Okay, so I'm really missing San Diego...What would it take to make San Diego my home? I go through this every year. Paradise withdrawals. I really miss the beach. I think the beach is the only place that I can true peace and tranquility. This photo was taken in La Jolla from my beach towel. I found a spot that was virtually empty. There was maybe 6 other people sharing this area with me. No guys in speedo's or kids running around screaming and kicking sand all over me. Tranquility.

Okay, so last night at about midnight, I finally finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I totally steered away from anything remotely resembling a spoiler. I had heard that J.K. was killing Harry off, since this was the end of this series, so I had come to terms with that fact. SPOILER!!!!!

I had also heard that 2 main characters were going to die. Well, the term "main character" is definitely relative. There was all kinds of death. I'm such a huge fan that every character is a "main character" to me. I was saddened by each and every death, but I have to say that I took the death of Fred pretty hard. It's one of those that I sat and just stared at the pages, thinking I had read something wrong. Then frantically reading the next passages, knowing that it was a spell or a trick and Fred was going to get up and laugh at everyone. Lupin and Tonks was a total shocker as well. That's like really tragic...they had just had their first and only child! Lastly, believe it or not, the death of Snape really touched me. I thought the time and detail JK spent on explaining Snape's back-story was long overdue and satisfying as well as totally plausible and understanding.
Okay, now the Epilogue...I totally loved. Clay had found the epilogue on the Internet before the book was released and sent it to me in an email. I immediately deleted it...then he sent it to everyone he knew. His friend Terry is a huge Harry Potter fan and believe it or not...Terry read the Epilogue!!!! At the time we had no way of knowing if the Epilogue was genuine or not. Still I can't believe he did that.
I'm so glad that I avoided all spoilers...it made the book much more exciting and touching. I truly had no idea what was coming and I relished every word. Back to the epilogue...probably my favorite part of the book (except when Ron came back). But then if you know me at all, I'm all about the happy endings, the silver linings and happily ever afters. I love that Harry named his children after the people he loved the most and that one of his sons was named Albus Severus.
Okay, getting a little teary-eyed...gotta close now.

Toodles