notice comes up and says that I have a choice. This message tells me that my scores will be published and will be on my permanent record once I view them, so I have the option of not viewing my scores and canceling the test right then or I can go ahead view my scores and they will be published. Now at this point- I am exhausted and am tired and feel like I did horrible, but know that this is a scam. People can retake and retake the GRE and if you take it again and improve- it can only mean you are dedicated. So what is the risk, but part of you wants to cancel. So I of course - I hit publish to view my score. This message flashes up again with WARNING! and displays the same message. So again I click on - publish score...and it came up again. Third time after choosing publish scores- it published them. I am so mad. If you had any test anxiety on all you'd cancel, beat yourself up later because you really don't know how you did and have to pay some 200 dollars again to take it. I rarely get upset, but pretty annoyed over this one. Thankfully, most people will recognize this ploy for what it is, but still- annoying of the test makers.