We Got Lucky
Posted on July 12, 2010 by Ching under Life.
Did I mention that we almost got a ticket last night? Brian and I were running a little late to dinner because I was reading a post from The Tasteless Humor Page to him that Jenni had shared with me earlier that day. It was so hilarious that I couldn’t even read it straight. I was laughing so hard that I was crying.
Finally got done with that so we hopped in the car and were on our way. Brian usually drives so he did. In hindsight, I probably should have driven.
We were on our way to Hana Cafe and Brian took the Central exit out of habit. No biggie though, because you can still get there using that route. It wasn’t until we passed Emporia (the street, not the town) that I realized he was completely out of it. (He wasn’t that out of it.)
I think I said something like “Where are we going?” or “Why are you taking us to work?” or something like that. This is the exact route that we take to work each day. Since we carpool, he drops me off at my building first.
He told me that he missed his turn. So you know what he does? He takes the next turn, which is Topeka. This is okay, because Topeka goes South and we needed to go South and turn back to Old Town. Except he took a left on 2nd Street to go East, but everyone knows that 2nd is a one-way street going West.
As soon as he turned, he realized his mistake. The good news was that the street was wide open (so there wasn’t a chance of colliding with anyone) because there were only two cars directly in front of us and they were both on the same lane — one behind the other. The bad news was that one of the cars was a police car.
Brian instantly realized his mistake so he took the first alley that he could take. As he did I said, “We are so getting a ticket.”
“I know,” Brian replied feeling completely defeated.
The cop car, was right behind us with its lights on. He didn’t even have to turn his lights on, though, because we both already figured we were doomed. Brian just turned into the alley and parked the car in the lot. As we sat there waiting for the policeman to come to the window, we agreed that I should have driven us to dinner. We decided right then that I would be the one to drive home.
Brian rolled the window down as the policeman approached. When the policeman peeked into the car from the driver’s side window, Brian immediately fessed up.
“I turned down the wrong street. I meant to turn on 1st,” he confessed.
“You need to be more careful. You can get in a wreck that way,” the cop told Brian and then walked off. We couldn’t believe our luck. He let us go!
Needless to say, our alley adventure made us arrive late for dinner because we were already cutting it close as it was. Jenni called me to ask where we were and I told her that we got pulled over. I promised to tell her what happened when we got there.
“We are so late,” I said — not really mad. Mostly just stating a fact.
Brian, who is anal about being on time or even early to everything, was not very happy. “I should never have driven.”
“Don’t worry about it,” I replied. “We’re still going to beat Richard there.” Naturally, I was right. We all agreed to meet at 7:30 pm. Brian and I got there at around 7:45 pm and it was about 8:00 pm by the time Richard and Amy showed up.
Our friend Richard is the exact opposite of Brian. Whereas Brian is always an hour early to stuff, Richard is always an hour late to everything. It’s funny because when we were making dinner plans, Richard mentioned meeting at 7:00 pm.
I was like, “So you really mean 8 o’clock, right? Are we going to be on real time or Richard-time?” He didn’t say anything, but I gave him the benefit of the doubt. I said, “Let’s cut the difference and say 7:30 — How does that sound?” He agreed. And so our plans were made.
As we were leaving our place, I sent him a text to tell him we were on our way. He replied back telling me that they had to drop off some people, but I took that to mean they were on their way also.
Jenni was already at the restaurant when Brian and I arrived. We were late, but there was no Richard in sight. I told Brian that I probably should have sent Richard the text telling him that we were on our way an hour before. LOL.
Somethings will surprise you. Like not getting a ticket. Whew! What a relief! Somethings never change.
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Richard and Amy
Posted on July 12, 2010 by Ching under Life.
Richard and Amy were in town for the weekend. Initially we were going to have dinner on Saturday, but when they found out that Brian was arriving on Sunday night we moved dinner to Sunday instead so that Brian could join us. It worked out because they had other friends they wanted to get together with on Saturday as well. That left me with nothing to do on Saturday at first, until I found out about the movie party.
The five of us (Richard, Amy, my sister Jenni, Brian and I) met for dinner at Hana Cafe. It’s one of Richard’s favorite places to eat when he’s in town. I guess this is because there’s not a lot of Korean options where he lives Texas.
