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Nicole and I just finished a wonderful weekend in Surf City, also known as Huntington Beach, California.

It's probably my last beach weekend, especially if we are going to be fortunate enough to leave for Georgia at the end of October. Huntington Beach has always been my favorite, ever since I lived six miles up Beach Blvd. from Surf City when I first came to California.

I made a little more progress in my quest to learn to surf, but suffered a major setback when I didn't do a good enough job of fastening my board to the top of my car for the trip home. Let's just suffice it to say the surfing lessons I'm hoping to take later this month will have to be with a rented board.

I let that ruin my mood for a few hours, which shows what a jerk I can be sometimes.

But I decided it was still a wonderful weekend, and that being happy is really only a decision.

If you choose to be happy, you ought to be.

I choose to be happy.

After all, I just spent three pretty nice days with the woman I love.