Thirty-First Entry

Mamma Mia!! I haven't blogged in a while, so here comes a long one.

Friday, on my last day of subbing that class, one of the girls in the class got hurt and had to be taken to the office in a wheelchair. It happened five minutes before the end of my last class. She was crying pretty good. I felt bad for her. She was really nice to me. I even played speed with her. I beat her, of course, but now I feel bad about beating her. Oh well.
Later that day, I hooked up with Lisa and Carolyn and we drove to Alameda to partake of good Mexican food ("I not a Mexican!") at Acapulco Restaurant. I had a Coke, but I sampled off of Lisa's plate and it was pretty good. After dinner we went to some hippie store a short walk down the street. It was a cool store...but I cannot remember the name. It had one of those baby fences in the doorway. After Alameda, we came to my house and did nothing for about 15 minutes. Then we went to Longs to see if my pictures were done. Nope. Then we went to the Bank so I could deposit my check. Then we went to the new Post Office on East 14th and dropped off some bills that I had to pay. Then we went into the Oakland hills. We ended up at the Chabot Observatory and looked through the telescopes. It was really cool. One telescope was showing a star cluster called M61, and the smaller telescope was showing Jupiter. The only things we could make out on Jupiter were two red lines across its surface and its four largest moons: Callisto, Io, Europa, and Ganymede. It was really interesting. I like astronomy. After the observatory, we drove down Skyline and scoped out the lighted curbs...very cool. We ended up going through some wooded area. Carolyn almost hit a deer. We almost died. The drive back to 580 from the observatory was really nice and dark and quiet...except for the soft tunes on the radio. Walmart was our next destination and I bought lightbulbs and a bunch of junkfood. Then I came home and slept.

Saturday morning I had class. We got our tests back. According to the prof, unless it was a joke, I got the only 100 in the class. YESS!!! There is a God!! I knew I had done well on the test, but I did not think I would get a perfect score. The teacher had said that he is a tough grader. That day I stayed in class till about 1pm just working on all the assignments I could get my hands on. I was charged!! I am really liking this class. It is fun, the people are great, and most importantly, it is easy for me...so far.
After class, I went over to my uncles house and joined the pizza party for his new driveway. He poured his driveway earlier that morning and bought pizza for lunch. I felt like a mooch, but I had a legitimate reason for not helping...class.
Later that day, I went over to Jen's house and watched Bridget Jones's Diary. Very funny movie. I was rooting for the Hugh Grant character until the very end, when we found out the truth about him. After the movie, we watched the first half of SNL and drove to WalMart in Union City. I had a huge toothache and it was driving me crazy. It was closed for Easter. Fair enough. We drove to Walgreens in SL and it was opened. They were completely out of Anbusol. I talked to the pharmacist (still there at 2am!!) and he gave me a vial of Clove Oil. He said it would make me drool. What he didn't tell me is that it would BURN LIKE HELL!!! Well, it did, but I made it through the night. Maybe I should have read the vial warning before buying it: WARNING: KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN. In case of accidental overdose, seek professional assistance or contact a Poison Control Center immediately. CAUTION: Avoid contact of concentrated oil with skin, eyes, mucous membranes, lips, tongue, plastic surfaces, or finished furniture. USES: Air Freshener, flavoring, potpourri. INGREDIENT: Clove Oil (100% pure essential oil). Well fuck me for not reading the damn thing.

Sunday morning, I awaken to nothing. I just woke up because my internal alarm clock is used to waking up early. I talked to my brother about the Clove Oil and he revealed to me that he had Anbusol!! It was tucked away on the top shelf of the bathroom cabinet inside of a toiletries bag. DAMN IT!
Sunday was the day that Louis came back from Europe. I called up everyone that was going(Dayni, Iris and Lisa) and made a big sign welcoming him back to the US. We got to the airport a little early and just stood around waiting for Louis. It was interesting to see the range of emotions across the peoples faces as they exited Customs. Very interesting. A lot of people had relatives or friends waiting for them outside of Customs, like we were. Heart warming reunions, little kids running up to their grandparents, who they havent seen in forever. Then there were people with noone waiting for them at the airport. They were on their own and were tourists. I saw a few backpackers too. I want to go backpacking again...hella fun. Louis came through the doors and we had our signs ready for him. Very good to have Louis on US soil again. And to celebrate, there was only one thing we could do...go to In 'N Out! So we went to the one in Mountain View, pitstopping in Belmont to get Dario. We pigged out and afterwards went to downtown Mountain View for Pearl Tea. Very good. It hit the right spot because it was very hot in MV. After that, we went home.
At 5pm, my family had Easter dinner at my uncles house it was pretty good, it always is. At about 7:30 pm I came home and then went over to Louis' house to get some things Louis bought for me: Four CD's, and 20 bars of soap. Very good!! I even got some change back in dollars and Euros!! Very nice. I love my CD's and the soap is great. Thank you Louish!!
Then I went to bed.

Monday...the big day. Much was done on this day. Louis, Lisa and I had big plans for this day. We started off with nourishment at the IHOP in Union Landing. Then we went to Pebble Beach, the one near Half Moon Bay. As soon as we got there, we noticed a huge, decaying whale on the beach. It was so nasty that we had to investigate. Louis and I got as close to it as we could and Lisa took a picture. The stench was almost enough to make me puke. After we said a few words for the whale, we took off on an adventure for the tidepools. I like jumping around in the tidepools, from rock to rock. We walked for about about 45 minutes, stopping to take photos of a jellyfish graveyard, and of me grabbing Lisa's head(don't ask me, it was Louis' idea). Then we stopped and skipped rocks for a while. It was fun. Then we hiked back up to the "High Trail" and walked easily back to the car. Then we drove to Pescadero State Beach. People had built somekind of driftwood city out of all the driftwood on the beach. There were all kinds of driftwood houses all over the beach. It was really cool. We left there at about 20 to 3pm. Next stop was Jens work in Palo Alto.
On the road to Jen's, we saw some major drama at the San Gregorio State Beach. There was a Fire Truck, and Ambulance and a Helicopter! we can only guess that someone was hurt seriously enough to require an air lift. Very scary. Anyway.
We took a beautiful back road through San Mateo county. It was a pretty crooked road. Me and Lisa almost got carsick. We made it to Jen's work at about 3:30pm. We got to check out her new cubicle, very nice!! I got to meet Nora, and Nargol (i think). Very nice people. I convinced Jen to leave work early and go bowling, and she convinced Nora to leave early with her and go bowling also. We went bowling at the cleanest, most un-Manor Bowl like bowling alley in the world. It was classic! I didn't bowl so hot. Oh well, it was fun wearing Jen's socks anyway. After bowling, Louis had to go home and Jen, Nora, Lisa and I went to Miyake's for dinner. I cannot remember what I ordered, but it was big and interesting. After dinner Jen, being the kind and loving jewel that she is, kindly drove me and Lisa home. I fell asleep on the drive back, a testament as to how tiring the day was.

And now I'm home. And I'm tired. Good night y'all.