Today is a lazy Sunday. We slept in, got brunch with Julie at a diner - my first meal since In-N-Out, so I really enjoyed that omelette. Then we stopped to get supplies for dinner and to run random errands. Now I’m chilling out by the pool with Maiken’s laptop; it’s sunny and feels like 75 degrees.

I haven’t been to Orange County before, and the parts of it I saw today don’t seem too different from the nicer suburbs in the Midwest, like Glenview in Illinois or parts of West Des Moines, or Bellevue in Washington, or Menlo Park in the Bay Area. Maybe it’s a little bit nicer yet in some ways - even more expensive stores, hotels, and cars. Definitely the great climate. Definitely the beach. More diversity than the Midwest. Earthquakes mentioned in casual conversation. So it’s not the same as the other places, but there isn’t too much cause for culture shock either - it’s about what I expected.