Weekend Recap

I'm still trying to wake up as I type this but suffice it to say, I had a pretty damn good weekend.

Friday- I came home early from work and watched Rescue Me and Entourage. Then I went through some of the junk mail that has been stacking up and shredded that. Believe me, I wanted to be home then. It was good to just relax and text a new boy. New boy and I went to high school together but he was one year ahead of me. We recently reconnected on Facebook and have been texting ever since. He lives in Vermont so there's no way I'd date him, but he's a good friend for now.

Saturday- Woke up semi-early and went up to Boulder with M for a hike. Only it started to rain, so instead we grabbed yummy breakfast sandwiches and sat in my car until it stopped. Then we hiked for an hour or two, took a break and people watched for awhile in this beautiful garden. And then hiked back to the car. I had an awesome time being outdoors, hiking, and having good company. I definitely want to go more often. After that I came home and rested for awhile and rented Bride Wars with Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson. It wasn't great. I'm glad that I rented it for $1 from McDonalds.

Sunday- Slept in a bit, then went out to breakfast and church with the family. Then went to Crate & Barrel with my Mom to buy new mixing bowls. After that I went and hung out with B. We watched I love you, man. It was pretty funny. Then I left and came home, and as soon as I got home, I got a text from Aaron, who wanted to go out to dinner. So I met him for dinner at Steuben's, where I got mac & cheese and tried their hush puppies, corn, and french fries. Out of all the sides, I would have to say that my favorite was the hush puppies because they were coated in sugar :) Oh, and we tried their peach cobbler and this crazy apple dessert, which was so good. It's basically an apple coated with carmel and granola, drizzled with chocolate with a big scoop of ice cream in the middle of it topped with a strawberry and more chocolate. Yummmy! I'm glad I went, and we got to catch up. It was definitely something different to do on a Sunday night when I'm usually just at home.

I definitely had a very busy, but fun-filled weekend. How was yours?

TMI Thursday: The X-Rated Version of Family Guy

***Alright, folks, you know the rules. Join us all in humiliating the crap out of yourself every Thursday by sharing some completely tasteless, wholly unclassy, “how many readers can I estrange THIS week??” TMI story about your life. Or hell, about someone else’s! For more TMI's head over to Lilu's!****

Trust me, I have plenty of TMI's to write about China but this one needs to be shared today because, it happened on Monday night. Yeah, as in three days ago. So here's the background info. I have a younger brother who is 20. He's been on and off with his gf of 2 years, and before we left for China, he met a new girl named Carly, who's a sophomore. She apparently saw him on Facebook and decided to message him. I'm guessing the conversation went something like this:

Her: Hey you're hot
Him: No, you're hot
Her: *giggles* No, you are
And so on...

Anyways, apparently he met up with her before we left and while we were away he did webcam and Skype with her, along with his ex-gf.

Fast forward to Monday night. I get home from work and am on my way inside the house when I see him going to his car.

"Are you leaving?"
"Yeah pretty soon, I have a date."
"A date? Where are you taking her?"
"Chipotle."
"Have fun."

As I'm ending the conversation his phone rings and turns out she's at our house. Specifically in our driveway. So of course I sneak a peek to see what she looks like, but can't see much. About an hour later, they came back to the house, formal introductions are made, and I'm not really a fan of her mainly because she wore a super short jean skirt and slutty black shirt & her nose is pierced. Oh that and she's really ditzy, and she's not blonde, she's brunette.

Instead of small talk with them, I head downstairs to the 3rd level, where the computer is at. They head downstairs to the basement where my Mom and lil brother who's 9, are watching TV.

About an hour later, my mom finally gives up the TV because my Dad called, so she heads upstairs to her room along with my little brother. I'm still applying for jobs. My brother and the girl watch Family Guy, and I zone out.

That is until I start to hear what I think are moaning sounds. No, that can't be moaning. It's probably just a funny part in Family Guy. I keep typing and log onto Facebook and start FB chatting with some friends. But the moaning starts to get louder. Like, I'm talking porn-esque type loud. I freeze and my mouth drops, because it's suddenly hit me: Family Guy is not on anymore, and the moaning certainly isn't coming from the TV. So I immediately IM my friends saying there's something going on in the basement, and I don't wanna know about it. And then I hear "Holy Shit" and hard hard breathing coming from my brother. At this point, I think I'm going to hurl, because they must be finishing whatever they were doing on THE COUCH THAT MY MOM AND BROTHER HAD JUST BEEN SITTING ON.

So what do I do? I know they have to come upstairs to exit the house. I know that if I see them in passing I'm going to give them the "I-know-what-you-just-did" stare which will be so awkward. So instead I bail. I don't even bother shutting down my computer, I run as fast as I can upstairs to my room, where I locked my door and hugged my teddy bear tight and thought of anything besides my brother and girls and willed myself to go to sleep.

The worst part is that we use that couch everyday. My mom has no idea what happened. And the last thing I want to do is tell my brother I heard EVERY. SINGLE. THING.

Happy TMI Thursday!

China Stories

Life is a little better today. At least it's Wednesday and not Tuesday. Ahem, anyways, since I haven't told you any stories about China, I thought today would be a good day to start. I'm going to chronicle my trip by city. I figure that's the easiest way to tell my stories.

The places I visited while I was there were: Dalian, Shanghai, Xi'An, and Beijing. I totally felt like a jetsetter while I was there because we were always moving and doing things and before you knew it, I was off to another city. Oh, and it was interesting to know that while you can take the train to different cities, it's actually cheaper to fly. We flew everywhere, and I didn't mind a bit. Although, that reminds me now that I still need to see if I can get those miles credited to my frequent flyer account.

Dalian is a beautiful city. It's full of young people, and it's by the coast of China, so they have really fresh seafood and beaches. The average age there is 30 and younger, and it's definitely up and coming. My dad's based there for a year. His assignment should be done in December.

At the beach

While we were in Dalian, we tried many different foods, including this fish, and a hot pot restaurant, where the table turns into a pot and one side of the pot is spicy and the other is mild. And you basically drop in the raw food and watch it cook and then use your chopsticks to fish it out and eat it. It was fun.

This was some fish and the sauce tasted like sweet & sour.

Hot Pot time!

Stay tuned for more stories.... I still have tons to share!