One Week...

Instead of spending the past week actively doing things, I've just been too tired to do very much aside from going to work, and occasionally working out. All the fun artistic activities I thought I'd be spending my time doing haven't even been attempted.

It's not as if I'm depressed or something, I've actually been fine. Aside from life throwing me a huge curveball, and having it knock the wind out of me, I'm okay. I just have spent my free time reading, and watching movies or TV shows I always wanted to get into (Dead Like Me, and 30 Rock).

So if you've been wondering why I haven't been posting, it's not because every computer I have access to broke...it's not because I'm so lonely/sad that I won't crawl out of bed long enough to post something. I just haven't done much worth writing about. My most exciting adventure was to the mall, I can't resist a good semi-annual sale, and I definitely left the mall a little poorer, but with bags of cute clothes in my arms.

I am now at that halfway point, it's been exactly 7 days since Kyle left, and I only have 7 days left until I'm headed towards the lovely San Diego. I don't think I've ever been so excited to go home...aside from the possibility of not seeing one of my best friends, everyone else is in SD, for the first time in a really long time. It's so exciting, especially because I haven't seen a handful of those friends in about 6 (long) months!

It's going to be so nice to just do all of my favorite things with all of my favorite people! On my must-do list so far I have down Brazilian Bowls, Hookah, The Beach, Balboa Park, & The Del Mar Fair. I also already have plans to see Eclipse with Sahar, Claire, and Olivia on Wednesday night...and I'm having dinner/drinks with Megan Friday night. I don't have official plans with Sarah yet, but trust me, I will be spending A LOT of time with my lovely soul sister! The quince is on Saturday...and Sunday, I'm definitely feeling a giant get-together/BBQ and of course, watching the fireworks.

One week, it's all I have to get through, and I can do it! Being patient is SO annoying, but really, I have no other choice. Unless someone discovered how to fast-forward through time? No? Well, you should all keep trying.

Have a nice day, everyone!

See you soon, San Diego!

Recaps and Highlights!

I've been a bbbaaaaaaddd blogger! Sowwies!
I'm on vacation/have been completely absorbed by family in the land of San Diego...oops!


Our flight from Seattle to San Diego was straight out of a horror story, and one of the worst traveling experiences ever, almost as bad as our crazy trip to D.C. but I guess it all turned out okay in the end (I don't feel like re-telling it now, maybe some other time, haha)


But anyway, here's a quick recap of my Christmas...


Dec. 24, 2009 Christmas Eve:
9am Breakfast made by Chris (my brother-in-law) Esh...homestyle potatoes, poached eggs, & english muffins [dddeeelliiiccciiiooouuussss!]

12pm Lunch at Chilies with Kyle's grand-pa, mommy, Kaleb, Uncle Steve, Trevor, & Trevor's friend

2pm Last minute shopping at Mission Valley

4pm Early dinner at Kyle's Auntie B's house with B, Uncle Bob, the cousins & girlfriends, mommy & brother

6pm Dinner with my family at my parent's house, followed by playing the Wii and wrapping presents

12am Midnight Mass, and then home again to sleep!



December 25th, 2009 Christmas Day:
9am Kyle's Mom's house for present opening! [She got me a lovely ivory sweater and some pretty black earrings, in addition to the mass amounts of candy in the little stocking she got me, and some fuzzy socks from his grandma!]

12pm Back to my house for more present opening! [I got lots of long sleeve shirts, sweaters, a jacket, an ansel adams book, a necklace, oh, and a DSLR (!!!!! I know, right?!) from Kyle!!]

4pm Early Dinner at Kyle's Grandmother's house with Uncle Dean & his sons, Kyle's mommy & Kaleb, and of course Roy.

5pm Dinner at the Esh house (Chris' family) for the rest of the night.

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So basically, Christmas was spent running around, haha, hectic but fun. :)


Some other highlights:
Seeing Sarah Dozier the first Friday we were in SD :) I didn't get to see her for an extraordinary long time, just a few hours, but it was so very well worth it! We made bread sticks for lunch and caught up on life, which was wonderful!

