The Chronicles of John Trammell

     This past weekend, I had traveled up to Sacramento, UC Davis, and the Yuba City area.   Originally I had a Technology Leadership Team meeting at the State 4-H Office.  Later, I added to the trip, and I was hanging out with my girl friend, Sarah, after the meeting for about 36 hours or so before I had to head back home.  This is the blog post of this past weekend.      The morning started with my phone alarm waking me up at 4:30am.  I figured I would ignore the first alarm, so I set two others.  Out of surprise, I woke up at got out of bed with the first alarm.  The night before I went to sleep at 12:30am, so I figured I would be super tired.  I ate a bowl of cereal, took a shower, and finished packing.  I was out of the door by 5:30am.  I got to Ontario Airport at 6:00.  Because money was tight, I parked in the $9.00 a day parking lot that was east of the Southwest Terminal, which isn't bad sinc...

     Over the past couple of weeks, I have been getting questions about Sarah and I, and about how we met.  Our story from when we met till now is a little long, and covers over a 9 year period.  My memory has a basic knowledge of the events that has occurred, but many of the details have been lost over time.  Lets start from the beginning.       In October of 2001, I attended a San Bernardino County 4-H Leadership Day/Officer Training.  While at this training, I had learned of a state wide conference that took place in June, where you go up to Sacramento for 5 days to learn about our State Government, meet your representatives, and do a community service project in our local area.  I talked to my parents and they allowed me to sign up.  On Friday, June 14, 2002, myself and 7 other youth, my dad, and another leader, flew up to Sacramento for this conference, which is called California Focus.  The conference be...