Hi friends! I hope that everybody had an awesome week. It was nice to have an extra day to my weekend for Labor Day, but I was actually excited to get back to class on Tuesday. Oh, how times have changed since the last time that I was in grad school!

I've shared about 400 photos of my wedding on Facebook, but I still haven't done anything with my honeymoon photos all of this time later. It's crazy to think that we were there one month ago!

After the wedding, we had an afterparty that went until 2 in the morning at the hotel since we all had to be off the winery's property by 11. The next morning, we had a nice brunch for all of our guests. Then, we hired a giant bus to take the bulk of us back to San Francisco. 

We all went to dinner at Ti Piacera on that Friday night in San Francisco. It's a small Italian restaurant close to Nob Hill that has outstanding food. Our party took over the majority of the place, and we had so much fun. I took pictures with every single person at the dinner, but I decided to only post one for the sanity of everybody else. I love this photo below, because it has two members of my new family in it. 

After that, the night owls and the young people went back to the Top of the Mark at the Intercontinental Mark Hopkins since most of us were staying there. There was a really fun band there that was playing a lot of today's hits, so we were on the dance floor for a lot of the night. I drank enough wine at dinner so that I didn't need to drink anymore but still danced like crazy without caring. I was having the time of my life until I had to say goodnight to my brother and sister in-law, who were leaving the next morning for Vegas. In true tipsy-Jenny fashion, I started hysterically crying and couldn't calm down until Al brought me to bed. Besides that, it was a fantastic night!

Al and I stayed in San Fran for one more day. There were still a lot of people around. We walked around a lot on Saturday and met up with some of our friends in Pacific Heights. Then we went to dinner with just the family, and we left the next morning for the rest of our honeymoon. As expected, there was some crying when I had to say goodbye to the rest of the Aussies.

Our destination was Cabo, and it took us no time at all to get there from San Francisco. We were supposed to stop over in LA, but they bumped us over to a nonstop flight with exit-row seats! There were only two seats in our row, and the people sitting across from us were also honeymooners. We had a great three-hour flight, and they gave me a free cocktail too. Thank you for the free gin and tonic and exit row seats, Alaska Airways!

We arrived there quickly, and it took us about an hour to get there from the airport to the resort. Our travel agent arranged a shuttle for us, and the ride went by very fast since it was beautiful about 20 minutes into it. The road was lined with stunning resorts and coastlines. We drove through Cabo San Lucas too, which made me very excited to explore it. Our resort was about 5 minutes from town, and the majority of it was going down the driveway. The driveway consisted of two guarded checkpoints and wound down the side of a mountain that finally ended at our resort at the bottom. From there, I knew I was going to have a great time. 

Our resort was called Pueblo Bonito Pacifica and was adults-only and all-inclusive. Like all of our other hotels, we found champagne in our room. Unlike the other places, they have us fresh fruit!

The mini fridge was always stocked with cold bottled water, beer, and pop. There was also 24-hour room service to use at our disposal. 

The view from our balcony was this:

Our room was always quiet and dark if we shut all of the blinds. We could sleep as late as we wanted. We also met some wonderful people at our resort, like our friends Meredith and Rob. 

There was a free shuttle that took us to Pueblo Bonito Rose every hour, and that was right on the beach and a very quick stroll to town. We couldn't swim at the beach at our own resort, but we could go to two of the other Pueblo Bonito properties (Rose being one of them) on the beach and use their facilities at no additional charge. Our all-inclusive plan also allowed us to use the bar and some of the restaurants. 

The beach was beautiful!

I liked the Roman theme of the Rose resort, but I am so glad that we didn't stay there. The pool was crazy, and there were children running around everywhere. It would not have been a quiet vacation for us. 

Our pool, below, was a lot less crazy. There were always people hanging out by the bar and everybody was chatty and friendly, so it was a great way to meet people. Over the week, I drank a lot of sugary drinks from that bar. 

One of our favorite restaurants was the sushi restaurant, and there was a little cat named Oreo who hung out around there. We caved in and gave him food a few times. We learned that a lot of people do that!

