I'm sure I have written this before; birthdays in my family are kind of a month long celebration. This is largely due to the fact that my mom likes to use birthdays as an excuse for various fun activities. If it's within your birth month, or within a week or two after your birthday, it gets counted as "for your birthday!". I had my family party on Father's Day, celebrated with Raelene at Red Robin on Tuesday, had birthday cupcakes at homegroup on Wednesday, and then a crazy weekend!
Tad's cousin Julianna came down from Modesto for the weekend. About a month ago she acquired tickets to Legoland, and Tad suggested that we go for my birthday. She arrived Thursday evening while I was at Bible study. Upon arriving home, they announced that we were going shopping to get Julianna a bathing suit so we could hit the waterpark at Legoland.. Somehow this took until about 11:00 pm
Friday we got a pretty early start for not all being morning people and dropped Valencia off for her "puppy play date" as we called it. Legoland does not allow service dogs on any rides, so I asked my co-worker Andrea if she could watch V for the day. Andrea happily agreed. Valencia had a wonderful day palying with Andrea's mini poodle and corgie.
We had a fantastic day at the park. The crowd was decent for a summer day, and the weather was perfect. We did several walk through attractions (including "Adventurer's Club", which I remembered from when we were pass holders) and hit several of the rides. We were able to secure an exit pass, which made things much easier. We went on all 3 roller coasters, the Buzz Lightyear-type ride, and Fairy Tale Brook. We also traversed all of miniland and I think just about every gift shop.
My favorite part of the day was the waterpark. We hit two slides. On one slide we had an extra passenger on our ride, a little boy whose mom asked if he could ride with us. He was adorable. We spent the rest of the time in the lazy river, made more interesting by Julianna and Tad trying to pelt each other with the giant lego bricks. The day flew by, helped by the fact that the park closes at 6:00. We picked Valencia up, dropped our wet clothes off at the house, and had dinner at Outback. It was a delightfully enjoyable birthday.
We all slept in on Saturday and spent a leisurely day tidying up the house and preparing for game night. Several people canceled, making a small, but fun evening. Since there were only 9 of us, we were all able to play one game. We played a lengthy Logos game, and then half a game of Zero. Steve spent the night and went to church with us Sunday, after dropping Julianna off at the train station and grabbing a waffle taco for breakfast.
It was a long weekend, but a fun one. I feel very loved and celebrated :)
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Saturday, June 11, 2011
More Bridal Fun
Last weekend was my second in a row jam packed with wedding related fun. On Saturday, I had my San Diego bridal shower, and on Sunday, my parents, Tad, and I went to my friend Christine's wedding. Here are some highlights from both!
My shower was a lot of fun. It was quite different from the Biola one in that there were about 3 times as many people, we had it in our house, and it was mostly relatives and family friends rather than college friends. The party planning was a team effort by Raelene (my maid of honor), my mom's friend Kathy (who did much of the cooking), my mom's friend Diana, and my mom.
The theme was "Around the Clock", which turned out to be a lot of fun. Each guest was given a time of day on their invitation and asked to bring a gift that would be used during that time. For example, for the morning times I received a toaster and a waffle maker. For the afternoon times: a popcorn popper with a movie and penguin hot chocolate mugs. For the evening, candles and our ceramic toothbrush and tissue box holders.
The party was fairly laid back, as most parties with that many people have to be. We enjoyed delicious afternoon tea foods including scones, fresh fruit, sandwiches, and a lemon cream dessert. My mom and I had planned the games together. We did a memory game with different kitchen items on an apron that I wore and walked around the room. We also had put together a "How well do you know Lindsey?" activity. Mom and I brainstormed a list of 20 questions about me: everything from "How old is she?" to "What's her favorite Disney princess?". The night before, we asked Tad the questions and wrote down his answers. That made giving the answers more fun at the party because we could read Tad's response. Krista got the most right with 13/20. Raelene was a close second with 12/20. Both beat Tad who got 10/20.
The final activity we had planned was the first kiss game. People wrote down a couple things about what made their first kiss memorable on an index card. Volunteers read the cards and I had to pick the "most romantic" one. The rest of the time was spent visiting with my guests. It was a very nice party.
Our party continued on Sunday with Christine (Elizabeth, as she goes by now) and Eric's wedding. The weather was pretty much perfect for a June wedding: sunny but not too hot. It was held at Los Willows in Fallbrook. Los Willows is a property basically designed for hosting weddings. There is a beautiful lake next to a big sloping lawn with a gazebo, a bar area with belly tables, several other buildings for getting ready, and a semi-permanent tent.
Tad, my parents, and I arrived quite a bit early and enjoyed exploring the grounds a it before the other guests arrived. There was some mingling time beforehand to sign the guestbook and enjoy a glass of lemonade. It was a beautiful ceremony. True to her personality and interests, Christine arrived in a boat, accompanied by opera music. A unique touch that I haven't seen at a wedding before was a foot washing that she and Eric did.
The party that followed was also quite beautiful. We sampled many delicious appetizers during the cocktail hour and enjoyed their signature drink "Honey I Do", a blue mai tai. Tad and I got to chat quite a bit with Elizabeth and Matthew too which was nice. The dinner reception was quite fun. We sat with my parents and four mutual friends between my mom and Christine's mom.
Tad and I used the dancing time to practice a bit for our upcoming day. We've decided we still need a bit more practice ;) haha. All in all it was a great afternoon and evening. Christine and Eric looked very happy and we're happy for them starting their new lives. My thought now is "The next wedding I attend will be my own!", a very exciting thought :)
My shower was a lot of fun. It was quite different from the Biola one in that there were about 3 times as many people, we had it in our house, and it was mostly relatives and family friends rather than college friends. The party planning was a team effort by Raelene (my maid of honor), my mom's friend Kathy (who did much of the cooking), my mom's friend Diana, and my mom.
The theme was "Around the Clock", which turned out to be a lot of fun. Each guest was given a time of day on their invitation and asked to bring a gift that would be used during that time. For example, for the morning times I received a toaster and a waffle maker. For the afternoon times: a popcorn popper with a movie and penguin hot chocolate mugs. For the evening, candles and our ceramic toothbrush and tissue box holders.
The party was fairly laid back, as most parties with that many people have to be. We enjoyed delicious afternoon tea foods including scones, fresh fruit, sandwiches, and a lemon cream dessert. My mom and I had planned the games together. We did a memory game with different kitchen items on an apron that I wore and walked around the room. We also had put together a "How well do you know Lindsey?" activity. Mom and I brainstormed a list of 20 questions about me: everything from "How old is she?" to "What's her favorite Disney princess?". The night before, we asked Tad the questions and wrote down his answers. That made giving the answers more fun at the party because we could read Tad's response. Krista got the most right with 13/20. Raelene was a close second with 12/20. Both beat Tad who got 10/20.
