Bay Area Adventures Part 2

Our first night we decided to do what we do best. Party! While getting ready, Julia confessed she's never thrown up from drinking before, which shocked us. So Aprille and I decided to make that our goal. To get her wasted. To kill time, instead of realizing we didn't eat dinner yet, we started taking shots of soju in Chris' apartment which tasted like water. After a couple of shots, off we went to the club. Their drinks were cheap and strong! After one cocktail, Julia said she was feeling buzzed and Aprille and I were shocked cuz we weren't feeling anything. We decided to go to the bar so Julia could order some food while we ordered more shots. My friend Naz decided to join us which was an awkward situation. See, Chris and I used to flirt all the time online and I flirted with Naz when I met him through Aprille's boytoy. So we kept buying Julia shots but she kept refusing them, so Aprille and I had to drink them. A few drinks later, we were all dancing and I didn't know who to dance with. Next thing I knew, we're leaving the club and Aprille and I were play fighting in the streets while Julia and Chris were waiting for us near the car. Aprille and I pass out on top of each other in the back seat of the car and next thing I knew is that we're at Chris's apartment. The rest of the night was a blur because I was a bit drunk but we were all able to get ready for bed in a breeze. I remember Aprille and Julia yelling at Chris to not go in the living room cuz they'll just change there. Then the three of us crash on the futon.

The next morning we were all hungry and had a little headache. Good idea drinking the night before we're going snowboarding huh? Chris' friend Vince drove us to Lake Tahoe and thank goodness because it was raining and snowing and the visibility was pretty much none. The girls signed up for lessons while the guys did their own thing. It was a two our lesson where we didn't really learn anything. It was fun watching Julia go down the snow and going the opposite direction the instructor tells her to go. Then at the top of the mountain, when the instructor was trying to let go of her hands, she reached back trying to grab her hands again. We all fell a lot, but I fell the hardest by falling on my back and then hitting my head. I still have a headache. Snowboarding was pretty fun and we want to go and do it again. Maybe somewhere closer though.

Bay Area Adventures Part 1

On Thursday Shawn came over and got me all worried about my flight for San Francisco on Friday. The plan was this. I was to bring Aprille's luggage to the airport where she will meet me when she lands in Vegas at 9 am from Hawaii. We check in and go to our gate for our 10:45am flight. He kept telling me she wouldn't make it so I called her to verify that she wasn't landing in the international gate. She tried to reassure me that it'll be fine and she'll make it just as long as her flight doesn't get delayed.

Fast forward to Friday morning at 7am. Aprille calls me and said she is in Utah and her flight is delayed. The airlines told her they'll leave at 8:15 am Utah time (an hour ahead), so she told me she'll still be able to make it.

8:30am rolls around and she said she's still delayed and to check in her bag under me and she'll just pay me back.

9:00am, Aprille calls me and says that she doesn't know when she'll be leaving Utah. They keep delaying their flight because they can't find what's wrong with the plane. And I tell her that I just checked in and our flight is delayed as well. She tells me good! And to try to delay our flight. My response? How the hell do I do that?!

9:15am, Aprille calls and says their plane is leaving and she'll be in Vegas soon. And she'll be able to check in at the gate since she is already in the terminal. Her gate is actually about 5 gates down from us.

Julia and I were trying to patiently wait to see how long our 10:45am flight will be delayed. All we kept thinking of was Aprille and if she'll make it.

11:00am, Aprille calls me and says she just landed in Vegas and wants to know the status of our flight. I told her we're still waiting to see when we'll board, but to hurry up. We see her 10 minutes later and chat for about 5 minutes and we hear on the intercom that we can now board our plane.

How lucky can Aprille have gotten?! It was such a close call but in the end, we were all together and that's the only think that mattered because if she had missed her flight, Julia and I would be stuck at the airport waiting for her to come from the next flight.