On one of our last days, we went into town and walked along the harbor. 

We ended up back on the beach by the Rose resort and decided to eat lunch at The Office. This was our only meal that we ate outside of our all-inclusive plan, but it was worth it. Apparently, you can't go to Cabo without eating here. They have incredibly fresh and delicious seafood, but it's also not expensive. 

Everybody eats outside, but the umbrellas are so closely placed together that it seems like a ceiling. 

It was still very hot, so they gave us spray bottles in a bucket filled with ice water in case we needed to cool down. 

I asked our waiter what specials they had, and he brought out this plate below. Crazy! I pointed to the fillet on the right and the shrimp at the top. 

My fish and shrimp were prepared perfectly. I'm not usually one to order shrimp, but I almost ate all of them. The butter sauce they used was divine. I enjoyed everything. Al got tacos, and he was very happy with his dish too. 

At our hotel, almost all of the food was perfect! I was very surprised. Some of my favorites included the salmon ravioli appetizer, 

the Latin-inspired seabass with risotto,  

and the chocolate fettuccine appetizer. I don't know what the heck they put in it, but it's amazing. We ordered it twice while we were there. I also got black risotto with squid and coconut cream, but I didn't get a picture of that. That was absolutely, positively outstanding.  

The fancy restaurant, Siempre, always gave us that orange and green oil for dipping our bread. It didn't have much flavor to it, but it was still fun-looking. 

One of the last days, a pelican flew into our pool and would not leave. 

It just dove into the water and swam around as if it didn't have a care in the world. Eventually, one of the resort staff members was able to corner it with a pool towel, swooped it up in the towel, and carried it carefully but quickly back to the beach before releasing it back into the wild. 

It happened two more times that day, and more times a few days after that. It must be a common occurrence at the Pueblo Bonito Pacifica. 

We were very sad to leave. One of my favorite things to do was to walk around the property and look at the views. There was beauty everywhere. Below was the rock garden that we could see from the hallway outside of our room. 

This, below, was the view from our stairwell. 

We could see Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach, another stunning PB property, from the pool. The resort is nestled into the side of the mountain that we drive down from the main road. You can see some of the five-minute-long driveway in the picture. 

The lobby was remarkable, and it smelled of lavender. They sell the spray in their spa, and I almost thought about buying it. 

Even the outside of the lobby was photo-worthy. 

It was a fantastic honeymoon. We needed it so badly! We're married now, but we're still living in separate countries. We knew that this would happen for a while, so we were grateful to get away from a week with only the two of us. This is one of the reasons that we decided to register for our honeymoon instead of for gifts. 

Thank you to EVERYBODY who made our honeymoon happen!

I can't believe that I'm done with my first week of grad school. Luckily enough, I love it. The people in my program seem so nice (there are only 18 in my specific track, but there are still lots of other nice nutrition majors that we take classes with who are either going for their bachelor's degree or doing another masters program without an internship), and the classes haven't gotten the best of me yet. We'll see how it goes once they pick up speed. The good thing is that while some of my courses are all exam-based, others are all homework, presentations, and papers. I'm happy about this mix. 

Today, I want to share my favorite new breakfast recipe with you. As usual, I found it on Tina's website Carrots 'N' Cake. This two-ingredient pancake is very easy to make and only requires one banana and one to two eggs!

To make it, mash together a banana and an egg in a bowl. I usually use two eggs, because we buy very large bananas. You need enough cement to hold everything together once you cook it. I also cheat and add a half scoop of chocolate whey protein powder. The recipe only calls for two ingredients, but you can still add other tasty things to it. 

Once everything is mixed together, empty the batter into the pan. 

You need to be patient here and really let the bottom cook before you flip it. The first few times I made this, it all fell apart. Use low heat and give it time to work its magic. 

I've been eating my pancake with a scoop of natural peanut butter and Chobani black cherry Greek yogurt. It's a fantastic combo.

 I highly recommend this for breakfast if you want something that's low carb and tasty and easy to make!