as promised, the pictures from ryan and siska's wedding can be seen here. and i reorganized the photo albums so it'll now be in reverse chronological order, with most recent photos first.

it's been busy. i picked up wendy from the airport on wednesday and then dropped her off at the train station later in the afternoon, after having lunch at hosoonyi's and hanging out. later, heidi and i went shopping in bellevue. then, grace, dennis, and i stayed up until 4am to watch the rest of stairway to heaven. it was soooooo good. do we know we're freaks? yeah, we know. and grace had to catch a flight that left at 7am. thanks grace, you're the bestest!

thursday, there was dinner at beppo's, which was pretty much just pigging out - family style. friday, rehearsal for ryan and siska's wedding and dinner in chinatown. yesterday, the actual wedding and reception, which was so much fun. congratulations ryan and siska! have fun in hawaii! the pictures from the wedding will follow...soon. and today, my last volleyball game until i come back from spain in june. after the games, we went to eat at this greek restaurant in the u-district. i don't think everybody liked it, but i liked my moussaka.

and now the weekend is over and i'm exhausted. people keep telling me i'm getting old...i suppose it must be true. sad.

i've had a full day. i had my very first facial at inSpa at uvillage with grace. then we went to lunch at westlake with jen and yee-fan, where yee-fan bought some dude lunch in an act of random kindness. random dude was being kind of picky and difficult, like, ordering something, having yee-fan paying for it, and then saying that he didn't want it. umm...i think if someone is committing an random act of kindness, it's probably best not to be a jerk about it. i don't think i would have been as patient, but that's me. sadly, we are the very ones being picky and difficult and yet, God is patient with us. thank goodness God is not like us.

after lunch, grace and i went shopping downtown and then made a brief stop at pike place market and the first starbucks. 'twas a fun time. in recent weeks, i've taken time to go shopping. there was a period of time [the first 3 years of college] where i would go downtown or alderwood mall weekly. they have most recently been replaced by target/best buy/costco - my trifecta [i know i'm using trifecta incorrectly, as it pertains to the betting of something in sequence, but i'm making my own meaning because i can] of shopping fun.

and even better, i don't work tomorow either!

today was a doctor day at work, meaning that it was a day where we were seeing patients. and usually, there are three of us who work those days. since one person was taking a vacation day, there should have been two of us. then the other went home sick, and then there was one...me. i was scrambling around all day and feeling panicky at a couple of points in the afternoon as there were people swarming the office.

i thought i deserved a prize for holding down the fort. so, i went to grace's house to watch korean dramas with her and dennis. grace and dennis, i shake my angry fist at you. they got me hooked...bad. i've spent the last 5 hours watching this korean drama. and i can't wait until i get to watch the next installment. i only stopped watching tonight because we have to get up for facials in the morning. yet another thing i'm addicted to watching...

i saw jersey girl on friday and darn it, i liked it. i don't care what the critics say. i found it to be a thoroughly enjoyable movie and ben affleck and liv tyler were great. it makes me want to watch armageddon again. but armageddon needs to wait in line behind the other 2538 movies i haven't made time to watch. after the movie and a late run to wendy's, i went to the uvillage starbucks to hang. i think that somewhere in there we talked about cartoons. and i couldn't remember the title of this one cartoon that had like cops and criminals. and guess what? today on amazon.com, i was browsing and i came across the cartoon! it's called C.O.P.S.. it was driving me crazy not being able to remember and having other people look at me like i was a nut. i feel triumphant.

yesterday, i went to james and joana's baby shower. baby shower and wedding shower games are always interesting. they're cute and cheesy of course. who gets to make up these games that seem to make their rounds at showers? i vote people play board games at future showers. i'm itching to play scene it again.

because the baby shower was so draining, i overslept and had to book it to church. pastor tom youn gave a message about anger. it was laced with entertaining and funny stories, but the bottomline was that it's ok to be angry, because Jesus got angry too. the difference is letting anger build and become resentment, bitterness, hatred, and/or rage, which takes us into sin and keeps us from becoming our full potential in God. i have implosive anger. note to self, must work on that.

then i got to play volleyball from like 5:30pm until past 9pm. we're got 3rd place out of like 10 or so teams. no prizes for us...sadly. just once, i would like to win a t-shirt. but now, hours later, my muscles are starting to feel sore and i can tell that come tomorrow morning, i shall be hurting. feels good.

our garbage disposal had been broken for a few days. kristie tried to dig around and see if anything was stuck, but couldn't seem to find a reason for it not to work. she called from hawaii and had some ideas that her dad had suggested i try. i was not successful. so...i did what anybody else would do, i asked for plumbing advice from some guys. and ryan offered to come by and look at our sink to see if he could fix it. and lo and behold, it is fixed. ryan, you're awesome. through this ordeal, i have learned many things about sinks and garbage disposals. for example, did you know there's a reset button underneath the disposal unit under the sink? and, that you can unplug the garbage disposal? and i now know what a u pipe is. so all in all, it was educational. may i never have to unhook the u pipe and clean it.

and i watched the rundown today because i went home sick from work. dude...the rock is sooooooooo cool. i decided, that i will have a rock movie marathon someday. and if you think it's just movies with the rock, you would be wrong. instead, it will be a marathon of the rock [alcatraz, sean connery, nicholas cage...etc], the rundown, and school of rock. how creative am i? action, action/comedy, and comedy. yay! and i can't wait until walking tall is out in theaters.

i am sad. matt rogers did not win. he is not the american idol. he is nice and kind. he looks happy when he sings. he makes other people happy too. he looked sad on tv. [that was a tribute to grace's 3rd graders]

so matt rogers got kicked off. bummer. even though he wasn't the greatest, he did have a lot of personality, which is more than i can say for camille. at least he went out in style. he sang "amazed" and made up his own lyrics to have some fun with simon. i'm seriously bummed he's gone. he was a fun guy.

and the oc is back! woohoo. only 5 more episodes to go. i just might be able to catch the season finale before i leave for spain...if they show a new episode every week from now on. if y'all don't watch the oc, you should start. do it. do it now. it's great [said with a mike myers scottish accent].

and...now i'm hooked on the storyline of a korean drama that i haven't even watched. grace has been getting me up to speed through like 10 episodes and i'm all like, "ack, i must know what happens next." i am my mother's daughter. scary.