The final activity we had planned was the first kiss game. People wrote down a couple things about what made their first kiss memorable on an index card. Volunteers read the cards and I had to pick the "most romantic" one. The rest of the time was spent visiting with my guests. It was a very nice party.
Our party continued on Sunday with Christine (Elizabeth, as she goes by now) and Eric's wedding. The weather was pretty much perfect for a June wedding: sunny but not too hot. It was held at Los Willows in Fallbrook. Los Willows is a property basically designed for hosting weddings. There is a beautiful lake next to a big sloping lawn with a gazebo, a bar area with belly tables, several other buildings for getting ready, and a semi-permanent tent.
Tad, my parents, and I arrived quite a bit early and enjoyed exploring the grounds a it before the other guests arrived. There was some mingling time beforehand to sign the guestbook and enjoy a glass of lemonade. It was a beautiful ceremony. True to her personality and interests, Christine arrived in a boat, accompanied by opera music. A unique touch that I haven't seen at a wedding before was a foot washing that she and Eric did.
The party that followed was also quite beautiful. We sampled many delicious appetizers during the cocktail hour and enjoyed their signature drink "Honey I Do", a blue mai tai. Tad and I got to chat quite a bit with Elizabeth and Matthew too which was nice. The dinner reception was quite fun. We sat with my parents and four mutual friends between my mom and Christine's mom.
Tad and I used the dancing time to practice a bit for our upcoming day. We've decided we still need a bit more practice ;) haha. All in all it was a great afternoon and evening. Christine and Eric looked very happy and we're happy for them starting their new lives. My thought now is "The next wedding I attend will be my own!", a very exciting thought :)
Monday, May 30, 2011
Bridal Weekend
I kicked off my summer with a weekend up in LA/OC for a couple great parties and some fun time hanging out with friends.
I rode the train up to Fullerton Saturday morning for Anja's bridal shower. She and her mom were really sweet and picked me up from the station. Her shower was at the home of a long time family friend in Placentia. The party theme was Backyard Beach Bridal Brunch, and they had really cute decorations (abilone shells, a wading pool with sand and beach toys, signs for how far it is to Tahiti, Cancun, etc), a smoothie bar, and delicious breakfast food. It was mostly friends of her mom who she had known growing up, plus a few high school friends. We chatted and ate and then got to the activities. The host's gift fr Anja was a candle rock garden, and her idea was for the rocks to have words on them that described Anaja's or James's character. We each picked a rock and then explained the word we wrote. I wrote "true friend". The other activity was similar; there were scrapbook pages with words that describe things necessary for marriage. We were to pick one of two and write a piece of advice or a scripture reference, and then Anja read them. Since it is one I struggle with myself, I picked patience :). And, of course, to finish off the party, Anja opened her gifts.
Krista picked me up from the party. We had made plans to hang out with Diana for the afternoon at the Lakewood mall. Diana ended up having a bit of car trouble (her car needs new brake cables and her mom's was low on gas), so while we waited for her, Krista and I looked at the bragain bookstore for books to use for therapy. There were quite a few Christmas books. I picked out three: Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, and 1, 2, 3 with Pooh. Krista picked out quite a few, including several that would be great for artic. We read them over dinner, and they ended up being hilarious. All 4 involve a child (named "Little C" or "Little L") collecting items in a box. Little C visits a candy castle with a clown who tells her to come in because he has candy canes and cookies and cake for his birthday party. Little L goes to a lighthouse where he finds a little lion who licks him and sits on his lap.
Once Diana arrived, we finishe dup our purhcases and grabbed a snack from the foodcourt. We chattd about TV shows, programs, music, and boys. Krista and I had talked to Becky about doing dinner together, so while we hung out in Forever 21 while we waited to hear from her. I missed getting to meet her new boyfriend David because he had to get ready for a performance and Krista and I were driving from Lakewood to La Habra. We ate at Corner Bakery. All three of us got bread bowls (Becky got broccoli cheese, I got tomato basil, and Krista got baked potato) and shared maple pecan bars. After Krista and I had been there for about 45 minutes, Diana arrived with a friend of hers from high school. It was a little awkward, but ok. The three of us excused ourselves after another half hour to go back to Becky's townhouse. We enjoyed leftover cookies from Becky's recital and hit the jacuzzi to relax. Krista hung out for a bit longer, and we sat in Becky's room chatting. Normally when I stay over at Becky's I sleep on the couch. But her roommate Melissa was gone for the weekend, and Becky just bought a new bed. So instead of the couch, I slept on a mattress on the floor in Becky's room. It had a very fun sleepover feel to it.
Sunday morning Becky and I had enough time before church for a Starbucks run. Upon her recommendation I tried a cinnamon dulce latte. It was delicious! The service at Grace was really nice. They're just starting a series on prayer for the summer, and it was a great message for me to hear. I think I'm going to share it with Tad so we can talk about it together. Careen and Emily Zeh happened to both be visiting for the weekend and spent some time chatting with us after the service. Becky, Krista, and I had lunch at Wendy's, got a couple grocery items Krista needed for a potluck, and browsed in Hallmark looking for a little gift for Christine's bachelorette party. By the time we were finished with all that, it was time to get ready for the party. Becky and I got an extra adventure on the drive there because we ended up driving 30 miles too far. Oops, haha. We ended up making it just fine and had a nice time.
The party was at a place called RA Sushi: a very trendy sushi restaurant/bar. We had 7 girls: Christine and 4 of her bridesmaids plus Becky and me. Becky and I each got a "Blushing Geisha", lemonade with raspberry vodka. It was quite tasty and light on the alcohol. I got a Tootsy Maki roll: basically a California roll with shrimp and eel sauce added. Yum! It was a fun experience for my first ever bachelorette party :)
Becky and I got back to her place before 9 and had icecream and cookies with plum berry black tea. We finished off our evening by watching an episode of Body of Proof.
