I had so much fun today! After lots of experimental private time this morning, Mr. W and I drove out to The Pike in Long Beach and met up with 4 of the Northern Cal people who had come down to attend their friend’s wedding: Mike”Wilco“, his fiance Christi, Greg, and his fiance Cheryl. We had Japanese food at a sushi/teppan restaurant, and I don’t remember the restaurant’s name, but I’m pretty sure Mike took a photo of it on our way in. The table conversation was funny and entertaining. Jimmy and his fiance Sabrina were at another beach some cities away and offered to bike to us after they finish lunch, but Long Beach was too far and they had a flight to catch, so I missed them this trip. I told Mr. W that if Jimmy and Sabrina had met up with us, it would’ve been 3 newly engaged couples and us. He said, “And if we were engaged, it’d be 4 engaged couples!” “But we’re not,” I said. I don’t know why I burst bubbles like that. I should just smile and nod along. I made Mike take a group photo of us at the edge of the pier, “so I can post it on my blog.” It’s all about pleasing the readership. Mike made fun of my dedication to blogging, I may have said something derogatory about the fact that he blogs so rarely now, and the conversation somehow led to his threatening to delete my entire blog. Blog administrators have waaaay too much power, I think. After the group photos were taken, he walked ahead of me, throwing over his shoulder, “I’ll send these photos to you the next time I blog.” “HEY!!” I protested, cuz that could mean I wouldn’t see it for weeks. Heh. All in good fun, tho.

In the evening, Mr. W and I attended my aunt Jessica’s New Year’s Day dinner at her house. Aside from my aunt and uncle, my parents and us, my cousin Diana was there with her boyfriend Doug, and they brought Diana’s dog, a perky happy Jack Russell terrier named Mr. Burns. For a large part of the evening, the dog was on my lap napping. Dinner was delicious — broiled lamb chops, braised oxtail, creamed broccoli soup, steamed cabbage and snap pea salad, mixed brown and white rice flavored with chicken broth, with dessert fruit chocolate fondue. Because Doug, my dad, and I (to an extent) are all clowns, dinner was a lot of fun, too. It was nice to see my cousin and her boyfriend again after almost a year. It’s funny, they’re like 10 minutes away from Mr. W’s house where I’m at a lot, but we never make plans to hang out when I’m there. Instead, we used to make plans when I’d drive all the way down to Irvine from home.

Right now, things have settled down again. I’m blogging on Mr. W’s laptop drinking tea, Mr. W is playing Legend of Zelda on my Nintendo GameCube, also drinking tea.

Oh, I just remembered. Christi and Mike said they were probably gonna do post-wedding activities in Hawaii instead of pre-wedding activities, so they’re going to be staying in Hawaii after the week of their wedding, as opposed to before. That’s perfect, cuz that’s the week I’m gonna be able to have off! Christi’s reasoning was logical. She didn’t want to have to worry about being sunburnt, scraped or bruised from scuba diving/hiking/island sports for her wedding day, so the fun should be after the ceremony. Yay!