i wanted to take a bit of time to thank some people! since i've vented about having trouble finding a church for our wedding, so many people have been emailing me with suggestions! thanks so much, readers! i didnt' even know some of you read my journal, i have peg to thank for that. she linked me and i've gotten some really nice people come by the site. i've been checking out a couple of sites that you guys have suggested, and they really look promising. i'm going to call them to make appointments to go by the churches to see them in 'real life' and hopefully stop by this weekend.
my parents came home from texas last night. parkin and i went to my house after work to see them and have dinner with them. they had such a good time on their mini vacation. i haven't seen my dad in such good spirits for a long time. he played mj pretty much every night and he hasnt' done that for ages. my mom only had the bestest things to say about my family out there. she raved of the wedding and how wealthy they are out there. "oh, we went out to eat here, here and here. he makes this much money a day... we shopped here, here, and here. she graduated with a double major and got accepted at stanford. she's going to be a doctor. her engagement ring was 4 carats, all together 5 with the sidestones. her brother goes to baylor and has only gotten one B, the rest A's. he opened with a speech for his sister all in chinese with such advanced words that i dont' even use... he's going to bejing to study chinese..." as my ego became smaller and smaller, she went on and on. typical chinese parent. i know that my mom doesnt' love me any less, but i think that she wished that i would have succeeded a little more than i have. i went to college, but mostly got C's. i graduated with a major in child development, but i'm in accounting now. my chinese sucks, and i'm marrying a guy that ain't that rich. then i posed her with this question. "would you rather me marry a rich white guy, or a not so rich chinese guy." immediately, without the slightest pause, she said, 'chinese boy' we both smiled at each other and she stopped talking about my distant cousins.
we went out to dinner with my parents, brother and sister in law selina at 'broadway prime' in burlingame for mom's birthday since she was away on her birthday. reservations were at 7:00 but we werent' seated til after 7:30pm. this isn't the first time that this has happened. one of the first times we went there to have dinner, they seated us after our reservation time, but they offered us free drinks at the bar in that duration. this time, nada. we sad around for half an hour twiddling our thumbs. the food was great tho. salad... good, bread and butter... warm and goood... beef.... gooooood. very tender and cooked perfectly, the way i like it, medium at a nice deep pink with no blood. bonus: they have my favorite after dinner mints there. i gaffled more than a few.
countdown to peg's arrival back to san jose for the weekend - two days. countdown to me getting my greedy hands on her og digital camera - less than four days! i'm going to see her for sure on monday, but hopefully a day or two earlier to start snapping pictures... oh and to see peg too. hahaa. when peg offered her camera, i thought that she was lending it to me, but she wrote me back this angry email and pointed out that she wasn't lending it to me, she was GIVING it to me. since she's written that, i've been super excited to see her, more so than usual. j/k. i'm always excited to see her and ashlyn. but such the greedy girl i am. i can't help it! a digital camera for my very own!!! cool!