I had a really great time seeing a few of my close friends, celebrating a couple great girls, and being able to relax. I realized that this was probably the first weekend I had spent up there where I wasn't perpetually running around trying to meet up with as many people as possible. What a nice change! =)
I rode the train up to Fullerton Saturday morning for Anja's bridal shower. She and her mom were really sweet and picked me up from the station. Her shower was at the home of a long time family friend in Placentia. The party theme was Backyard Beach Bridal Brunch, and they had really cute decorations (abilone shells, a wading pool with sand and beach toys, signs for how far it is to Tahiti, Cancun, etc), a smoothie bar, and delicious breakfast food. It was mostly friends of her mom who she had known growing up, plus a few high school friends. We chatted and ate and then got to the activities. The host's gift fr Anja was a candle rock garden, and her idea was for the rocks to have words on them that described Anaja's or James's character. We each picked a rock and then explained the word we wrote. I wrote "true friend". The other activity was similar; there were scrapbook pages with words that describe things necessary for marriage. We were to pick one of two and write a piece of advice or a scripture reference, and then Anja read them. Since it is one I struggle with myself, I picked patience :). And, of course, to finish off the party, Anja opened her gifts.
Krista picked me up from the party. We had made plans to hang out with Diana for the afternoon at the Lakewood mall. Diana ended up having a bit of car trouble (her car needs new brake cables and her mom's was low on gas), so while we waited for her, Krista and I looked at the bragain bookstore for books to use for therapy. There were quite a few Christmas books. I picked out three: Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, and 1, 2, 3 with Pooh. Krista picked out quite a few, including several that would be great for artic. We read them over dinner, and they ended up being hilarious. All 4 involve a child (named "Little C" or "Little L") collecting items in a box. Little C visits a candy castle with a clown who tells her to come in because he has candy canes and cookies and cake for his birthday party. Little L goes to a lighthouse where he finds a little lion who licks him and sits on his lap.
Once Diana arrived, we finishe dup our purhcases and grabbed a snack from the foodcourt. We chattd about TV shows, programs, music, and boys. Krista and I had talked to Becky about doing dinner together, so while we hung out in Forever 21 while we waited to hear from her. I missed getting to meet her new boyfriend David because he had to get ready for a performance and Krista and I were driving from Lakewood to La Habra. We ate at Corner Bakery. All three of us got bread bowls (Becky got broccoli cheese, I got tomato basil, and Krista got baked potato) and shared maple pecan bars. After Krista and I had been there for about 45 minutes, Diana arrived with a friend of hers from high school. It was a little awkward, but ok. The three of us excused ourselves after another half hour to go back to Becky's townhouse. We enjoyed leftover cookies from Becky's recital and hit the jacuzzi to relax. Krista hung out for a bit longer, and we sat in Becky's room chatting. Normally when I stay over at Becky's I sleep on the couch. But her roommate Melissa was gone for the weekend, and Becky just bought a new bed. So instead of the couch, I slept on a mattress on the floor in Becky's room. It had a very fun sleepover feel to it.
Sunday morning Becky and I had enough time before church for a Starbucks run. Upon her recommendation I tried a cinnamon dulce latte. It was delicious! The service at Grace was really nice. They're just starting a series on prayer for the summer, and it was a great message for me to hear. I think I'm going to share it with Tad so we can talk about it together. Careen and Emily Zeh happened to both be visiting for the weekend and spent some time chatting with us after the service. Becky, Krista, and I had lunch at Wendy's, got a couple grocery items Krista needed for a potluck, and browsed in Hallmark looking for a little gift for Christine's bachelorette party. By the time we were finished with all that, it was time to get ready for the party. Becky and I got an extra adventure on the drive there because we ended up driving 30 miles too far. Oops, haha. We ended up making it just fine and had a nice time.
The party was at a place called RA Sushi: a very trendy sushi restaurant/bar. We had 7 girls: Christine and 4 of her bridesmaids plus Becky and me. Becky and I each got a "Blushing Geisha", lemonade with raspberry vodka. It was quite tasty and light on the alcohol. I got a Tootsy Maki roll: basically a California roll with shrimp and eel sauce added. Yum! It was a fun experience for my first ever bachelorette party :)
Becky and I got back to her place before 9 and had icecream and cookies with plum berry black tea. We finished off our evening by watching an episode of Body of Proof.
I had a really great time seeing a few of my close friends, celebrating a couple great girls, and being able to relax. I realized that this was probably the first weekend I had spent up there where I wasn't perpetually running around trying to meet up with as many people as possible. What a nice change! =)
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Biola Trip Fall 2010
Biola Visit Fall 2010
I was last at Biola in June when I celebrated mine and Becky's birthdays and went to the BYT Cats performance. It was high time to see my friends again!
Thanksto my schedule this semester, I was able to leave right away Friday morning. Tad dropped me off on his way to work at the Old Town trolley station. I caught the blue line to Santa Fe Depot where I purchased my ticket, and hopped on the train. The ride was uneventful. I sat across from an older couple who were on their way home from a cruise. I arrived in Santa Ana (the only station between SD and LA at which I had not been) and met Becky. We grabbed Krista at her place and got lunch at KFC. Quote of the day: Me "Becky, I thought you wore size 8 shoes." Kirsta "I wish I had 8 feet."
After lunch we went to a special shoe store for people with small feet to see if Krista could find some new dress sheos. Unfortunatley she didn't find any that worked. From there Krista went back to prepare for her birthday party, and Becky and I headed up to the Biola area. We had been planning on helping Krista get ready, but Becky's car needed to get taken in to the shop. She dropped me off at Biola and went to the auto repair place.
I arrived about 45 minutes before the Winds rehearsal ended, so first I got tickets for the Winds concert. I got cash from the ATM in teh SUB and decided to see if any of my Comm Dis profs were around. In McNally I ran into our secretary Marty, who was watching an ultimate frisbee game in which Dr. Corey was playing, and she informed me that Matt would have been around had he not had a family emergency that day.
I wrote a quick note tot he profs (which I left in the assignment drop box) and headed back across campus to the music building. I got back in time to hear a bit of the rehearsal and then surprise everybody. I hung out and chatted with people for a while and then Amanda suggested we get boba. She and I got to do some catching up about life and boyfriends, and Becky joined us once her car repairs were done.
Around 4:00 we bid farewell to Amanda, went back to Becky's place so she could change, picked up Jennifer from Hart, and picked up Justine from her house in Cypress. The 4 of us, though running late, managed to make it to Rainforest Cafe at Downtown Disney just in time to be seated. We were shortly by Raeleen, Emily, and Melissa. It was a fun dinner. Neither Krista nor I had ever been to Rainforest Cafe. Jennifer and I shared cocnut shrimp for dinner, and we all shared a bit of Krista's icecream sundae.
Becky, Melissa, and Raeleen had to leave to do other things from there, but the rest of us went back to Krista's house for games and goodies. Tia and Diana met us there. We played a game called "The Gam eof Things" which was really fun. There's a category like "Thing syou shouldn't do at the circus." Everyone write ssomething, and then you try to guess who said what. While playing we enjoyed mini caramel apples, frozen yogurt and nilla wafers sandwiches, jelly beans, and choclate. Yum!
