Today was a most awesome day. 

I had two meals paid for, saw the bats, saw Jake Gyllenhaal outside my building in a group of cyclists, got the Justin Timberlake CD AND the Office Season Two!!

All of that made up for a pretty crappy work day. 

$10 says you didn't know you could take a gondola ride at the outlets in San Marcos.  Imagine my surprise as I'm walking across the parking lot to Pottery Barn and I see a man in a blank and white stripped shirt taking people in a boat up and down a wading pond.  I was like, where am I?  This is not the Venetian in Vegas.

I'm trying to decide if I feel more like a 2nd grade teacher or a 2nd grader.  Today I made use of Crayola markers, glue sticks, construction paper....the works.  Preparing a room to look like various parts of the country for VBS has turned into quite the task.  Who knew making a campfire required so much imagination?  But I must say, my best idea of the evening came in the form of  our door decoration- a station wagon.  Not just any old picture, but one where the door of the station wagon 'opens' and is the door to the classroom!  Here's hoping for a great VBS and me not wondering what I was thinking when I signed up.

This summer I've also questioned how young/old I look.  I understand Asians typically look younger than most, but seriously, I thought I at least had passed the 16 year old mark.  A few weeks ago at the Astros game, they were giving out free umbrella's to the first 15,000 adults.  I'm going through the line:

man: These are for adults only

me: Yes, I know

man: You have to be 15.

me: Yes, I'm 22.

He still had this look on his face like 'You've got to be kidding me.' So I had to turn to my aunt who later gave confirmation.  I'm know I'm small, but come on!

Cutest pronunciation of a child with a slight speech impediment: lellow

silence is not golden.

at least not in the car.  much to my dismay, my car radio died right before i drove back to houston.  at first i thought i could tough it out and just use the silence as quailty thinking time. haha wrong. thank goodness for radio shack!  stopped off in the lovely town of bastrop and picked up a single ear bud, leaving one ear free so i can hear the surrounding atmosphere.  i will never take a radio for granted again!

on a side note, i just found out i have to learn to read chinese for my new job. well, at least memorize a few characters to navigate myself around a bank webpage.  print screen, here i come.

Currently Watching The Pretender - The Complete First Season By Michael Weiss see related

the astros make me sad.