Jenni bailed after dinner, but ended up being a long day for both Brian and I because I still had to submit the info from the mystery shop I’d done earlier that day. Since Richard’s mom just dropped them off while she went to visit with her friend, we ended up having them over to our place. We live close to where Richard’s mom was at anyhow so it worked out okay.
I decided to do my mystery shop survey while the three of them were out on the patio. The guys smoked Brian’s cigars. I figured this would help so that I wouldn’t be up all night after they left still filling out my survey. I still had to scan and upload my receipt, though. (I didn’t get all the way through the survey so I still ended up having to work on it after they left anyway. =P)
We ended up playing some Rock Band and Tekken, which brought back memories. Brian and Richard and I used to play Tekken Tag until the wee hours of the morning ten years ago when we lived at our townhouse on 32nd Street. It was still July 11 when our guests left so we didn’t end up playing video games until the next day.
Thank, God!
Brian and I both had to work the next day. I fully expected to work today, but I woke up completely exhausted from the long day. I ended up taking a day of vacation, which works out because I need to do Brian’s laundry from his trip anyway.
Brian went to work today because he has no vacation time. I’m not sure how he’s coping though. He was up for almost 24 hours from traveling. He must have gotten a nap while flying over the Atlantic.
I must say, I can’t wait until I can resume my normal routine!
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When the Mouse is Away…
Posted on July 12, 2010 by Ching under Life, Things to Do.
Here’s a quick recap of my activities while Brian was away.
I took a vacation day on Tuesday to drop Brian off at the airport. After dropping him off, I planned on having lunch with Jennifer Teves. After our lunch at at Manna Wok, I got to play with the simulator…
While Mikki played Scrabble on her iPad.
That was the day we confirmed that my driving sucked. No thanks to Bobby’s driving simulator and my complete lack of driving ability.
On Wednesday night, I played racquetball at South Y with Jay and Ronnie. And this guy named Chuck who we just met that night. His friend hadn’t arrived so we invited him to play doubles with us. It was Jay’s idea. Chuck was way above our league. We did learn that we’d been playing doubles wrong, though.
On Thursday, I drove to WSU straight after work to participate in a SURL experiment. I was there from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm and made $50. I’m not allowed to say anything more because I signed a gag order. The software application I tested isn’t on the market yet and they don’t want the general public and, most of all, competitors to know about it. All I gotta say is, it was the easiest $50 I’ve ever made.
On Friday night, I went to Sunny’s remote at Linkhaus. It was fun seeing people I hadn’t seen in forever.
Jan would have won the REO Speedwagon/Pat Benatar tickets, but you have to be present to win. Jan left before they started drawing for winners, though. I didn’t win any tickets, but I did win a CD. I ended up taking two because JW gave his to me. I love Sunny’s remotes because everyone is a winner! I’ve decided I’m taking Brian to Linkhaus this Friday since he missed the first one.
Most everyone went to Stooges afterward, but Brian made me promise not to drink. So no bars or drinking of any kind, unless I had a designated driver.
On Saturday morning, I met mom at Sam’s Club after working out. I bought a huge tub of roasted red pepper hummus and an extra large bag of pita chips for the movie party that Kurt told us about. It was the only Brian-sanctioned activity available to me that night. The other thing I could have done was watched The Fabulous Fleshtones perform at Automobilia. I think Jan and her friend Janet went to that. Brian wouldn’t let me go downtown, though.
They created this awesome outdoor theater environment similar to what you’d find at a drive-in, sans cars. Just needed to bring your favorite lawn chair.
There were a ton of people at the movie thing.
It was probably the neatest activity I’d done this summer (besides Cory and April’s wiener party because that was simply out of this world).
Jay and Becca came too. I’m not sure if Brian asked them to watch over me, but they were awesome. Jay brought is ladder golf game. Kurt’s sister Julie and I decimated him and Becca in the ladder golf match. And to think it was Julie’s first time playing.
I told Brian I wish he could’ve been there because this outdoor movie party was right up his alley.
Brian loved the movie Airplane! which was one of the movies they showed. They also showed “A Fistful of Yen” from Kentucky Fried Movie, an old cult classic.
Before the movies, Doug (Kurt’s brother in law) showed us some very old commercials on celluloid that he had spliced together. Ronald Reagan was even in one of the commercials. We also got treated to What’s Opera, Doc? a Merrie Melodies cartoon from 1957. Oh, and I almost forgot about Little Rascals!