We finished the game, and then it was time for cake! Funny story about the cake, the bakery had mispelled Krista's name, and gotten her age wrong. By the time we got back to her house it had been fixed though. It was delicious, Tollhouse chocolate chip with lots of purple frosting. Tia, Emily, and Diana said their goodbyes after cake, at which point the remaining 4 of us watched The Proposal. Overall a good movie, though some annoying assumptions about relationships.
Becky arrived close to the end of the movie to take Justine, Jen and me home. Becky and I got back to her place around 2:20 and crashed.
We were up bright and early Saturday (around 9:00) to go to the Vandoren Clarinet Festival at UCLA. Becky was performing in the afternoon with the LA Clarinet Choir. Another of the choir members had offered to drive both of us. At the festival we went to a couple seminars (one on the history of Buffet and Vandoren and one on being a studio clarinet player), did some shopping (I brought cigarette paper, which is for unsticking pads, and a piece by Ralph Vaughn Williams, a favorite composer of mine), and sat in on some performances. I really enjoyed getting to be nerdy and spend the day doing clarinety things with Becky.
Becky and I got back to her place with an hour before we needed to be at Biola for the Winds concert. We lounged around, eating rice krispee treats and discussing the menu for her graduate recital reception.
The Winds concert was great, as usual. The theme for the semester was "Traditional meets Contemporary". Each piece was matched with another, one old and one new, but with similar themes of motifs. Really cool idea. As per usual, we promptly drove over to the Fellers' for the after party. The food was the traditional Thanksgiving wraps and apple and pumpkin pie.
After two very full days and not enough sleep Friday night, Becky and I crashed at her place. The time change helped us get a little extra sleep, in addition to going to the 11:00 service at church. The funny thing, was we ended up 45 minutes late. Becky lost track of time while getting ready, so we headed out a little late anyway. Then I discovered I had forgotten my glasses (I had thought they were in my purse). We turned around for my glasses and went to get gas, since Becky's tank was on empty and we were late anyway. At the gas station Becky discovered she didn't have her wallet. Back to her place we went again. As we were returning for the wallet I realized I didn't have my phone. Upon acquiring both of these items, we went back to the gas station, and then to church.
Even funnier, after the service Krista found us, and told us she had only been there for 30 minutes. When she arrived at church, she thought she was on time, but was somehow an hour late. Still puzzling, we went to a pizza place called Gondola's for lunch and shared a BBQ chicken pizza and a canolie. The girls dorpped me off at the train station with just enough time to catch my train home.
I was last at Biola in June when I celebrated mine and Becky's birthdays and went to the BYT Cats performance. It was high time to see my friends again!
Thanksto my schedule this semester, I was able to leave right away Friday morning. Tad dropped me off on his way to work at the Old Town trolley station. I caught the blue line to Santa Fe Depot where I purchased my ticket, and hopped on the train. The ride was uneventful. I sat across from an older couple who were on their way home from a cruise. I arrived in Santa Ana (the only station between SD and LA at which I had not been) and met Becky. We grabbed Krista at her place and got lunch at KFC. Quote of the day: Me "Becky, I thought you wore size 8 shoes." Kirsta "I wish I had 8 feet."
After lunch we went to a special shoe store for people with small feet to see if Krista could find some new dress sheos. Unfortunatley she didn't find any that worked. From there Krista went back to prepare for her birthday party, and Becky and I headed up to the Biola area. We had been planning on helping Krista get ready, but Becky's car needed to get taken in to the shop. She dropped me off at Biola and went to the auto repair place.
I arrived about 45 minutes before the Winds rehearsal ended, so first I got tickets for the Winds concert. I got cash from the ATM in teh SUB and decided to see if any of my Comm Dis profs were around. In McNally I ran into our secretary Marty, who was watching an ultimate frisbee game in which Dr. Corey was playing, and she informed me that Matt would have been around had he not had a family emergency that day.
I wrote a quick note tot he profs (which I left in the assignment drop box) and headed back across campus to the music building. I got back in time to hear a bit of the rehearsal and then surprise everybody. I hung out and chatted with people for a while and then Amanda suggested we get boba. She and I got to do some catching up about life and boyfriends, and Becky joined us once her car repairs were done.
Around 4:00 we bid farewell to Amanda, went back to Becky's place so she could change, picked up Jennifer from Hart, and picked up Justine from her house in Cypress. The 4 of us, though running late, managed to make it to Rainforest Cafe at Downtown Disney just in time to be seated. We were shortly by Raeleen, Emily, and Melissa. It was a fun dinner. Neither Krista nor I had ever been to Rainforest Cafe. Jennifer and I shared cocnut shrimp for dinner, and we all shared a bit of Krista's icecream sundae.
Becky, Melissa, and Raeleen had to leave to do other things from there, but the rest of us went back to Krista's house for games and goodies. Tia and Diana met us there. We played a game called "The Gam eof Things" which was really fun. There's a category like "Thing syou shouldn't do at the circus." Everyone write ssomething, and then you try to guess who said what. While playing we enjoyed mini caramel apples, frozen yogurt and nilla wafers sandwiches, jelly beans, and choclate. Yum!
We finished the game, and then it was time for cake! Funny story about the cake, the bakery had mispelled Krista's name, and gotten her age wrong. By the time we got back to her house it had been fixed though. It was delicious, Tollhouse chocolate chip with lots of purple frosting. Tia, Emily, and Diana said their goodbyes after cake, at which point the remaining 4 of us watched The Proposal. Overall a good movie, though some annoying assumptions about relationships.
Becky arrived close to the end of the movie to take Justine, Jen and me home. Becky and I got back to her place around 2:20 and crashed.
We were up bright and early Saturday (around 9:00) to go to the Vandoren Clarinet Festival at UCLA. Becky was performing in the afternoon with the LA Clarinet Choir. Another of the choir members had offered to drive both of us. At the festival we went to a couple seminars (one on the history of Buffet and Vandoren and one on being a studio clarinet player), did some shopping (I brought cigarette paper, which is for unsticking pads, and a piece by Ralph Vaughn Williams, a favorite composer of mine), and sat in on some performances. I really enjoyed getting to be nerdy and spend the day doing clarinety things with Becky.
Becky and I got back to her place with an hour before we needed to be at Biola for the Winds concert. We lounged around, eating rice krispee treats and discussing the menu for her graduate recital reception.
