aaa what to do! we're a bit at the end of our trip budget, so movies or theme parks are kind of out. i admit, i don't know the area well enough to entertain folks for a week on minor funds. :B oh wells.

in our time here we've had a blast, though. we've-

-visited desconso gardens
-gone to the california science center
-got lost a few times
-photographed a seal down at the pier
-gone to the galleria (it's just a thing to do okay!)
-gone to knott's scary farm
-seen the musical box (genesis' offically licensed successor)
-watched zar play & beat fatal frame
-watched poltergeist for the first time
-drank a gallon of starbucks coffee
-eaten sushi several times god yes raw fish my lifeblood
-failed to find a record store
-jumped some lady's van for her

tomorrow we have to return our reasonably priced car (rental) and all fly back to the east coast. i think we're getting in shortly after midnight, which will give us sunday to recover from jetlag a little and get shopping done and stuff.

in theory, we close on the house monday. but they've been pushing the closing date back for two months now, so i can honestly say my hopes aren't high. the bad news is if we don't close this coming week, we won't be able to get the house. the kind of sale it is means there's basicly a huge discount of about 2000$ on the closing if we close before a certain date. and that date is the 30th.

i'm not looking forward to returning to the apartment or town, just because it's such a hole. we've already decided if the house falls through, we're going to move anyway...though to a different apartment in another, less horrible area.