Camping!
Alan and I went up to South Lake Tahoe this weekend to go camping with a group of SCU friends at DL Bliss State Park. It was fun being in the middle of a forest, sleeping under tents and hanging out around the bonfire at night. We made smores, cooked breakfast on those camping stoves, had bbq for dinner, played cards and other things to keep busy. It was a good break from the stress of life - and a good break from all the technology of the world (except for Alan's camera of course).

On Saturday we hiked up to this site called the Balancing Rock, then hiked a couple more miles to Emerald Bay. The hike was long and varied in steepness at different parts. I think the whole hike was about 7 miles total! I was out of breath by the end and my legs felt like jelly. But it was good exercise! Here's a pic of the girls and our hiking sticks:


When we got back, I showered in freezing cold water!! There was no more warm water when I got there. Kinda made me appreciate the luxuries that I take for granted every day.

We're going camping again in August, so now we know what we need to buy - warm sleeping bags, a tent, a tarp, and maybe a camping stove!

Run Run Run
Ok, I've gotten on the treadmill again and it was actually easier than the first time. So hopefully I can keep it up and lose these few pounds that I've gained since I've gotten married.

Happy Birthday Rowena!
Last night we celebrated Rowena's 27th at Hua-Hin Thai Restaurant in Berkeley, near campus on the corner of Bancroft and Fulton (near the Career Center!) Thai food 4 times in the past 2 weeks!! But it was realllly good last night too! I don't think I've ever eaten Thai food that was bad.

Afterwards, we went to Beckett's Pub on Shattuck and had some martinis! It was 'Thirsty Thursday', so there were $4 martinis all night long. They had five different ones on the menu - Strawberry Lemon Drop, Watermelon, Chocolate, Red Apple-tini, and Blue Raspberry. Mmmmmm. Can't believe we're still partying on Thursday nights. It's good I didn't wake up this morning with a headache ;)

Where's my husband?
I woke up last night at 1am and found that my husband never made it to bed since the light was still on. So I called him on his cell phone and it turned out he fell asleep on the couch. I was too lazy to get up and walk all the way downstairs to wake him up.

Softball and running
I've been getting some good exercise the past few days. I finally got my butt on our treadmill on Monday and ran a mile. I hadn't done that in a while so my time wasn't that great, but hopefully I'll be back up to speed (if I get back on it and run regularly).

Tuesday during lunch we had softball practice for our playoff game on Wednesday. Only about 6 people showed up but we got some good practice fielding and batting. It was really hot during lunchtime so I worked up a sweat and had to go back to work tired.

Wednesday we had our softball game and we lost. They stopped the game because of the 15 run rule. We've been playing the same team for 3 weeks straight now and we lost all 3 times. Oh well, it was all in good fun. I'm getting used to playing second baseman. Now if only I could learn how to hit... Perhaps I'll visit the batting cages this summer before next season.

Happy Birthday Lolo!
Today is my Lolo's 85th birthday! I can always calculate how old he is because he was born in 1920. I hope to live as long as he has! I hope it's in the genes...

Sauna!
Man, it's so hot today that it feels like a sauna at my desk. For some reason, I don't feel any air conditioning plus it gets really really hot near my desk because I'm right next to the window. Even with the blinds closed, the heat just seeps through. It's so hot, sometimes I can't think straight. To add to it all, I'm having cramps today... Anyway, I hope it gets better, but it usually cools down after lunch.

Father's Day
Had lunch with on Sunday for Father's Day! We went to this awesome Thai restaurant called Sukhothai on 9th and Irving that Auds & Ben recommended. Really good food - one of the best Thai places I've been to. I guess I'm all 'thai-food'ed out, since we had it 3 days last week! But it's still gooood food.

Then we visited my Lolo & Lola in Westlake. We got his a Giants t-shirt and he seemed to like it. Check out Alan's blog for pics!

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Went to Banyan Garden on Friday night with Dale & Lisa and then went to watch a movie at Union Landing afterwards. I can't even remember the last time I went to the movies. The movie was really good - I have to admit. And I GUESS they are a cute couple, but poor Jen. Anyway, I stayed awake the whole movie even though we went to see it really late - at 10:20pm!