The Winds concert was great, as usual. The theme for the semester was "Traditional meets Contemporary". Each piece was matched with another, one old and one new, but with similar themes of motifs. Really cool idea. As per usual, we promptly drove over to the Fellers' for the after party. The food was the traditional Thanksgiving wraps and apple and pumpkin pie.
After two very full days and not enough sleep Friday night, Becky and I crashed at her place. The time change helped us get a little extra sleep, in addition to going to the 11:00 service at church. The funny thing, was we ended up 45 minutes late. Becky lost track of time while getting ready, so we headed out a little late anyway. Then I discovered I had forgotten my glasses (I had thought they were in my purse). We turned around for my glasses and went to get gas, since Becky's tank was on empty and we were late anyway. At the gas station Becky discovered she didn't have her wallet. Back to her place we went again. As we were returning for the wallet I realized I didn't have my phone. Upon acquiring both of these items, we went back to the gas station, and then to church.
Even funnier, after the service Krista found us, and told us she had only been there for 30 minutes. When she arrived at church, she thought she was on time, but was somehow an hour late. Still puzzling, we went to a pizza place called Gondola's for lunch and shared a BBQ chicken pizza and a canolie. The girls dorpped me off at the train station with just enough time to catch my train home.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Tad's Birthday
Yet another special occasion this year that Tad and I got to spend together, was his birthday. The only other time we've been together on his birthday was when I visited him for the first time. It was our two month anniversary and we hadn't seen each other in nearly 4 months. That day was fun. We went to church, and then on our first official date. We did mini golfing with another couple. Ironically, that first birthday of his we were together, was the day Valencia was born. :)
Her 4th birthday started with her heartguard meat chewy (which she loves) and a frozen peanut butter kong (which she also loves). We got ready and went over to Tad's place where he surprised her with a new squeaky toy. It's a raccoon with six squeakers in it. While she was enjoying getting to know her new toy, I surprised Tad with 3 of the Glee soundtracks. We hung out for a while listening to the music and then set out for his birthday lunch.
Tad picked Fudrucker's for his birthday lunch. We each got a burger (I got bacon, bleu cheese, and mushrooms, yum!) and shared fries and a drink. It was funny, there was another service dog there when we got there. After lunch we ran a number of errands, including picking up a birthday package from the post office. We were both too stuffed from lunch to think about dinner for quite some time. We hung out and played Guitar Hero until hungry enough to eat something.
For dinner we just heated up some cheddar bratwurst and mashed potatoes, but the drinks were fun. The night before we had gone grocery shopping, and Tad picked up a bottle of grenadine and we made Shirley Temples.
Saturday, Tad bought his birthday present to himself: a recurve bow, arrows, and other archery gear. The store we got it from has a shooting range, and we got to do a bit of shooting. We're doing a badge with the Caravans kids on archery, and realized it'd be a fun hobby to have. Upon making our purchase, we promptly headed down to Sushi Diner to meet Raelene for the double (technically triple) birthday celebration.
Sunday, my mom had planned to bring a pie down when they brought Steve back to the dorm, and then decided that a full family dinner would be better. She made a roast, green beans, and potatoes, and we had pumpkin and peach pie for dessert. I think Tad really enjoyed having a family celebration for his day.
And I know I enjoyed getting to celebrate both our birthdays together within the same year, a first for us :)
Her 4th birthday started with her heartguard meat chewy (which she loves) and a frozen peanut butter kong (which she also loves). We got ready and went over to Tad's place where he surprised her with a new squeaky toy. It's a raccoon with six squeakers in it. While she was enjoying getting to know her new toy, I surprised Tad with 3 of the Glee soundtracks. We hung out for a while listening to the music and then set out for his birthday lunch.
Tad picked Fudrucker's for his birthday lunch. We each got a burger (I got bacon, bleu cheese, and mushrooms, yum!) and shared fries and a drink. It was funny, there was another service dog there when we got there. After lunch we ran a number of errands, including picking up a birthday package from the post office. We were both too stuffed from lunch to think about dinner for quite some time. We hung out and played Guitar Hero until hungry enough to eat something.
For dinner we just heated up some cheddar bratwurst and mashed potatoes, but the drinks were fun. The night before we had gone grocery shopping, and Tad picked up a bottle of grenadine and we made Shirley Temples.
Saturday, Tad bought his birthday present to himself: a recurve bow, arrows, and other archery gear. The store we got it from has a shooting range, and we got to do a bit of shooting. We're doing a badge with the Caravans kids on archery, and realized it'd be a fun hobby to have. Upon making our purchase, we promptly headed down to Sushi Diner to meet Raelene for the double (technically triple) birthday celebration.
Sunday, my mom had planned to bring a pie down when they brought Steve back to the dorm, and then decided that a full family dinner would be better. She made a roast, green beans, and potatoes, and we had pumpkin and peach pie for dessert. I think Tad really enjoyed having a family celebration for his day.
And I know I enjoyed getting to celebrate both our birthdays together within the same year, a first for us :)
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Birthday Weekend
Today is my 23rd birthday, and I've had a fun weekend celebrating it.
Thursday I went with the girls to Cheesecake Factory at Fashion Valley. We had to wait quite a while to be seated, but the service was fine after that. My roommates Ana and Anja came, as well as my co-clinician this semester Liz, whose birthday was on the 12th. Also attending were Angel, Erin, Carolyn, Dorothy, and Nicole. Most of the girsl got dinner, I however went straight for dessert. Anjaand I split a slice of Godiva chocolate cheesecake, and a slice of raspberry chocolate truffle cheesecake. Both are extremely delicious.
Friday morning, Raelene picked me up from the condo. We got bagels from Golden Bagel and went to enjoy our brunch at the beach. We didn't stay too long, but it was wonderful to see the ocean! I can't imagine living somewhere not on the coast. After Raelene dropped me off, I had to go to a dentist appointment, and then had a few hours free to do some homework. I got my haircut in the evening, and on our way home, my mom and I picked up burritos from Cotijas for dinner.
After dinner, my parents and I went up to my grandparents for a short visit. My great Aunt Dorothy is in town and staying with them, so we got a chance to catch up with her, and eat zucchini bread.
Saturday morning, Mom and I ran some errands, and picked up things to make my birthday gift for Becky. We worked on that at home after lunchtime. Tad somewhat surprised me with a visit (I knew he was coming, but he didn't tell me when). We played with Valencia int he backyard until he had to go to work. Fairly shortly after he left, we left to go meet the families from my mom's ladie's Bible study for dinner. They had selected Hodad's in Ocean Beach.
