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 since it is a short 5 minute walk from the terminal.  Normally, I don't print my

     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 begins with an opening ceremony, and part of this opening ceremony is the pa