The company had me spend a day doing this test and getting to know other coworkers/personality types

it was goldas first time driving the 6 hour stretch between the bay area and LA. after ditching work early, we made it in time to crash eric & ryans halloween party on friday, then attend a wedding on saturday, and explore disneyland and california adventure on sunday. this weekend was guaranteed to be tons of fun. my works pumpkin carving contest results:

the potluck had deviled egg eyeballs and purple slime tapioca. i missed out on most of it to complete some projects before taking off. the past 3 weeks have been really tough with 10 minute lunches and nonstop experiments.

To LA! Driving memories: an SUV full of nuns on the 5 freeway, headlight failure, and occlusions. we arrived to meet with old friends and even alyson came out from riverside. i missed her soooo much. 

there were extremely hot/cool things like dry ice bombs and smoking drinks & delicious deepfried onionrings/seasonedfries/seasoned chicken/hotlinks. the deliciousness continued onto the next day with brunch at fufutai where i tasted some of the best soup of my life. as if it couldnt get any better, allie's train from carlsbad was early so me and golda went off to anaheim to get her & become wedding appropriate.

hanging is only a part of climbing so i didn't get in trouble!

the disney resort knows how to throw a wedding with fun themes, good agendas, food/drink, and the happy couple knows how to celebrate events to the fullest. the reception was a costume dinner/dance after an outdoor ceremony & cocktail hour. a lot of the guests were visiting the theme park throughout & the getaway car was one of walt disney's park cars.

happy wedding day crystal and gabe!

golda, allie and i transformed from proper wedding guests into haz mat, rocker chick, and witch using golda's magical car.

after dancing (or learning how to dance), eating, and drinking, we crashed back at the boys house and rested up for park hopping & driving the next day. an after wedding brunch was set up that had even MORE delicious food. the new toy story 3D slingshot ride was great, but on another playing field than the rollercoasters that my adrenaline loving heart wanted. the halloween theme at disneyland made spacemountian even more fun (i saw a little boy crying as the ride was returning and knew it had to be good).

cat met up with us for a little visit before golda and i took off to get home in work for a decent night of sleep before work. it was such a fun weekend, i can't wait to go back and explore more with some great friends.

this upcoming weekend will be more mellow, but still fun. kitty fundraiser, concert (oh no i need to practice), dinner party, and a soccer game. i bought a membership for PG... which left me with $4 in my account to spend till friday. i made it! little callus on my hands are growing and they make me happy.

Hopefully… in some way or another…. Jogging ¼ of a mile is equal to playing a soccer game. I’ve been giddy ever since that Sunday morning when I actually got to jog.. run… and sprint along a soccer field. The muscle groups that I feel have atrophied over these past 5 months of low-impact-sports-only bull shit are sore to extreme. Waking up and barely being able to get dressed or tie my shoes because of the back/side/arm/leg muscles has got my masochistic side so happy.

 

Sunday also rocked because carlie-monster was worn out. A friend’s farm in the alum rock hills had a great 30 minute hike up to the top of one of the hills where you could see over the san jose all the way to the bay. It was beautiful… and I should really buy a camera for those moments. A little more than ½ way up our hike, carlie laid down and that’s when my sadistic side was happy to have worn her out. She slept like a rock that night. We enjoyed cutting our own pumpkins from the vine, eating great party food, and picking hazelnuts, pomegranate and raspberries from the farm.

 

Saturday was super fun at another pumpkin party with holly. we shared a pumpkin and attempted sailormoon, but got distracted and less sober as the night wore on. the 1 eyed sailormoon pumpkin was eventually donated to the party.

I partook in something new ..although not my typical thing: octobong. Other new things from this weekend included a salsa dancing lesson, 3 haunted mazes at raging waters, and for the first time in a long time… I did my nails.

 

I’m excited for this upcoming weekend for house parties, weddings, amusement parks, and good old friends.

You two have made me feel good in the past, so I’m not sure what happened last night to result in so much animosity. From now on, there will be no consumption of either of you after 8pm. I’ve had enough of the nightmares that you instill, and last night crossed a line. How DARE you break into my car within my own dreams? This is not a warning, it simply will never happen again.

Hopefully… in some way…. dancing for 3 hours translates into jogging ¼ of a mile. The doctor said that my ligaments are healing well & that if I cross train with cycling and swimming then I can jog 1 lap – with good running shoes on a turf track. 1 lap is barely anything, but I’m still super excited to do it.

 

I went to my sister’s soccer game where I couldn’t sit down & kept pacing the field shouting advice and encouragement to the girls. a few of the parents told me to be the assistant coach & the referee told me to shut up. This soccer complex has strange rules where only the coaches can yell advice to the players from 1 side of the field. Strategically, that’s stupid because most of the time you don’t want the entire field to hear the play. Even if this rule was to prevent players from being distracted I wouldn’t understand because when the ball is in play, the perimeter of the field becomes my only field of sight and sound.

 

If Monday and Wednesday have music practice for 2 hours a day, and Tuesday and Thursday will have soccer practice for 2 hours a day. Will there be any energy reserves left for adventures on the weekend? I’m tempted to find out – then I remember the GRE test that I’ve been neglecting for over a year. In addition to the things I should be doing instead…. It’s agonizing to watch a game that I just want to play.