This was an interesting cultural experience. OB was the center of drug culture in the 70's, and is still a very hippie place. There were guys up and down the street with petitions to save the whales and such. Hodad's had an interesting surf shop atmosphere. It's decorated with license plates all over the walls. It was a bit dirty, and once the music changed from Van Halen and Journey to screaming heavy gutiar music, it wasn't so enjoyable. But the food wasn't bad. I took a nap when we got home, and then did a bit more homework.
Today we had church in the morning. I relaxed for a couple hours at home until Tad picked me up to go to lunch. My mom was sweet and gave me the lei that my dad had given her for their anniversary to wear. We went to Claim Jumper because I had a coupon for a free entree. We shared chicken fried steak, yum! For dessert, they brought me out a red velvet cupcake with buttercream frosting and sprinkles, and a candle, it was cute :D
Sadly, Tad had to work today, so he came in to say hi to my fam when he dropped me off, and then had o leave. My grandparents and Aunt Dorothy came as did my second cousins Jennifer and Matthew and their little boy Jason. My dad bbqed chicken and we had a lot of fresh yummy summer fruit. The birthday/father's day cake my mom made was my great grandmother's applesauce cake, which is a favorite of mine. We opened cards and presents, and then it was time to go back to the condo.
A very different birthday from last year, but enjoyable. I look forward to year 23 of my life :)
Thursday I went with the girls to Cheesecake Factory at Fashion Valley. We had to wait quite a while to be seated, but the service was fine after that. My roommates Ana and Anja came, as well as my co-clinician this semester Liz, whose birthday was on the 12th. Also attending were Angel, Erin, Carolyn, Dorothy, and Nicole. Most of the girsl got dinner, I however went straight for dessert. Anjaand I split a slice of Godiva chocolate cheesecake, and a slice of raspberry chocolate truffle cheesecake. Both are extremely delicious.
Friday morning, Raelene picked me up from the condo. We got bagels from Golden Bagel and went to enjoy our brunch at the beach. We didn't stay too long, but it was wonderful to see the ocean! I can't imagine living somewhere not on the coast. After Raelene dropped me off, I had to go to a dentist appointment, and then had a few hours free to do some homework. I got my haircut in the evening, and on our way home, my mom and I picked up burritos from Cotijas for dinner.
After dinner, my parents and I went up to my grandparents for a short visit. My great Aunt Dorothy is in town and staying with them, so we got a chance to catch up with her, and eat zucchini bread.
Saturday morning, Mom and I ran some errands, and picked up things to make my birthday gift for Becky. We worked on that at home after lunchtime. Tad somewhat surprised me with a visit (I knew he was coming, but he didn't tell me when). We played with Valencia int he backyard until he had to go to work. Fairly shortly after he left, we left to go meet the families from my mom's ladie's Bible study for dinner. They had selected Hodad's in Ocean Beach.
This was an interesting cultural experience. OB was the center of drug culture in the 70's, and is still a very hippie place. There were guys up and down the street with petitions to save the whales and such. Hodad's had an interesting surf shop atmosphere. It's decorated with license plates all over the walls. It was a bit dirty, and once the music changed from Van Halen and Journey to screaming heavy gutiar music, it wasn't so enjoyable. But the food wasn't bad. I took a nap when we got home, and then did a bit more homework.
Today we had church in the morning. I relaxed for a couple hours at home until Tad picked me up to go to lunch. My mom was sweet and gave me the lei that my dad had given her for their anniversary to wear. We went to Claim Jumper because I had a coupon for a free entree. We shared chicken fried steak, yum! For dessert, they brought me out a red velvet cupcake with buttercream frosting and sprinkles, and a candle, it was cute :D
Sadly, Tad had to work today, so he came in to say hi to my fam when he dropped me off, and then had o leave. My grandparents and Aunt Dorothy came as did my second cousins Jennifer and Matthew and their little boy Jason. My dad bbqed chicken and we had a lot of fresh yummy summer fruit. The birthday/father's day cake my mom made was my great grandmother's applesauce cake, which is a favorite of mine. We opened cards and presents, and then it was time to go back to the condo.
A very different birthday from last year, but enjoyable. I look forward to year 23 of my life :)
Monday, May 31, 2010
Car Trouble
There are times in life where everything is going well and all seems right with the world...and then something happens to shake things up.
Last Friday after a meeting on campus, I went over to Tad's to spend some time hanging out. We played some wii, watched a little anime, and then set off for dinner. I recently signed up for a bunch of birthday club things at restaraunts online (I am prepared for lots of free food in a couple weeks, haha). Joe's Crab Shack sent me a coupon for a free appetizer just for signing up, so Tad and I decided to treat ourselves to that for dinner.
We had a lot of fun. We arrived early enough to beat the Friday night crowd, shared delicious crab jalapeno poppers and mango jalapeno chicken. I even splurged and we shared a virgin mangotini. Tad and I talked abotu fun lighthearted things, and then proceeded down to Tad's car to get groceries and then call it a night.
To our surprise and dismay, nothing happened when Tad put his key in the ignition. The engine didn't even turn. Hmm, this is worrisome. Tad being somewhat knowledgable about cars, popped the hood to take a look at things. He deducted that it must be a blown fuse and set about trying to find which one it was.
Shoot, he decided it was one of the relays, which he didn't have spares for. So we called my family and my dad offered to get one for us. Shoot again, the car parts place was already closed, hmm. Tad tried rearranging fuses to see if we could get the car started...nothing.
Finally haven given up for the night, we set about moving the car to a spot to leave it overnight. Given that it was dark, and I wouldn't trust myself to steer a car even in daylight, I had to be the one to push the car. Fortunately for me, the car was on a bit of an incline, and a couple of girls helped me. Also fortunately, we happened to be at the Hazard Center, which has a trolley stop. We caught the trolley back to my place and Anja's fiance James was kind enough to drive Tad home.
Saturday morning, Anja and I picked Tad up, brought him back to his car and we tried to jump it, to no avail. The engine was at least turning, but not starting. Tad had the car towed to a dealership nearby and we picked hime back up. Unfortunatley he had to wait until Tuesday for them to look at it, since it was Memorial Day Weekend. Turns out, it was the battery, it was just very dead.
The weekend in between was enjoyable. Saturday was Raelene's graduation party. She and Nate picked me and Tad up from my condo and took us back home. It was a fun party, I got to meet Nate's sister and brother in law, and adorable niece and nephew. And I saw one of the teachers from my elementary school. Sunday, my mom offered to pick Tad up so he could spend Memorial Day with us. He stayed over Sunday night and Monday we had swim time and a bbq with my grandparents.
