what a weekend! i got practically no sleep. ironic huh? i don't get sleep when i'm at home, but here at school i sleep all the time. i mean, i took a two hour nap yesterday and ended up missing my fit for life class (bad danielle!), but i did have a headache, so it was justified :)
i made my way home on the train on friday afternoon with a couple of other girls from my section. when i arrived, union station was a mess! i had no idea where i was supposed to go. i finally figured it out and my parents picked me up with katie and the four of us went out to dinner in china town. since betsy didn't join us (and usc is only a couple miles away) we were nice enough to pick up a postcard for her, all signed it and sent it to her. i just spent friday night hanging out with my parents and katie, which was nice.
saturday i was given the pleasure of decorating our house for halloween and cleaning for the "Pathways Event" that evening. Pathways is basically an organization in Long Beach that helps women get thier lives back on track after coming from backgrounds of neglect, abuse, substance abuse. anyway, they have a fundraiser on my block every year and this year our house was where the appetizers were, then they move to another house for dinner and the last is dessert and a wild dance party. but, i'll get to that later.
justin came and spent most of the weekend with us and went to the party with my mom and i, since gary doesn't like dancing. justin and i didn't know anyone so, we just awkwardly stood at various spots around my house while the party was there. the event had a photographer there, who was quite an odd soul. at first he comes up to us and goes "lets get a picture of this couple." since, we get this a lot, we just kinda let it go until later when the same guy asks me "if this is my guy." (awkward) i explained that we were cousins, but after that he came back to chat with us again , taking another picture and saying, "i know you two are cousin's, but you look good together." you think this was an odd statement? it gets worse.
photographer man was talking to me and jus about gary's campaign and how there is some literature bashing him (expected in politics). justin walked away to go help someone clear off a table and a woman passes by and thanks photo man. when she is out of ear shot, he turns back to me and says "man, so many chicks just want to hook up with me here, i don't know who to choose." this guy is like 50! what the heck? i was pretty much in shock and immediately detached myself from the convo to go help someone carry something out to their car, which was all i could do to not laugh at him to his face. talk about awkward! haha
as soon as the party left our house, justin and i got katie duty, while gary went to the dinner portion with my mom. after, gary came back and sent justin and i down the street to the dance party, which was at the house of a 90 year old woman. last year the cops actually came and shut it down because it was too loud. how great is that? she is 90! :)
the people at this party were all my parents age and older, so justin and i were the youngest people there. we also got the most attention, being thrown in the middle of the dancing circle people formed around us several times. one woman came up to at least 3 times, introducing herself every time and saying what a wonderful dancer i was. if you have seen me dance, you'll know it is anything but wonderful, but i do like to have a good time and get into it. she was so toasted...
but, a good time was had. my mom, justin and i had a fun time. when were leaving we saw introducing woman again and again she commented on how my mom and i were such wonderful dancers. justin goes "wait, aren't i a great dancer?" and she replies "no, you suck." i was dying! so funny!
when we got home, justin and i ended up going in the jacuzzi for a bit and then watched indiana jones, causing me to get to bed around 4:00, which was great because i got to get up at 7:00 for breakfast with amy, august and grace.
it was so great to see them and somehow i managed to be functionally awake.
anyway, i'll tell more about my weekend later, since i have choir here in about 15 mins.
check back and thanks for reading! :)
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