Seeing Claire Friday night :) She had crazy stories from England, we even got to Skype with her BF which was nice! We played some games, Michael was also there, he even watched us play a round of beer pong (we lost horribly to Team Matt(s) because they...they're...just too good...) It was a fun little get-together :)

Helping my mom build the guest bed was fun (hah) it was last Sunday when the Chargers were playing, so in order to avoid traffic, we went to the Costco by Grossmont Center...but they didn't have the mattress in the right size! So we ended up driving to the Mission Valley one, and making it JUST in time! They literally shut the front door as my mom ran in at 5:59pm. Later that night we went to Sipz with Sondra, hehe :D

Dinner at Sultan Banoo ...great Persian food in University Heights! nom nom nom!

Playing with my DSLR! I've been taking amazing pictures :D

Watching Avatar! The movie was amazing, we saw it in 3-D and made it JUST in time! Highly Recommended!

Family Game Night was also fun! We played Scattergories! Haha...my family's a little too competitive, but we all had fun in the end :)

Jamie Bean and Drew Drop

I didn't mention an important part of my trip to San Diego in my other post, so here's a little secret for you: there are two little boys who stole my heart well over a year ago, and still have a giant hunk of it to this day...the secret is that I hope they keep it forever.


Jamie Bean and Drew Drop I call them affectionately...they are the most darling, trouble-making, intelligent little boys I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. I hope we'll always stay friends...and to be quite honest, being around them makes me want to have baby boys...though I know I'd love baby girls too...haha.

Though their professions change often, last time I saw them, they were mutants, they are now currently spies, well, Drew was a cowboy spy...they'll always be my 'lil monsters :)

I'm Leaving On A Jet Plane

I'm currently flying through the skies at an altitude of 38014 feet with 411 miles to travel. I hate to sound like an ad, but I am currently loving Virgin America Airline. Their free wifi and interactive built-in screens is way too cool. Our flight from San Diego to San Francisco was a couple of episodes of South Park and some snippets of CNN during commercials. The seats are comfortable, the lights are blue/purple which provide enough light to see and aren't over bearing. I like this. Now if only they served a snack of some sort, they'd be perfect! Peanuts, Pretzels, I don't really care, just something to munch on...


I'm currently over stuffed, so I don't really mind, my stomach actually kind of hurts, but it might just be the food baby kicking :/ I had an egg salad sandwhich and some hummus and pita for dinner, and half of a giant chocolate chip cookie for dessert. I am stuffed to the brim!


On the bright side, I stumbled across the 500 days of Summer soundtrack, and found out that She & Him cover "Please, Please, Please Let me Get What I Want" and it's very well done: Zooey's voice is pleasant, the guitars and music are well done! :) It made me smile quite a bit, and reminded me of Sanya, who I unfortunately didn't see during this break :( However, we've made plans to reunite over Winter break, which is good, 'cause I miss that little Cambodian!


So, I've been a bad blogger because we've been in San Diego the past few days, and quite busy! Our Thanksgivings were good (for the most part)! I made 2 delicious Vegetable Pot Pies, one as a contribution to Kyle's Mom's Thanksgiving, and the other to my Mom's! We went over to Kyle's relatively early, though we might have been 30 minutes late...maybe. This is the first Thanksgiving that I realized that most other families have Thanksgiving pretty early, my family, however, is lucky if we eat around 6pm! Though the norm is around 8pm! We saw relatives from both of our families, and there was a lot of Wii playing, as well as a lot of the same questions. "How's Seattle?!" "Do you like it?" "Does it rain a lot?" "Do you have jobs yet?" "How's school going?" I should have thought ahead and made note cards with the frequently asked questions and their answers and passed them around the table! haha :)

The City Sleeps, But I Do Not...

I am back in the lovely San Diego, lying on the guest bed in the office.

Kyle & I stayed up all night last night to insure we made it on time for our flight, so after the excitement/adrenaline of running around airports wore off, and after having a filling brunch at The Big Kitchen (thanks Mommy!) the second we had a little bit of down time (we were making plans to go to the movies...) we totally passed out...for about 6 hours. Around 10pm, I stifled tears because I had missed Gossip Girl, had a mini-heart attack because I thought I still had papers to finish, and then relaxed because I realized it was all okay. My Mom had made a lentil soup & cornbread muffins, along with my favorite oven roasted rosemary potatoes (how do I survive without her?) for dinner, which she had kept on the stove warm for us :) Oh love I love her!

