One day weekends.

Ever since my job assigned me cases on Saturdays, I have been taking advantage of my Saturday nights and Sundays much more than I usually do.

We all did power hour last week.  Vanessa and Jennie were the new contestants, joining alongside Braimy, Lawry, and I.  After a game of Apples to Apples, in which my girlfriend decided to let Lawrence win instead of me, we were ready to start powering.  Jennie was the first to tap out, I was the second, and the remaining four finished the whole hour!  This game never fails to bring to a silly state of mind, haha. The next morning, Vanessa and I took Taylor, Tristen, and my Mom to Chuck-e-Cheese!  I remember Mom teaching Vanessa the kid's Chinese names, hahaha.  After dropping my mom and the kids at my brother's house, we headed for Palms Springs.  The car ride there was fun, BFD right?  Noticing the unrealistic Marilyn Monroe statues, we finally got there mid-afternoon, and our first stop was straight to shaved ice (grape and strawberry).  We watched Wreck-it-Ralph and had fishtacos/sliders/jalapeno calamari for dinner at The Matchbox, delicious.

A few Saturday ago, we all did the booze cruise in Newport.  Braimy, Waldena, Lawry, Vanessa and I used our group-on for unlimited drinks on the hour-long cruise!  I was feeling pretty good with four Jack and Cokes, and we all decided to go keep the buzz going at a nearby bar.  It was a fun night watching Vanessa getting interrogated by Jena and Amy, and bumping into Ricky Alvarado, hahahahaha.  The night ended with half of us at Denny's. After having four hours of sleep, Vanessa and I woke up for Paninis and coffee as we set forth to Disneyland.  There, we met up with my family, and it was Vanessa's first time meeting my brothers and the kids.  (Tristen's twitching head, Taylor's walking the crowd to give us tootsie rolls). We squeezed in Buzz Lightyear, Captian EO, Star Tours, It's A Small World, and the Roger Rabbit ride right before dinner time.  We left Disneyland early for Benihana's; it was for my mother's birthday! It was a fun weekend.