Tad was just thankful to have his car back before his trip home, and to not have to pay too much for it. And hopefully now it won't need repairs for some time, knock on wood
Last Friday after a meeting on campus, I went over to Tad's to spend some time hanging out. We played some wii, watched a little anime, and then set off for dinner. I recently signed up for a bunch of birthday club things at restaraunts online (I am prepared for lots of free food in a couple weeks, haha). Joe's Crab Shack sent me a coupon for a free appetizer just for signing up, so Tad and I decided to treat ourselves to that for dinner.
We had a lot of fun. We arrived early enough to beat the Friday night crowd, shared delicious crab jalapeno poppers and mango jalapeno chicken. I even splurged and we shared a virgin mangotini. Tad and I talked abotu fun lighthearted things, and then proceeded down to Tad's car to get groceries and then call it a night.
To our surprise and dismay, nothing happened when Tad put his key in the ignition. The engine didn't even turn. Hmm, this is worrisome. Tad being somewhat knowledgable about cars, popped the hood to take a look at things. He deducted that it must be a blown fuse and set about trying to find which one it was.
Shoot, he decided it was one of the relays, which he didn't have spares for. So we called my family and my dad offered to get one for us. Shoot again, the car parts place was already closed, hmm. Tad tried rearranging fuses to see if we could get the car started...nothing.
Finally haven given up for the night, we set about moving the car to a spot to leave it overnight. Given that it was dark, and I wouldn't trust myself to steer a car even in daylight, I had to be the one to push the car. Fortunately for me, the car was on a bit of an incline, and a couple of girls helped me. Also fortunately, we happened to be at the Hazard Center, which has a trolley stop. We caught the trolley back to my place and Anja's fiance James was kind enough to drive Tad home.
Saturday morning, Anja and I picked Tad up, brought him back to his car and we tried to jump it, to no avail. The engine was at least turning, but not starting. Tad had the car towed to a dealership nearby and we picked hime back up. Unfortunatley he had to wait until Tuesday for them to look at it, since it was Memorial Day Weekend. Turns out, it was the battery, it was just very dead.
The weekend in between was enjoyable. Saturday was Raelene's graduation party. She and Nate picked me and Tad up from my condo and took us back home. It was a fun party, I got to meet Nate's sister and brother in law, and adorable niece and nephew. And I saw one of the teachers from my elementary school. Sunday, my mom offered to pick Tad up so he could spend Memorial Day with us. He stayed over Sunday night and Monday we had swim time and a bbq with my grandparents.
Tad was just thankful to have his car back before his trip home, and to not have to pay too much for it. And hopefully now it won't need repairs for some time, knock on wood
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Pause for an Update on Life Now
It has been my experience that I take forever to finish my trip updates. This fact is frustrating, but the journals are important enough to me to keep doing them anyway. However, I'd also like to keep up with my life journal now, considering I've been home from Romania nealry a month. So here goes.
It took me a good week to adjust back to life in the states. No amount of debriefing could have made me understand reverse culture shock like actually experiencing it. I don't think I'll ever feel quite the same about my country and culture. I still love America, and will undoubtedly be overly patriotic for the rest of my life, but I better understand now some of the things that frustrate people from elsewhere about here. I mean, I'm a total "J" personality on teh Myers-Briggs, and I was about ready to chuck my planner out the window, things are much too fast paced here.
It definitely did not help my adjustment that straight away we dove into apartment hunting for next year. That was a nightmare and a half, let me tell you. Everything by SDSU falls into one or more of the following categories: too expensive, too unsafe, too dirty, too far away from campus and/or public transportation, does not accomodate pet dogs. Fortunately Valencia is exempt from pet laws, but one of my future roommates Ana has an 8 pound Bischon.
Eventually, after much searching and about 8 trips down there in 10 days, we found the perfect condo. The complex is in Mission Valley in between two trolley stops, which are about a 10 minute ride from campus. It's absolutely gorgeous: 2 bedroom 2 bath, great sized living room and kitchen, patio balcony. The complex is secure and has a pool/jacuzzi and fitness center. I'm uber excited. I'll be moving in the beginning of August, but our landlord is giving us the keys in a couple weeks so we can start moving furniture.
I'll be sharing the master bedroom and bath with Anja (she was in comm disorders with me at Biola and is starting the audiology program at state). Ana and her little doggy Brady will have their own room and bathroom on the other side of our condo.
Besides that craziness, I've been hanging out with Raelene quite a bit. We went to a college group at her church the first weekend I was home, and were the oldest ones there, hahaha. We hit up the Del Mar Fair. First time for both of us going without our families. I think we did quite well though, saw pretty flowers and farm animals and shared a deep fried smore and some deep fried cheese curds. yum!
I had a party to celebrate graduation and my birthday. My and I made fruit kabobs, my dad bbqed chicken skewers, and we had a variety of salads and desserts, plus mock margaritas, mmm. Krista, Becky, and Amanda came down from LA, which was amazing to get to see them again. Elizabeth brought Matthew, and Raelene and a number of neighbors and church friends stopped by.
For my birthday on Saturday I spent the day at Disneyland with Raelene and Becky. That was pretty awesome. They give you a button that says "Happy Birthday!" and your name, and everybody in the park wishes you happy birthday all day long. I counted about 19, plus I got sung to outside the ice cream shop on main street. Amanda met us for lunch in downtown Disney, and we met Krista at Red Robin for dinner. I had my family party Sunday evening, joint with our Father's Day celebration.
This morning I finished up an online scrapbook from shutterfly.com of my Romania trip. I may be able to post some of it on here. I'm pretty excited about it, mom had a special offer so we got it for free.
Other than that, I guess next on the list is 4th of July, summer sure goes by so fast!
It took me a good week to adjust back to life in the states. No amount of debriefing could have made me understand reverse culture shock like actually experiencing it. I don't think I'll ever feel quite the same about my country and culture. I still love America, and will undoubtedly be overly patriotic for the rest of my life, but I better understand now some of the things that frustrate people from elsewhere about here. I mean, I'm a total "J" personality on teh Myers-Briggs, and I was about ready to chuck my planner out the window, things are much too fast paced here.
It definitely did not help my adjustment that straight away we dove into apartment hunting for next year. That was a nightmare and a half, let me tell you. Everything by SDSU falls into one or more of the following categories: too expensive, too unsafe, too dirty, too far away from campus and/or public transportation, does not accomodate pet dogs. Fortunately Valencia is exempt from pet laws, but one of my future roommates Ana has an 8 pound Bischon.
