Home Sweet Home

While it's great to be able to occasionally get away for a relaxing weekend, it's always nice to come home! Our trip to San Francisco was not exactly relaxing, but it was a memorable one to say the least.
We arrived on Thursday before noon and were able to meet friends for lunch, walk around the city, and rest before a nice dinner out on the town. We all turned in early while still adjusting to the new time zone. This was a good thing, because we were pretty well rested when Jay awoke around 5 am in a great deal of pain. This pain escalated until we finally called a cab and rushed to the hospital. It turns out that Jay had 5 kidney stones! Luckily his pain was easily controlled with an IV of something wonderful, because within minutes of receiving it he was talking football with the doctors and making sure they would have him "fixed" by kick-off time the next day. I will spare you all of the other details, but he was feeling much better by mid-afternoon and was able to enjoy the rest of the weekend. I could write an entire other blog on the things I witnessed at San Francisco General Hospital's emergency room. Let's just say that about 80 percent of the people who entered were hand-cuffed or homeless. They were thrilled that we were not on drugs and had insurance!
Unfortunately our trip to the ER was in place of our day in Napa Valley. We missed the wineries, but our friends who went had a great time and bought us some wine to have shipped home. Saturday was football time! Despite Tennessee's loss, we had a great time. We got to catch up with lots of old friends. The UT turn out at this game was incredible! Check out Jay's pants in the pictures. We were excited about these new gameday pants, but had no idea the attention they would draw. Cal and UT fans alike were constantly commenting on them, and three people had their picture taken with him (well, with the pants). Who knew!
The rest of the trip was spent sightseeing...mostly Fisherman's Wharf, riding the trolley, etc. If you haven't been to San Fran before, it's a trip definitely worth taking!