despite the fact that we missed our little bundle of joy, we had a wonderful weekend with the willises. we did a lot of hanging out, eating, arguing and eating.
friday flo, willis, and i got to burbank and picked up our car and went to target while we waited for sarah to get in. when she did, we picked her up to find out that her plan was met with fire engines and that on the first half of her flight she sat next to some scary guy who was a convicted felon and had no problem sharing that info with her. that night we met up with kathy and went to dinner at bucca. after dinner, we had 21 (yummmers snickerdoodle!) and went back to kathy's apartment to just hang out and chat. saturday f and i slept in while the willises went to scripps for their reunion events. we arrived about 1 for the lunch. lunch sucked. they tried to feed us pasta salad, asparagus and regular salad with a plastic fork. i don't know how they thought we could eat an oily pasta salad and asparagus with a plastic fork and then on top of that feed us dinning hall brownies for desert and charge 20 dollars a head. the thing that pissed me off the most was that the old alums had a sit down meal where they were served and given real silverware! argh! i am not happy with scripps right now, that wasn't appropriate at all! i think f is going to actually complain.....we give them enough money a year and at least deserve a decent meal when we come to visit (especially when we paid for it!)
after lunch, we met up with erika and went to the gold champagne toast to help induct the seniors into their alum status. f saw a hummingbird that was dying and had to say a little "last rites" for it. then, after that we went on a tour of garrison. it's beautiful. expensive, but beautiful....i just wonder how many students are actually in the music program... compared to psych or something!
we bought up all sorts of scripps gear. we decided that we were sick of seeing everybody in all cal clothes so we had to compete a little. we got a pair of sweat pants, a sweat shirt and a rugby shit. i love my new sweatshirt. i needed a new berkeley ever since the old one had to retire. i've worn it two days in a row now even though it is nice outside! :)
saturday night we went to dinner at viva madrid. they didn't have chicken croquettes. another thing that made me cranky, but they did have their famous sangria! it was yummy...and we didn't stuff ourselves and ended up having a good meal for a really good price! after dinner we went back to kathy's and chatted.
sunday we went to kathy's pool and laid out for awhile and then had to go to in and out for sarah and finally f and sarah got to have their willis argument. it's not a bad thing (in their opinion) but they both like to argue and so they spent the afternoon arguing about marriage and what should and shouldn't be classified as marriage and what rights should come along with it. basically it ended up with them realizing they believe the same things (or very close) and nothing exciting comes out of it. i always get nervous when people fight so i sat in the corner and copied kathy's cds onto my ipod so that i wouldn't get too upset. I guess that Matt is the same way so it is good that they get this out of the way with eachother.
finally sunday night we left kathy and went back to the airport where we got on our flight to oakland and came home very tired. it was a wonderful weekend. lots of fun for all and we have to do it again soon! hopefully, if everything works out right we might be going to hawaii in october. and maybe a little fun in the bay area before? or some other time? we'll have to see!
last night we went to pick up macer and he was very excited to see us! when i picked him up out of his kennel he just cuddled into my neck for a minute until f came up behind me and he took a flying leap from my shoulder into her arms where he cuddled with her for awhile. he was very cuddly last night. i know he missed us, and it makes me feel all warm and bubbly inside to know that he doesn't just see me as the person who feeds him carrots, but i think he actually feels love (or something close) for us. he likes my new sweat shirt too...he pulled the string back and forth through the hood over and over again. ahh...my baby :)
ok, so i think that's it for now, i need to finish up my work and then go home eventually...i've had a productive day today and i am tired! i want dinner, i want to cuddle with my bun and babe and have a nice relaxing evening....
