This past week was pretty damn awesome. I had a wonderful time with my friends, and did a lot of relaxing by the pool.
Monday, 8/3 – Bowling at Lucky Strike with Anne, Lyse, KC, Laury, Hank & Brandon
Tuesday, 8/4 – Wandered the Glendale Galleria with Anne & Lyse, then got free birthday ice cream from Baskin Robins. Spent the evening editing and watching TV.
Wednesday, 8/5 – Disneyland with Lawrence. Went on Screamin’, Soarin’, Tower of Terror, Toy Story, Space Mountain, Buzz Lightyear, Alice in Wonderland, Snow White, Mr. Toad, the Carousel, Thunder Mountain, Pirates, and Indiana Jones. We also saw the 9:25pm fireworks, went to the Blue Sky Cellar (future plans for Disney expansions), and took some pix with some characters. I got home pretty late.
Thursday, 8/6 – I woke up with a really terrible bruise on my leg from walking into a stanchion at Disneyland on Wednesday.
After getting dressed, I went to Downtown LA with Anne on the Red Line Metro. She got jeans and I got short shorts (jeans). We then met up with Lyse for lunch and frozen yogurt. I was supposed to go camping in Jamala Beach with Mike Dorwart, Mike Scharff and Chris Kudan; but, our campground was completely full; so, instead we “camped” at their house in Sylmar all weekend.
I picked up Evaun around 4:30pm, and we headed up to the Palace to go swimming. Emmett came up after work. Mike D’s friend Synda was visiting from Boston too. We grilled up dinner (port-shroom for me), went into the hot tub, roasted shmellows over the fire (made s’mores), and watched some episodes of the Simpsons.
Evaun, Stuart & Jenni, Making S’mores!
Adam, Greg & I
Friday, 8/7 – Went up to the Palace and watched some episodes of Dexter with everyone. Went swimming, then left to pick up Greg from Burbank airport. Got back to the Palace in time for dinner – grilled up dinner (I had another port-shroom). Went into the hot tub, made s’mores, then watched Return to Oz while some people played poker.
Synda & Scharff, Having a Water Fight
This was a very fun night. Josh & Jul came up, Josef came up, Ryan & Heath came up. Even John was at the party on Friday night. I was perfectly fine with seeing him. I realized that I am in a place where I can be around him without getting upset. I no longer miss him or have feelings of longing for what could have been. I am at the point where I can see clearly, and I can see that he was not the amazing boyfriend I once thought he was. Well, they say love is blind. Thankfully, I am no longer blind; and, I no longer love him.
To me, he is now a friendly acquaintance, and we share custody of our cat, Sandy. He is a great father to our cats. He loves them very much, and they love him; so, because of that and our mutual friends, he will remain a part of my life. I can handle that. There’s a part of me that still feels a bit of self-pity stemming from the pain he caused me when he walked out on me and from the years of my life that I can never have back, but those feelings of self-pity and anger will continue to fade… so they say.
Saturday, 8/8 – Picked up Evaun and went to Target and Sports Authority looking for ear plugs. Got brunch at Noah’s Bagels on the way up to the Palace. Watched some Dexter, then went swimming. Scharff & I spent lots of time diving for colored sticks, then racing across the pool on foam noodles. Eventually, Synda joined us and she and Scharff ended up fighting with noodles for almost 3 hours.
Later on, Evaun went upstairs to play an online fighting game on the XBox and Emmett continued to work on Fury of Solace and Bumps in the Night. The rest of us made dinner. Mike D’s couscous was incredible!!! Throughout the day, we watched more episodes of Dexter, Monster’s Inc, the Lorax, and Coraline.
Sunday, 8/9 – Hung out with the kitties all morning, then went up the Palace around 2pm. Watched some episodes of Dexter, then went in the pool. Violet joined us. I am so happy she’s home! It was good to see and catch up with her. Mike, Mike & I dove for colored sticks (and a ring) for a while, then I laid out in the sun for a bit talking to Jimmy & Violet.
Spent the day snacking on clementines. While cooking, we watched some episodes of the Simpsons. Synda made some very yummy cashew “chicken” dinner with veggies (using Tempeh for me). It was soooo good! I made some baked bread with mozz cheese, fresh basil, tomato, and olive oil. Jimmy made awesome oatmeal / chocolate chip cookies for dessert! Yum!
I ended the night watching Discovery Channel shows (Tornadoes, then Lightning) with Mike, Mike & Chris. The lightning show was truly incredible! Try to find it on On-Demand if you can!!! Everyone went into the hot tub when I left, but I needed to get home to feed the kids. They should be done eating now… brb.
It was a really great weekend. I was sad that we didn’t get to go camping, but it was really nice to spend such quality time with great friends in such a relaxing and fun environment.