Longing for Spring...

Hi, I'm back from my trip to California and while it was WONDERFUL to spend time with Brian and my friend, Pat, the trip overall was a huge bust and ended up being VERY expensive.

The Airbnb rental I had found, was not at all suitable for me...it was not very clean, (I spend the first three hours cleaning, and that was NOT fun)...plus it was in a building that was not well maintained, no fault of the host.   He, was very sweet and when I moved out after only 6 days, he and Airbnb refunded me for the all the nights I did not stay there and also reimbursed me for the Sheets/Linens and cleaning supplies, I had to buy!  UGH!   I do give a positive review to Airbnb and their Customer Service Rep, Brian, who was wonderful and made it so easy for me to leave and not lose out on any funds.  They also have given me a credit and hope that someday I'll again use Airbnb, which right now, I admit, it not at all in any future plans.

It was so fun to spend time with Pat, and I'm so grateful for her company, I'm sure had she not been with me for the first week, I would have left the apartment even sooner, as I did not like being there alone...did not feel safe for comfy and never slept well, since was so noise, between constructions outside all day, and noisy neighbors at night!

We moved to the "Hard Rock Hotel" on Sunday and it was very nice, loved the super clean room, the pool and their restaurants.  I would have stayed there for the rest of the trip, but they did not have rooms available for all my stay.  Turns out there was a big Conference in town and also was the "Presidents Day" Holiday week, which made the hotel rates sky high.  UGH!!  Not at all what I had hoped or planned on.  I moved to the Hotel Solamar, on Tuesday and planned to be there for the rest of my stay....but they had a darn Power Outage the night before I left and i had to move to the a new hotel, just after getting into bed...had to get up, pack up with my cell phone flashlight, they had none available and move down to the Hilton.   They did not charge me for the room, clearly and paid for taxi fare, but it was a real pain and I was exhausted and then had to fly out the next morning.  The worst part, was that it was a known power outage, but they "forget" to tell me (and other guests) who like me, were VERY upset when the power went out and we learned it would be out for a least 8 hours.

  My flight home was long...and I was so happy to be home in my house at 10pm that night but also exhausted and I have not felt all the great since.  It was sadly too much for me and that's a bummer.

  I also met another online craft friends, LesLee and we had a nice lunch together and then went to a scrap store called "The Stamp Addict" which was really fun.  I enjoyed time with her and had a nice day, but sadly did not feel that great by afternoon, and ended up back in my hotel about 3pm.  As it turned out, she needed to get on the road then and did hit traffic and did not get home until bout 6pm. but she said that was okay and typical.  Happy to have met you LesLee and again thanks for a fun day!  

   I'm so happy to be home and hoping that every day will be better.  I have been back to see my Oncologist and had an Opdivo treatment this week, which is sure is also one of the reasons I still feel fatigued. 

   Looking forward to Spring....after loving the wonderful weather in San Diego.  I sure did luck on on the weather and loved that warm sunshine.    I'm also looking forward to getting back to creating and wanted to remind you to hop on over the "The Outlawz Challenges" where you'll find me in the Festive Friday Challenge.  This is the card I created this week, based on "Floral Design Day".

Supplies:
Cardstock by Bazzill Floral "Roses" Dies - Simon Say Stamp Colored with Copics and Wink of Stella Large Banner die by Mama Elephant Baker's Twine/Doodlebug Hero Arts Gems