Wednesday- Work got out at 3pm so i shot off faster than a pilgrim with a rifle aiming at Thanksgiving dinner. Ironically enough, Sara and Hollie cooked a YUMMY roasted chicken dinner with all the fixin's (cheese mashed potatoes, Rice Pilaf, veggies, and biscuits). After stuffing our faces and cleaning up, we headed for an impromptu visit to Disneyland where we found a huge crowd, but was able to watch the holiday fireworks show, wait and get stuck in line for 70 minutes for Space Mountain (also where i learned HoHo screams like a b*tch), and ride Finding Nemo.
Thursday- Sar came over early to try her hand at sweet potato pie while i picked persimmons off of our tree. Bad news was that the persimmons turned out to be bitter and the oven is kinda flakey and didn't cook the pie right. So we headed to Sar's aunt's house to a feast of turkey, ham, stuffing, and all kinds of yummy food... and watched the Trojans rape ASU. GO SC! Capped the night by doing wedding menus
Friday- Woke up late and went to get my haircut at home... ran late to a meeting with our wedding coordinator (Sorry, babie!), and went home to get ready for dinner with my family and my Aunt and Uncle who came from New York to see me get hitched.
Saturday- Woke up at the butt-crack of dawn to get my free alignment at Firestone, then met up with Sar and her family to review our dance routine with her Aunt C. after eating lunch from Marquez Restaurant. Gave the dog a much needed walk and then finished off with more wedding stuffs. All of you better appreciate those damn corner punches. My arms hurt.
Sunday- Woke up late and had Turkey Day leftovers and went with Sar to do some wedding errands. Spent most of the day doing that and then picked up Sar's sissy to go to my sissy's surprise bday at Babita. VERY good and flavorful food. Will definitely go again. A bit pricey, but well worth it.
Oh... also nearly got killed by an idiot SUV driver who plowed right through a red light. I had just crossed the intersection when out of the corner of my eye an SUV BARELY misses my rear bumper and the front bumper of the SUV that was following behind me. If i had moved 1-2 seconds later, he would've creamed my passenger door... with Sar in the passenger seat. Thanking God that he was watching over us.
posted by Damy
2:50 PM
Yup. That's right folks... i'm officially ON MY OWN!!! Moved out last night to my own place for exactly 2 weeks. Then the wifey starts there too =)
EXCITING!
Friday- Dinner at Olive Garden with Sar after work and then straight home so i could pack and shred unnecessary paperwork.
Saturday- Woke up early to help Sar sell un-needed wedding supplies, and then started moving my stuff to the new place. Called it a day at 5pm and had a celebratory dinner at Barn Burner in Pasadena for Dad-in-law's new job.
Sunday- Moved the rest of my crap in and started playing house. Did some shopping for the house at target and got some groceries for the place so i have something to eat. Sar also made me a sandwich to take to work.
Today- Woke up at 6am to leave the house by 6:30am for the extra long drive, but surprisingly enough there wasn't any traffic. Probably because of the holiday coming up. Also forgot Sar's lunch at home. =(
posted by Damy
10:45 AM
Friday- I dunno what it is about me and Fridays, but i always forget what i do. I think i need to start playing Brain Age again =P
EDIT- I JUST remembered... i got out of work early since i got in early and went to have dinner with the to-be-in-laws. Didn't really do anything but eat.
Saturday- Woke up early and drove over to the rental house to let the cleaners in to do the dirty work. Went out with J for some Wonton Time and then met up with a guy from Socalprelude.com to sell my sway bars.... then spent it on gas -__- Then went home to change and drove out to Pasadena for Sar and my Bachelor/ette party at Buca di Beppo's. Good food, good friends, good times. I need to gather pics from everyone so i can post em up. After dinner we headed on over to Dave & Buster's for a round of drinks and hanging out. Sar got piss drunk and was close to passing out. How many? 3 shots. =P
Sunday- Woke up early again and ate some of the leftovers from Buca's took my dad to the new rental to check it out, and then to Sar's to meet up with a few members of the bridal party to start work on the favors. We finished around 10pm and called it a night.
posted by Damy
11:41 AM
So i'm sitting at my desk, and a user walks up and takes note of an old picture of me and Sar from my 23rd(?) birthday and says, "Your girlfriend is cute! She looks YOUNG! She doesn't look any older than 12!!" And just fyi, she was 19 at the time and i JUST turned 23.
Anyways, she implied i was a child molester.
I'm not sure if i should be happy that she thought Sar is cute or offended that she labeled me.
Friday- I have no idea what i did on Friday. Sar started getting sick on friday and is now REALLY sick. I think it's a culmination of stress and already being under the weather... plus it's gotten REALLY cold lately.
Saturday- Woke up fairly early to wash the car and then took my dad to get fitted for his tux. Came back and loaded up the beater with boxes and cleaning supplies and picked up Sar and her dad to start cleaning the new rental place. Also went to go rent a Rug Doctor from Ralphs to shampoo the carpet. Spent the entire day doing this with the help of Sar's dad, Sar's sis, and J. No matter what we did, it still just didn't feel clean. Ended the night with dinner at Tofu House with Sar. Everyone else ditched us, even though it was my treat :p
Sunday- Sit 'n Sleep has some pretty weird scheduling. When i bought the mattress, the sales people told me that i would get a phone call a day before after 6pm from an automated system with a 4 hour window of when they will deliver. On Saturday, my phone rings at 4pm and i miss the call. Luckily the system is smart enough to recognize voicemail boxes. The message tells me they will deliver between 9am-1pm and a rep will call 1 hour before to confirm. No problem. I'll be there cleaning anyway. I get a phone call at 8:30am with a rep from Sit 'n Sleep telling me the driver is on route to the rental house and will be there in 30-45 minutes. Great. I jump out of bed and dash out the door. As soon as i get out to the main road, i get a call at 8:45am that the driver is already at the house. So i have to book it over there, but i made it in 10 minutes. Then the delivery guys take less than 10 minutes to "setup" (more like throw) everything together and literally run out the door. I dunno if i would recommend Sit 'n Sleep again for their serivce... but their prices aren't bad... AS LONG AS you find a price comparison, which we did.
Anyways... spent the rest of Sunday at the house with J cleaning the last bit and decided it was better to just hire a cleaning service. Also took J out for Dim Sum for all his help. Then just kept my sick wife-to-be company.
I'm such a nice guy. I'm letting a lot slide with this house. Even my parents are giving me sh*t about it. Well... at least now i'm charging everything back to the landlords.
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9:00 AM
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