Eventually, after much searching and about 8 trips down there in 10 days, we found the perfect condo. The complex is in Mission Valley in between two trolley stops, which are about a 10 minute ride from campus. It's absolutely gorgeous: 2 bedroom 2 bath, great sized living room and kitchen, patio balcony. The complex is secure and has a pool/jacuzzi and fitness center. I'm uber excited. I'll be moving in the beginning of August, but our landlord is giving us the keys in a couple weeks so we can start moving furniture.
I'll be sharing the master bedroom and bath with Anja (she was in comm disorders with me at Biola and is starting the audiology program at state). Ana and her little doggy Brady will have their own room and bathroom on the other side of our condo.
Besides that craziness, I've been hanging out with Raelene quite a bit. We went to a college group at her church the first weekend I was home, and were the oldest ones there, hahaha. We hit up the Del Mar Fair. First time for both of us going without our families. I think we did quite well though, saw pretty flowers and farm animals and shared a deep fried smore and some deep fried cheese curds. yum!
I had a party to celebrate graduation and my birthday. My and I made fruit kabobs, my dad bbqed chicken skewers, and we had a variety of salads and desserts, plus mock margaritas, mmm. Krista, Becky, and Amanda came down from LA, which was amazing to get to see them again. Elizabeth brought Matthew, and Raelene and a number of neighbors and church friends stopped by.
For my birthday on Saturday I spent the day at Disneyland with Raelene and Becky. That was pretty awesome. They give you a button that says "Happy Birthday!" and your name, and everybody in the park wishes you happy birthday all day long. I counted about 19, plus I got sung to outside the ice cream shop on main street. Amanda met us for lunch in downtown Disney, and we met Krista at Red Robin for dinner. I had my family party Sunday evening, joint with our Father's Day celebration.
This morning I finished up an online scrapbook from shutterfly.com of my Romania trip. I may be able to post some of it on here. I'm pretty excited about it, mom had a special offer so we got it for free.
Other than that, I guess next on the list is 4th of July, summer sure goes by so fast!
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Valentine's or SAD?
For not having a boyfriend here to celebrate Valentine's Day with, I certainly have been busy this weekend.
Friday evening was the Clarinet/Winds Women's Bible Study party. Amanda had it at her house, and Becky, Jen, Justine, Krista, Amberly, Lisa, Jessica Geels, and myself went. It's always a lot of fun to have some time to just hang out and relax, especially in a home. We enjoyed a very yummy chocolate cake Amanda made as well as tea and icecream. We played a couple rounds of Apples to Apples, always a great party game. My favorite quote from that - Amanda: I don't have any dead people, Justine: I have plenty, I keep them all in your closet. LOL I <3 my friends
Lisa and Jessica left after Apples to Apples. The rest of us had rootbeer flaots and watched Sleepless in Seattle. SUCH a cute movie, oh my goodness, I love it
I also love our brother floor. They filled our hallway with red, white, and pink balloons at 4 am and gave us chocolate. Like my brother floor freshman year. Hallways full of balloons are amazing, I need to remember this when I want to do something random and fun for my kids someday. I did a bit of homework yesterday, and then went to the beginning of the Midori concert. I wish I could have stayed longer, I was only actually there for 2 Sonatas, lol
After the second sonata, Becky and I skidaddled our way back to Hart for the Huod/Hub PJ spa and dessert (SAD, get the title now?) party. That was so much fun, I love my dorm. We had brownies and icecream and oreos and all sorts of other kinds of goodies. There may or may not have been an impromptu dance party (including doing the electric slide to hip hop) We're not contract breakers!
Speaking of which...we then played a game in which we took turns asking each other awkward questions, such as "what's the most embarassing thing you've been caught borrowing" and "have you ever laughed so hard you peed yourself?" This was followed by everyone sharing who their first Biola crush was. I have actually only had one, which ended very abruptly when I met Tad (hehe) I was rather thankful no one in the room seemed to know who he was (the crush, not Tad)
We finished the evening by watching "Fireproof" I had vaguely heard of it when it was in theaters. I'm so glad I got to see it. It's kind of a low budget film, but it has a wonderful message. I did a good bit of crying though
I've held up very well for the weekend, having girl time plans makes not having a fancy date to look forward to a lot easier. I broke down a bit last night on the phone with Tad, this holiday makes me miss him a lot more than typical, but I see him in about a month, so it'll be fine. I love Valentine's Day, and I'll love it even more when I get to spend it with my love :)
Friday evening was the Clarinet/Winds Women's Bible Study party. Amanda had it at her house, and Becky, Jen, Justine, Krista, Amberly, Lisa, Jessica Geels, and myself went. It's always a lot of fun to have some time to just hang out and relax, especially in a home. We enjoyed a very yummy chocolate cake Amanda made as well as tea and icecream. We played a couple rounds of Apples to Apples, always a great party game. My favorite quote from that - Amanda: I don't have any dead people, Justine: I have plenty, I keep them all in your closet. LOL I <3 my friends
Lisa and Jessica left after Apples to Apples. The rest of us had rootbeer flaots and watched Sleepless in Seattle. SUCH a cute movie, oh my goodness, I love it
I also love our brother floor. They filled our hallway with red, white, and pink balloons at 4 am and gave us chocolate. Like my brother floor freshman year. Hallways full of balloons are amazing, I need to remember this when I want to do something random and fun for my kids someday. I did a bit of homework yesterday, and then went to the beginning of the Midori concert. I wish I could have stayed longer, I was only actually there for 2 Sonatas, lol
After the second sonata, Becky and I skidaddled our way back to Hart for the Huod/Hub PJ spa and dessert (SAD, get the title now?) party. That was so much fun, I love my dorm. We had brownies and icecream and oreos and all sorts of other kinds of goodies. There may or may not have been an impromptu dance party (including doing the electric slide to hip hop) We're not contract breakers!
Speaking of which...we then played a game in which we took turns asking each other awkward questions, such as "what's the most embarassing thing you've been caught borrowing" and "have you ever laughed so hard you peed yourself?" This was followed by everyone sharing who their first Biola crush was. I have actually only had one, which ended very abruptly when I met Tad (hehe) I was rather thankful no one in the room seemed to know who he was (the crush, not Tad)
We finished the evening by watching "Fireproof" I had vaguely heard of it when it was in theaters. I'm so glad I got to see it. It's kind of a low budget film, but it has a wonderful message. I did a good bit of crying though
I've held up very well for the weekend, having girl time plans makes not having a fancy date to look forward to a lot easier. I broke down a bit last night on the phone with Tad, this holiday makes me miss him a lot more than typical, but I see him in about a month, so it'll be fine. I love Valentine's Day, and I'll love it even more when I get to spend it with my love :)
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