BZZZZ (Bev's blog reminded me of this. hehe)
Eveytime a fly comes inside the house, it eventually dies, even if we don't kill it ourselves. There is no way for a fly who enters to get out, since we have screens on our windows, so sometimes we see flies that have dropped dead on the floor on their own. They're usually near the window, since I guess they try to fly out without seeing the glass. Maybe they try too many times that they just get so dizzy that they drop to the ground.

Anyway, last night Alan and I were reading in bed and we kept hearing this annoying 'BZZZZ' in our ears. Every time that happens, I get all freaked out and jump out of bed. So Alan and I spent about 30 minutes waiting for it to land to try to squash it! Alan kept insisting that he could to get it with a rubber band, which I highly doubted he could do. In the end, we tried to get it with a magazine and a fly swatter, but, lo and behold, he got it with a rubber band. Good aim, darling! I will no longer doubt your ability with rubber bands. :)

Tsunami Warning for the Coast of California?!?
I was driving home last night after a surprise birthday dinner for my cousin's fiance in Mountain View and I turned on the radio to Alice 97.3. The music was interrupted by an emergency broadcast about a tsunami warning for the whole west coast of the US and Canada! An 7.4 earthquake had hit off the coast of CA and so they had issued a warning, saying that they expected the tsunami to hit at around 9:20.... So I'm freaking out because I look at the clock and it's 9:15pm! I call the radio station just to make sure it isn't a joke and the dj says that it probably won't happen. I call Kitchie and she just thinks it's funny and just says 'Goodbye Ol'... Thanks Kitch! Love you too :) Later on the radio they said they cancelled the warning.

Good to know that the Emergency Broadcast System works for real, and not just when they do those tests. But it totally scared me for a while, even though I wasn't near the coast.

Congrats Auds!
Went to the SCU graduation on Saturday for Aud's graduation. Funny how graduations always end up on the hottest day. Felt like my skin was cooking under the sun and I got darker. Had lunch at Buca di Beppo in Campbell (yummy) and then brought Alan to SJC for his flight to Reno.

Alone time
Never knew how much I was used to seeing Alan every day until he left for the night and I was alone in the house. I missed him! So I just went to sleep early after watching Ever After on TV.

Book Club Night
Went to my first book club night with the SCU gals on Thursday and it was fun talking about the book and just hanging out with the girls. Lisa had some discussion questions and it reminded me of being back in school again. I prefer the one-word answer questions vs. the questions that start with 'Compare and contrast' or 'Discuss the significance of ...' :)

Happy Birthday Da!
Today's my dad's birthday! Hopefully the package I sent in the mail gets there today...

Did the drive
Sorry I've been slacking. Busy weekend and busy work week. On Sunday Heidi and I did the drive all the way down to San Diego so that she could keep the car down there to use during the move out of the dorms. We left at around 9:30am and got there around 4:30. Not bad I think. 7 hours. We ran into the usual LA traffic, but besides that it went pretty smooth. Last time I drove down to LA was for Friendship Games during senior year (to see a new friend - and my husband-to-be - Alan). Back then Heidi couldn't drive, so it was pretty tiring. But we switched off this time, which made it a lot better.

Hanging in SD
On the way down there, I realized I had friends in the SD area, so I called Jane up. I ended up meeting up with Alex, Jane, and Rick and we had dinner at Rock Bottom, right outside of the UCSD campus. Good times - it's good to know people in different places!



Camping
So Alan is planning his annual camping trip with high school friends in August... any suggestion on good places to go camping besides the obvious Yosemite?

Already Thursday?
That's the great thing about 3-day weekends.... even though the weekend goes by too quickly, so does the next work week!

Poker/Sangria Night
Alan and I had some friends over for sangria and poker on Saturday night, since Johanna was back from Chicago and we celebrated Jane & Rex's birthdays. We played this new game that Alan bought called 'Read My Lips' where you try to mouth words for your team to guess. It's pretty funny and frustrating at times. I noticed that it's easier to guess the word if you say it normally instead of trying to say it slowly. Anyway, good times ... glad we all got together.

Memoral Day BBQ aka Baby Aaron Picture Day
We had a bbq at our house on Monday and the Abar's came over. Alan grilled some chicken, beef, pork, hamburgers, and hot dogs and I cut up the watermelon :) Baby Aaron is so cute - I love it when he smiles, which is often. We looked at the pictures afterwards and almost 99.9% of them were of Aaron :)

Happy Birthday Jane!
Today is Jane's birthday and we're going out to dinner to celebrate at our favorite place ... Cha Cha Cha!