Monica and Chandler Syndrome

It's always great when two friends who've known each other for awhile realize that they should become more than just friends. The only problem with that is their whole relationship is put in the spotlight for all their friends to witness. And sometimes their friends are placed in the middle of their relationship. Last week, my friend Daniel called me to see what I was doing. And we planned to meet up at Boulder Station for a drawing they were having. He told me he was having dinner with our friend Anna first then they'll meet up with us. A red flag started waving when he told me he was having dinner, just the two of them. I never knew that Daniel and Anna were good friends and hung out just the two of them. Then yesterday, on Facebook, Anna changed her status to 'in a relationship'. Now that was the biggest red flag. My friend Rambo IMed me on gtalk asking to have lunch and I immediately said yes so I can get some juicy gossip. He confirmed that they are together, and believes that they'll be good for each other. Then we talked about how we hope this will work out because then our friendships will never be the same since everyone is really good friends with each other. Then I got a little mad that Daniel never told me he was seeing Anna. Daniel and I have a unique relationship. We've called each other baby mama and baby daddy. We've had some type of connection and always told each other everything. So I was a bit hurt that I had to figure out on my own that he was in a relationship already. So when he texted me about shopping today, I asked him if he had something to tell me. He was acting stupid like he didn't know what I was talking about. When he called me, he finally told me that yes, he and Anna are together. So we talked about how it happened, and I told him I'm happy for him because I truely am happy. He's been wanting a girlfriend for awhile now and I think Anna will make him happy. Then he told me his concerns with dating Anna. How since they are both close with the same people, there will be no secrets with their friends about their relationship. And I told him that happens when friends date each other. But in the end, it's worth it because you are both happy. And I can tell he is finally happy. So now he can't say I'm cheating on him anymore, cuz he's cheating on me too.

Girl Problems

Let me just warn you, if you're a male, you might feel uncomfortable about the subject. The title says it all...girl problems. Anyways, back to the story. Since the month started, I've been counting the days, and I knew I'd have my monthly visit sometime soon. I'm usually a couple of days late from my cycle these past few months so I didn't think I'd get it today. Low and behold, I got my period a few minutes before I had to leave for the dentist. What's worst was I was wearing khakis and it seeped through my pants. I had an hour to get to the dentist. So I had to think quick on my feet. I called my mom to see if she could meet me at the dentist and bring me a pair of jeans. She didn't know which pair of jeans to bring me, so I just told her to bring me any pair. I don't care. Just as long as I can change into something without any obvious signs I'm on my period. She gave the phone to my dad to give him directions and he asked me why I needed jeans for the dentist. My response? "Don't worry about it! Can you please just take mom to the dentist with the jeans?" With five minutes to spare, my dad came alone to drop the bag of jeans. I get back into my car to change but when I look at the jeans my mom brought, my jaw dropped. She picked the two smallest pairs of jeans I own! I usually wear these jeans when I go out partying because they are really fitted. I have no idea what my mom was thinking giving me my size 0 and 1 jeans when I'm on my period. So I was in the driver's seat trying to squeeze into my jeans and thank God I was able to get into them. This was by far the worst day I've had this year, and it only began. $200 for the 3 fillings, $20 bucks worth of gas, and hoping my khakis aren't ruined are all in a days work.

Meet the Friends

I'm so nervous for Jason. Friday is the day he will meet all my friends. He's met a couple of the important ones already but now he's going to meet everyone at the same time. My friend Shawn has an obsession with an old guy I used to date, so now every guy I date he compares them to the old guy. I told Shawn he is hard to impress. Every guy I bring has to make a good impression on him. Forget trying to impress my dad, they have to impress Shawn to be good enough for me. So I hope they all get along because I can see Jason and I will be together for a little while. Well at least longer than Eric. I hop.

Joint Custody

My weekends have always been pretty hectic. I'm always booked way before the weekend even starts. And this was when I was single. Add in a boyfriend and now I have to try to and squeeze in as much time with different people in so little time because everyone knows I never go out during the week. For the 4 days I'm off for New Years, I already had a schedule of who I was going to hang out with ahead of time. Then Aprille texts me New Years day which was Thursday and her day.

Ape: Hey, can we just hang out on Friday night instead of tonight? These [Guam] people are being party poopers.
me: I can't hang out Friday, I'm seeing Jason.
Ape: Can you see him tonight instead and see me Friday?
me: Let me ask if he is cool with switching days with you.

[Goes and asks Jason if he's ok with switching days with Aprille]

me: Ape, so Jason is ok with it. He has custody of me tonight, and you have custody of me Friday and Saturday.

I'm glad Jason is so understanding. I told him that I don't want to disappear on my friends just because I have a boyfriend like I did in the past. To prevent me from disappearing, I've given Jason my rest days [Fridays] so I can hang out with him since Saturdays is when I see my friends. Sundays will always be for my family.

Starting the Year with a Scare

This new years was the first time I didn't spend the count down with my family. I was with Jason for the count down, but prior to the count down I got a phone call from my mom. She was frantically asking me where I was at. She was at Boulder Station casino gambling for our traditional money throw for the kids. When all of a sudden people started running and yelling "bomb!" A guy claimed that he was wearing a bomb vest and was threatening to detonate it. My mom quickly went outside and was trying to find all the kids. My aunt had left my little cousins at Kids Quest which is a babysitting center in the casino. Since they weren't prepared for situations like this, they had all the kids outside without any shoes and jackets. With everyone running around her, my mom was trying to stay calm and get the kids so they can leave. It's a good thing the man didn't have a bomb on him and I hope he gets maximum punishment.