streefy babbles

This past weekend I spent 48 hours in LA hanging out with best friend for her sweet 16ish (aka 28th) birthday.

It was a rough weekend involving sunny weather in the mid 80’s, beaches, pools, manicures, pedicures, dinner at Javier’s (the tastiest Mexican restaurant in Irvine), tequilla, a taco bar and Wii.

We also bribed these two (Stan and Nicole) up from San Diego to help us celebrate…

While we were at Javier’s there were 4 other tables there celebrating their birthdays - so they were serenaded and presented with flan. To be honest the thought never crossed my mind to have them sing to Kirst - until she announced to Chris and I ‘that under no circumstance were we to embarrass her and have them sing to her’. Ummm seriously Kirst… you just dug your own grave. So not only did we have them sing to her we also told them to go right ahead and embarrass her. So they did, with her napkin hat.

Now the countdown (15 days) to France is on……

Driving home from work tonight I decided to drop a line to my darling father Cornholio…. Who proceeded to give me shit for not updating my blog enough this month or for posting anything new on facebok (speaking of which dad, what have you put up on facebook lately? You lurker!).

I kindly tried to explain to my father that I haven’t had time to post lately because work has consumed my life… to the point where today I listened to the same 2 albums on repeat for 10 hours straight today, and didn’t really notice…

Needless to say he didn’t think that was a good enough answer. After we hung-up I got to thinking about it… So, Cornholio I have a proposition for you - if you want I’ll spend all day exploring Vancouver, doing stupid things and writing about what I see… as long as you’ll cover my salary when I quit my job, let me move into your spare bedroom and give me free reign on your wine cellar….

Yup, sounds like a good deal to me!

Okay, I know it really isn’t a vacation when you are only going away for the weekend… two days that you aren’t supposed to be working anyway… so we will call this my well deserved ‘facation’ (hahah get it, Fake + vacation = facation)… umm yeah don’t mind my humor, I have been spending way too much time in front of wireframes this week and I am pretty sure that I have officially lost it.

So I am going to go visit the best friend and her hubby this weekend…. it’s Kirst’s birthday on Sunday so being the good friend that I am, I am taking down my cane to lend to her… next year I may splurge and buy her a walker.

When I was talking to my mum on the phone today I told her that I was going to LA, all she said to me was

‘Ummm Kris, try to stay out of trouble will you…’

Really mum?!?!?! I have no idea where she would ever get the idea that Kirst and I get into trouble when we are together… (By the way… we took this photo when out on the streets of Bloomington celebrating IU’s victory into the final of the 2002 NCAA final 4…. we did however make it home before the tear gas was pulled out… and I only used a fake ID to get into one bar that night)

I wish my wine cellar was big enough to worry about doing this. But alas, it has a door and I doubt that an earthquake would make the bottles push the fridge door open… so until I have a room full of wine I will just continue to worry about it freezing!

Apparently August isn’t the month for blogging in my little world…. BUT never fear in a 24 days I will be in France - for two whole weeks - and I will have pictures and stories galore - mainly revolving around vineyards, wine, food and oh did I mention vineyards?

So last weekend Matt and Rachael were in town - so that was fun, they corrupted me for a week straight. So much so that this weekend I was useless… hmmm well actually the Olympics have pretty much been the reason why I have been useless… poor Rachael had to sit and put up with Matt and I each night as we watched the games live. On that note did anyone see the Men’s Tri race today with Simon Whitfield’s second place finish from behind? (I may have been screaming loud enough to piss off the old people who live in the building next to Jay and Mary… oops).

In other news I am off to LA this weekend… again… to visit the best friend and help her celebrate her 16th birthday… and by 16 I really mean 152nd (but I didn’t want to rub that in). I’m thinking that the weekend will involve laying out by the pool, eating, laying out by the pool some more and playing Wii… yes we need help and a life.

On that note, time for some sleep - after last night’s “4 hour nap” due to the fact that humidity and my lungs are not friends, I could use a good 8 hour sleep with the help of the rain and wind that are coming through the window… Seriously, Vancouver weather… I don’t get you this summer!