We learned this week that the "competition" is nothing to be afraid of. Hehehe. We went down to Santa Cruz Friday night to see an exhibit by the graduating MFA students in UCSC's digital and new media area, to see how they compare with SJSU's. The first observation I had was that poorly lit galleries make it hard to figure out what's going on. They had turned out all the lights so the only illumination came from the exhibits themselves. But it made it hard to determine visually what computer monitor belonged to what exhibit and I couldn't stray too far from Wayne or we would have lost each other. The other observation we had was that UCSC obviously has more funding than SJSU. UC schools in general have more funding than CSU (e.g. SJSU) schools, though both are state schools. However, even I could tell that, though expensive looking projects, they just weren't that...interesting. We didn't stay long.
I also spent a good chunk of the week thinking about the talk I was supposed to prepare for a baptism on Saturday, and coming up with other things to do in the meantime. It made me nervous to even think about writing the talk, more so than actually giving it. Usually it's the other way around. But Wayne helped me brainstorm on the way to Santa Cruz Friday and on the way to Oakland Saturday morning (to go to the temple), and between us a talk was written. The baptism went well too; it was the baptism of one of the kids in my CTR-8 class. Lots of people showed up, both from visiting family and people in the ward and other people I wasn't sure where they came from.
We didn't quite have enough hours in the day Saturday, so we missed the Wii (the latest gaming system from Nintendo) party one of Wayne's friends threw, but we did make it to the World of Warcraft "party" in the evening after the baptism. I wasn't the only wife that brought other entertainment along. :) I read some of a Terry Pratchett book while Wayne learned this game. I enjoyed my book, and I think Wayne determined the game isn't for him. But since they are doing a "project" in this game...he'll play it for a week or two anyway.
Most of the evenings I just enjoyed having Wayne home in the evenings so we could eat dinner at fairly normal times. We read books (together and independently) and I played the piano some and we went for nice walks. We explored Santa Clara's Central Park. The park is pretty large and has nice facilities for picnics and bbq's and a duck pond and a pavilion with vines climbing up poles. I think the vines are meant eventually to completely encase the pavilion! That would be cool. Probably years from now, but cool nonetheless. Summer evenings are nice, whether we're exploring or taking it easy. :)
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