This was such a fun weekend. Sad that it had to end with me coming back to the same old job on Monday. I really hope I find something better soon! I can’t go on crying myself to work on Monday mornings every week! 🙁
Thankfully, this weekend was incredible! On Friday, 3/21, my bosses sent everyone home at 2pm! My friend Mike flew in from Redding at 8pm; and, he, Josef & I went to dinner at Foxy’s Diner, then came back to my place for some Easter Egg dying. Josef & Mike were drinking beer and I was getting annoyed with all the eggs that kept busting; so, our eggs didn’t end up as pretty as I would have liked. The colors were somewhat blah (no pinks, purples or sparkles); and, by midnight, we were so loopy that the clear crayon that came with the eggs ended up being used to put some pretty odd messages on most of the eggs: some were comic proverbs, some were insults, some were fortunes, and some made no sense whatsoever.
I got up early on Saturday morning and drove down to Lomita for my friends’ daughter’s 1s birthday party! Emily Vennamen turned 1 on 3/22! She is so cute! I got to spend time with Emily’s parents, Casey & Sarah, as well as chat with Missy, Megan, Noah, Krisztianna, Joel, and Rachel. I also met some of Sarah & Casey’s other friends, family and neighbors. It was a really fun party, with amazing food – of course! I should have pix up soon!
After leaving the party, I met with my dad and his boss for dinner. We chatted about doing a website for his company, and he was able to hire me to do a quickie site for him (business card style), so I’ll be working on that this week as well. It was a good meeting. Since dinner ended at rush hour, and I had to drive back through Downtown LA to get home, it took me almost an hour! I called Mike & Josef, and we arranged to meet up at 9pm for Laser Tag in the valley.
John came home right after I got home, and we drove to Laser Tag together. We met up with Mike Scharff, Emmett, Bobby, Josef, Mike, Mike D & Sarah for a few games. Emmett, Mike S, John & I got all night passes, so we were able to play 4 games. I kicked so much ass the first game… coming in 6th place of over 40 people in the entire game! I beat all my friends that round, and the last round (where I came in 11th). It was so much fun. I really want to go back there soon! That night, John & I stayed up late talking to Mike for a bit, before heading to bed around 2am.
Sunday morning came too soon… John & I got up around 8:30am, got ready and loaded the car for the 2nd Annual Creepy Cages BBQ. We had to run to the store on the way, but planned to get there around 10am. Sadly, our favorite cage was already occupied, and we had to move into a very tiny cage (# 2.5). Cage 2 was also taken. I was so distraught. Then, magic happened and the family in cage 3 said we could have their cage if they could still use the BBQ pit there. It was so nice of them to offer that to us! There were no tables or chairs, so I texted everyone to bring chairs and folding tables if possible. Luckily, people were really late and still at home when I texted them. We ended up with a great set up, and everyone seemed to have an awesome time. I sure did!
We started out playing with the velcro catch sets, hacky sacks and frisbees, and then chatted for a while til the BBQ grills showed up with some friends coming later on. We then made food, had an easter egg hunt, played more frisbee and explored the other parts of the Old Zoo. I twisted my ankle at the beginning of a catch game with Ryan, but I was able to walk it off a bit and stay active. Emmett & I decided to find a way up to the top of our cage, and it was a very odd and somewhat iffy path. We made it though, and the view was really nice! John & my sister found their way up soon after, but a few others had trouble locating the path. Tall Mike took the shortcut up the rocks, but only people over 6 foot and athletic could ever contemplate doing that!
Hours flew by, but every moment was fun! We had cake for Missy & Matt’s birthdays, played more frisbee & velcro catch, then packed up around 6pm. 7 hours of fun in the shade and sun! It was a very happy Easter! Too bad the only bunny I saw was a blue peep. Yum!!!!!!!
For those in town who could not make it, I hope you are able to join us next year! I’ll make sure to plan it on a non-Holiday weekend so that there will be more parking closer to the picnic area. For those that made it, it was great to see you and thank you for your communal contributions! I will have photos up in the next week or so! 🙂