I’ve taken on a ton of extra work at the office, so the weekends in January were basically a blur, later nights on weekdays and working on the weekends.  (and no blog posts for a month)  The stress was so bad that in the worst part I was only getting a few hours of sleep each night.  Sam was also in China (for work) for two weeks in January, so she wasn’t sleeping much either.

Now that our sleep schedules are returning to normal and we feel comfortable enough to leave the house on the weekend we decided to use a Kayaking coupon we bought months ago.

On Saturday Sam and I went to Marina Del Rey to Kayak.  

higher res and more photos here.

We went over to Mother’s Beach.

Then circled across the marina entrance to see the birds at the pumping station.

On the choppy side with the restaurants we ran into a few frisky sea lions that came within fifteen feet of us.

And back at the shop we watched the sunset.

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I can’t help but think about my relatives who are snowed in today….