After eating and chatting some more, my parents and Sahar went to sleep. Kyle had missed a billion calls from his friends while we were sleeping, so he went out to spend time with them. I was too tired for any social interactions, but not quite sleepy, so I hung out with Omied until about 5 mins ago when I realized that he hadn't napped for hours and was tired, so I told him I was going to bed, and here I am, alone with my thoughts. The city sleeps, but I do not.

Birthdays and 100 degree Weather

Friday, I'm in Love!

Kyle and I kind of slept in today, we didn't end up falling asleep until like 3am last night, so we were super passed out all through my family's noisy morning routines. I woke up around 12 and Kyle woke up shortly after, haha. We eventually managed to roll out of bed and shower just in time to be slightly late to pick Sahar up from school. With us arriving like 20 minutes late, it's just like old times :) haha


Afterwards, we decided to go out to eat, and after sitting in front of a Pick Up Sticks for like 20 minutes, decided that we should do multiple things at once, and Kyle called the Twins (Chris & Brian) and asked them if they wanted to hang out/eat. So we drove out to La Jolla & picked them up, then we went over to the UTC mall. We were walking around the food court for a bit, Sahar decided that she wanted Panda Express, so we head that way. As a joke, I tell her to ask for a discount because she's wearing her WWF shirt which has a Panda on it, and she laughs and I know she's not going to say anything. So we get up there and order her Orange Chicken, and the lady tells us that they're going to give us a 10% discount because she's wearing a panda shirt!! It was hilarious! I couldn't believe it, I thought they were just kidding, but nope, sure enough, right on the receipt it says a 10% promotional discount!! It totally was a highlight of my day, haha.
I got some Great Khans to much on, which was super good as usual :)


After eating, walking around the mall, and being stuck in traffic, we eventually made it back to my house. We all hung out for a bit, but the boys eventually took off to hang out, and I spent time with my mommy and Sahar. We decided to go shopping for my Uncle's birthday present, he's having a pool party tomorrow.


Speaking of tomorrow, we're going to have a super busy day! First my uncle's birthday party, then we're hanging out with Chrissy & Chris, and then we're going to Jenny's going away party! It's going to be such a fun day (hopefully) but I know I'm going to be exhausted tomorrow night! But, that's okay, I know it's going to be worth it...hanging out with everyone has been so much fun...I kind of forgot what having a social life was like, haha. But making friends has been pretty hard for us to do, hopefully once school starts/we start working we'll make a few friends. It'd be nice not to be so lonely in such a big city so far away from everyone we love. But I honestly can say I miss our apartment, it's nice having a hide out where we can just pretend the rest of the world doesn't matter.


I do miss being my sister's go-to person though...apparently she and Ryan got in some huge dispute because he asked her what her perfect guy would be like, and she basically described Nick (one of her ex-boyfriends/Ryan's best friend) and it got pretty messy, he got really upset and she ended up crying herself to sleep. And I didn't even know about this! I had to find out about it like a week later after chatting with my mom! Sahar also told me this crazy ridiculous story involving air soft guns, the guys she hangs out with, getting the police called on them (they thought they had real guns) and being surrounded by 30 units, having 2 helicopters flying above them, and having a sniper on a tall building semi-far away pointed directly at them in case they did something stupid. I couldn't believe something that crazy and ridiculous could happen and she wouldn't feel inclined to tell me about it...it makes me feel totally out of the loop, which breaks my heart.


Anyway, I'm currently lying in bed in my PJs hoping Kyle comes home soon, I'm super lonely. Everyone else has gone to sleep, my brother & Kyle are both out partying, and I'm all alone in my big dark house, with only the light of this computer keeping me company. Yes, both Kyle & my Brother tried to get me to go hang out with them (separately, not both of them at the same time) but I'm already in PJs and don't really feel like going out. Tomorrow's going to be super busy, so I'd really just like to go to sleep and cuddle with my baby-babe...but the last thing I'm going to do is ask him to come home, mostly because I know he would, and he really should just keep hanging out with his friends, we are leaving in only 3 days...


I guess I'll stop being a pouty baby, I can entertain myself with Gossip Girl re-runs or something :)


Goodnight San Diego!