I got to see so many neat things that I’d not been exposed to before. I wished that I would’ve written all of this stuff down.
Shane and Kurt left early. Jay, Becca and I left around midnight. I’m really glad they were there because I didn’t know anyone at all. I hope we get invited to it again next year so I can bring Brian. He would so love it!
Today was the day of Logan’s 10th birthday party. There are too many pictures to post so I thought I’d just post a slide show instead.
I got through the week without any hitches. The only thing I really didn’t like was driving. And pumping my own gas, which I’d forgotten how to do. I’m so spoiled, I know. Now that Brian is back, I don’t have to worry about it. LOL.
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He’s Back!
Posted on July 11, 2010 by Ching under Family, Travel.
Seemed like only yesterday that I dropped Brian off at the airport. Now I’m back at the airport again. I’m not even caught up with posting all of the pictures yet!
Our first stop when we got back into town on Monday afternoon was Great Clips for Brian’s haircut. Then we went to Fazoli’s to have dinner with Brian’s parents and grandparents.
It was a “going away” dinner of sorts.
I took Brian to the airport the next day.
And off he went with his shiny, new haircut.
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I’m So Out of It
Posted on July 11, 2010 by Ching under Life.
So this morning I decided I would go out to the gym to workout. I was totally thrilled to find only half a dozen cars in the parking lot when I got there. I had gotten a text from my sister as I was driving in the parking lot, so I decided to check it as soon as I got the car in park. Jenni said that mom had food at the house.
Not having eaten any real food in almost 24 hours, the tempation was too hard to resist. I decided to drive out to Derby to my mom and dad’s house. Before leaving the Andover YMCA parking lot, I sent off a Twitter update pretty much saying how pleased I am with myself for finding a new workout time when there’s hardly anyone at the gym (because it’s always overcrowded any other time).
When I got to my parents’ house and was able to check my phone again (I don’t check it while I’m driving — safety first), I saw a reply from Jess. It simply stated, “I thought they didn’t open until 12 on Sundays.” That would explain why there were no cars in the parking lot. Doh?!
I could have sworn that I saw a workout class that started at 9:30 AM. I must have been looking at the wrong schedule or wrong day or something. =P I probably would have realized my error had I actually walked to the locked doors. I did check the schedule just now and it looks like they open at 10:00 AM (unless I’m looking at it wrong). Either way though, I was there way too early for them to be open.
When I got to my mom’s house, she already had pancit ready. My sister was also up. We’re the only three people I know who consistently get up at the crack of dawn. My mom and I more so than my sister. I think she only started doing this recently, so there must be something wrong with her. It’s normal for me to get up at 6:00 AM without an alarm. Although, yesterday I was up by 4:30 AM. Today, I got up at 6:30 AM. My mom does the same thing. I guess I must have gotten it from her.
Anyway, I was telling mom and Jenni how I had gotten these two CDs the other day when I was at Linkhaus for Sunny’s remote. Sunny drew my name and my friend’s name so we both got to pick CDs. I ended up with both of them. My pick was Kings of Leon, which I’d been listening to in the car since Friday night. I heard them for the first time when their music was used in the 2009 Victoria’s Secret fashion show.
This morning, I finally unwrapped the other CD. I put it in the CD player and started listening. I really liked the music although (a couple of minutes into the first song) I did tell myself, “I think this is Country.”
So I asked mom and Jenni if either of them wanted this Country music CD that I’d won. “Who is it?” Jenni asked. I said, “It’s a band called Lady Antebellum..” Mom was like, “I want it!” While Jenni was like, “How do you not know that Lady Antebellum performs Country music?”
“I don’t know. I don’t listen to Country,” I replied. “I don’t listen to Country either, but they’re all over the TV. You can’t miss them!” Jenni thinks I’m a do-do head because this is something that I obviously should have known. I’m just out of it, I guess.
This is what happens when Brian is away. I turn into a bumbling fool. I also blame it on the lack of sleep. Usually waking up early (they way I normally do) doesn’t bother me because I’m in bed early also. Falling asleep in a Brian-less bed has proven to be quite a challenge. Excuses aside, I’m just not hip and I’m also not immune to ocassional “stupid” moments.
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