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Our Day with Grandma and Grandpa

Posted on June 15, 2008 by Ching under Family.

Brian and I took grandma and grandpa to lunch at Cheddar’s. It was their first time there. Grandma had the chicken tortilla soup. She said it was very good. Grandpa really liked the bacon cheeseburger. He said it was the best he’d ever had. We need to take him to TJ’s. LOL.

Brian and I split an entree of chicken and steak. It wasn’t too bad. Altogether the food was good. The service was was kind of blah. Oh, well.

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Dinner and Phase 10

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Ching under Family, Games.

After our couples massage at Beau Monde, we picked up grandma and grandpa. The six of us (grandma, grandpa, David, Donna, Brian, and I) all had one last dinner together before David and Donna left for their Baltic cruise. Here are some pictures of dinner, and also some pictures of us playing Phase 10 after dinner.

Dinner was yummy. We had pork chops, mac and cheese, and peas. Phase 10 is always fun. Except this time David and Brian were being mean and ganged up on me. I was skipped at least once every round. Party poopers! Oh, and Scooter wanted to get in on the action also. Check him out!

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Surprise Party

Posted on May 24, 2008 by Ching under Family, Flickr, Life.

Brian threw me a surprise party last Sunday. He had been acting weird the days leading up to it so I kinda-sorta knew something was up. After we picked up Jan at her house, it looked like we were driving to his parents’ house so I knew where he was taking me even though he had Jan blindfold me half-way through. He didn’t drive around to various places to disorient me. He wasn’t tricky about it or anything, so I could tell where we were going.

It wasn’t fun being blindfolded. That’s for sure! It actually made me feel somewhat queasy. When we got there, I was surprised by Bill and Lisa (their kids, Mia and Charlie were there too), April and Corey, Grandma and Grandpa, and David and Donna. Chad, Jay, and Becca came too, but they did not arrive until later. I really didn’t think we were doing anything special because we had just celebrated the previous Sunday (for Mother’s Day) and we were celebrating again tonight. I figured we would just skip last weekend. As it is, we have been celebrating for various reasons three weeks in a row. I can’t argue, though, because I love celebrating. I think everyday is a reason to celebrate.

Here are pictures of Brian and Jan leading me to the door blindfolded:

Click here for other pictures.

Brian and I continue our post graduation celebration today by getting a well-deserved hour-and-a-half couples massage at Beau Monde. That’s this afternoon.

SIDE NOTE: I deserve it for going to school full time and work full time, nonstop, since 2003. Brian deserves it for putting up with me.

After that we are picking up Grandma and Grandpa and taking them to the Brubakers for one final family dinner before David and Donna leave for their thirteen-day Baltic cruise. They leave on Tuesday and will be celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary on the trip.

As for Brian and I, we are going to see the last balcony showing of Indiana Jones after dinner. Then we’ll have to get up early the next day to drive to Kansas City. We are hitting Legends Mall, playing a poker tournament at Harrah’s on Sunday, spending the night there, and then playing another poker tournament on Monday before heading back. There may be some other gambling and other activities mixed in, depending on how quickly we get knocked out of the tournament. Hopefully, that won’t be the case though. I’d like to be able to make it to the final table and maybe even win the whole thing. That would be nice.

It’s going to be a long weekend, one that we will probably need to recover from at some point. Ugh. I tried to talk Brian into waiting to see Indiana Jones until next weekend, but he whined and moaned and groaned and protested that it will not be in the balcony next weekend so we must see it today. I hope the movie doesn’t disappoint because we didn’t even get my favorite seats =P and we are having to watch it late so we can squeeze in into our tight schedule this weekend and it will probably make us really, really tired.

I shouldn’t complain, though. Brian and I have been looking forward to this weekend for several weeks now. Please be sure to check out my photostream on Flickr, as I will post pictures as the weekend progresses. Have a wonderful and safe Memorial weekend, everyone!

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Induction to Beta Gamma Sigma

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Ching under Family, School.

I’m official! I was inducted to Beta Gamma Sigma last Sunday. There were only three of us inducted from the MBA program. Liliya Bell and Debra Franklin were the two other MBA students. Debra didn’t make the reception, but I’m glad Liliya did because then I at least knew someone there.

Well, Liliya wasn’t the only familiar face. A few of my past professors were there. Larry Spurgeon, Dean Headley (and his wife Esther Headley), and Rick LeCompte were all present. I took Spurgeon’s Business Law class as an undergrad. Dr. Headley was my Marketing Research and Analysis (MKT 803) professor (Fall 2006). I took Dr. LeCompte’s Investments class (FIN 620) last semester.

Brian, David, and Donna attended the reception with me. I tried to get mom and dad to go, but it takes an act of God to get them out of the house. My Beta Gamma Sigma induction is a pretty big deal, so it’s a shame they missed it. 🙁

After I introduced my family to my past professors, Donna asked if Dr. Headley is the dean of the university or the business school. I was like, “What do you mean?”

“He introduced himself as Dean Headley,” she said. I had to explain that Dean is his first name. LOL. That’s not to say that Dr. Headley isn’t a big deal. He’s actually a very important figure at Wichita State. He’s an Associate Professor of Marketing and Entrepreneurship, and the Chair of the department.

By the way, David wondered the same thing. He thought that Dr. Headley mean “Dean” as in the Dean of the college, rather than “Dean” as in his first name. I’m sure it probably happens all the time, working at the university and all. Dr. Bart Hildreth (also present at the induction ceremony) is actually the Interim Dean of the Barton School.

Anyway, I was very happy to finally become a member of Beta Gamma Sigma. I wasn’t good enough in undergrad because of the horrible grades I got in LAS and Engineering. It is a huge accomplishment to finally be eligible. I’m really looking forward to wearing my lapel pin and cord at graduation. 🙂