memorial day weekend

i didn't go out of town, but somehow i managed to keep busy.

friday - as soon as school let out, well, as soon as i could get out of school on friday, heidi (my 4th grade buddy teacher) and i went to disneyland to meet up with some other people. it was super fun, as disneyland always is.

saturday - moonie is in town so we met up for lunch along with some other folks in hollywood. i remember now why i dislike going to hollywood - way too many people and cars. i think it took 30 minutes to go from sunset & vine to hollywood & highland. boo. i went running/walking with jeff and then we went to minjue's to have beef stew from a crockpot. it was yummy. then it was lots of wii fun at grace and joe's - wii fitness exploring and lots of mariokart. i suck using the stupid wheel.

sunday - i drove out to pasadena to meet up with one of wendy & josh's adoptees, joe, to have lunch and then drive him to john wayne airport. i can now say that i've been to all the major airports in southern california (i think...). in between, i got to meet a couple of new people - totally hilarious - and go to scoops ice cream in west hollywood. delicious homemade gelato/ice cream. i had raspberry jasmine and a scoop of chocolate guinness. it was very, very good. after i got home from the airport drive, i wanted to rest, but ended up going with susan to her friend's birthday bonfire at dockweiler, where i think i almost froze to death and caught a cold. it was fun though. i haven't roasted a hot dog on a skewer in a long time. after that, we caught a late showing of indiana jones at the arclight in sherman oaks with grace and joe. seriously...so not as good as the previous three. utterly disappointing. and then i passed out as soon as i got home.

monday - since i caught a cold, i woke up at 9 and stayed in bed watching k-dramas until 1. i know...very unproductive, but oh so fun. plus, i'm kinda sick. then, i drove up to grace and joe's and we went walking around balboa park, which is like a poor man's greenlake, but with a WAY better kid's playground area. it was AWESOME. if there hadn't been kids around, i'm pretty sure i could've spent a couple of hours there. as it was, it would have been awkward fighting small children for the swings. i finally got to see the fuss about topanga mall. it's ginormous and nice. i feel that if it has a neiman marcus coming, it's pretty upscale. i think we only made it through half of the mall. i did run into the lees there, so that was a nice bonus. as was the chocolate croissant (chococro as they call it) at st. marc's cafe. and, i finally watched an episode of "so you think you can dance?" - how have i missed this show for the past 3 (or is it 4?) seasons?!? it's now on the tivo list.

and now, the weekend is over. 18 teaching days left and it's summer vacation. so excited.