thursday: woke up at 7am, mom decided to feed me rice, chicken stew, and veggies for breakfast (i am seriously trying to maintain my weight!), spoke briefly with baniel while he was in the seaside with his mom Jackie, sister Hannah & her bf Gary, then decided to start driving today. was a little nerve-wracking driving a toyota sienna family van for my first time driving again in 2 years. so i ended up driving very grandma-style. decided to only drive locally, avoiding highways. took a trip to the bank - should've known better than to drive to one in downtown LA with all the one-way streets. had a hard time finding the address and making circles with all them one-ways, but finally got there in the end. then took a trip to Target to get some necessities - prices aren't as cheap as they used to be! a little disappointing. actually, i think LA's gotten a lot more expensive since the last time i was here. few things i was reminded of that i've totally forgotten about and don't exactly miss about LA: tailgating, road rage, traffic, one-way streets, expensive parking, and limited street parking. the new automated parking tickets are very amusing. there aren't anymore ticket collectors on your way out of a parking structure. pay your ticket at a machine before getting back to your car. more machines taking over humans. the street parking have these machines that allows you to pay by debit/credit card now, very streamlined. drove home down beverly blvd., then got picked up from Jess to get some amazing shrimp and fish tacos. lounged at her boyfriend Spencer's place and watched Ratatouille with a glass of hansen's orange soda & vodka while she did some work. picked up some Zankou chicken for dinner (oh how I've missed zankou chicken, the garlic sauce mmmm), watched the laker game and slowly dosed off with food coma. got dropped off after the game - a slow and chilled out day. loving the bonding time with my cheese (Jess) :)
now waiting for olivia (my friend who has become a deputy to marry us) to pick me up from home and go to the 99 cent store to get some cleaning stuff, then get some lunch with her mom. for the evening: tba. sleeping over at jess' in the west side (closer to the beach yay). start running again tomorrow.
happy days!
countdown until baniel's arrival: 9 more days xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Friday, 12 June 2009
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
London to LA
3rd day of being in LA:
woke up at 7am. still feeling overwhelmed being back home, feels a little surreal considering the last time i was home was 2 years ago. the streets feel so, so wide. my memory's slowly coming back to me. some things i almost completely forgot about: old acquaintances i lost touch with, wendy's, ajax, tide, fruity pebbles, and now i wish i created a list of all these things because i can't remember everything i saw in the last 2 days already. horrible. really missing baniel, our first longest break from each other. keeping myself busy to not think about it too much. really looking forward to his arrival. currently writing from olivia's beautiful loft in downtown LA. awesome location! last night, oli found out some heroine addict committed suicide from the section 8 building across the street. i can see the caution tape in the alley way where it happened from oli's window. eek. welcome to downtown L.A.
soo...i haven't written a blog in ages so i'm really rusty. i should be getting on with sewing, but i think all this alone time is a little shocking for me to take in right now. maybe vomitting my thoughts here will help hah. i'll try to sum up the last couple of days...going backwards helps me remember things better..sooo...
day 2: woke up at 6am, felt a panic of "i should be doing something" feeling. so did my usual of checking emails and facebook for an hour or so. jaime happened to be up at 8am so she picked me up from home at about 9 for breakfast at Millie's in Silverlake - amazing old diner style cafe. had huevos rancheros for breakfast (ahh fulfilled my mexican food craving), went charity (thrift store) shopping all day in covina - found me a nice clutch to go with the wedding dress, went to jaime's new home in s. pasadena afterwards - absolutely adorable yellow duplex with cute flowers in the front, sweet backyard and porch, bbq time!, met up with jess for dinner at the random trendy pho place in Silverlake, went to check out Edendale Grill - where the wedding reception will be held and reserved the entire back patio, such a sweet venue, couldn't be happier :), jess is amazing, went to alcove for tea - mmm bluberry cheesecake tea was so yummy and the red velvet cake ooooh (i only had 2 bites haha), got dropped off at home by jess with her new funky little prius, went to the laundry mat with my brother and finished by 11pm, in bed by midnight, asleep by 1am. exhausting but a very fulfilling day.
...i've decided at this point that exhausting myself is the only way i can force myself to sleep properly at night. think it's a mixture of missing baniel next to me and the jetlag...
day 1: arrived at LAX at 2:15pm. brother picked me up from the airport, went for some lunch at gelson's in westfields - had yummy chinese ginger salad - can't get nice CA style salads in england, had some pinkberry (delicious fat free yogurt), walked around macy's, watched wolverine at his work (MGM) - after having seen 3 films on the plane, i was too saturated to take in a 4th film, but watched it anyway, got some dinner, finally home around 9pm and in bed by 10pm.
i need to start taking some photos, i'll charge my battery tonight so i can hopefully have some images to share :). can't wait for baniel to get into LA, he's going to freak out with the fat roads haha! hope everyone in the UK are doing well, can't wait to see everyone on our return. and really looking forward to catching up with all the CA people - hope to see you guys soon! i am now going to try to tackle olivia's very old looking sewing machine which i've never used before and finally get this dress done. 99% done. almost....there....
xxx rania
woke up at 7am. still feeling overwhelmed being back home, feels a little surreal considering the last time i was home was 2 years ago. the streets feel so, so wide. my memory's slowly coming back to me. some things i almost completely forgot about: old acquaintances i lost touch with, wendy's, ajax, tide, fruity pebbles, and now i wish i created a list of all these things because i can't remember everything i saw in the last 2 days already. horrible. really missing baniel, our first longest break from each other. keeping myself busy to not think about it too much. really looking forward to his arrival. currently writing from olivia's beautiful loft in downtown LA. awesome location! last night, oli found out some heroine addict committed suicide from the section 8 building across the street. i can see the caution tape in the alley way where it happened from oli's window. eek. welcome to downtown L.A.
soo...i haven't written a blog in ages so i'm really rusty. i should be getting on with sewing, but i think all this alone time is a little shocking for me to take in right now. maybe vomitting my thoughts here will help hah. i'll try to sum up the last couple of days...going backwards helps me remember things better..sooo...
day 2: woke up at 6am, felt a panic of "i should be doing something" feeling. so did my usual of checking emails and facebook for an hour or so. jaime happened to be up at 8am so she picked me up from home at about 9 for breakfast at Millie's in Silverlake - amazing old diner style cafe. had huevos rancheros for breakfast (ahh fulfilled my mexican food craving), went charity (thrift store) shopping all day in covina - found me a nice clutch to go with the wedding dress, went to jaime's new home in s. pasadena afterwards - absolutely adorable yellow duplex with cute flowers in the front, sweet backyard and porch, bbq time!, met up with jess for dinner at the random trendy pho place in Silverlake, went to check out Edendale Grill - where the wedding reception will be held and reserved the entire back patio, such a sweet venue, couldn't be happier :), jess is amazing, went to alcove for tea - mmm bluberry cheesecake tea was so yummy and the red velvet cake ooooh (i only had 2 bites haha), got dropped off at home by jess with her new funky little prius, went to the laundry mat with my brother and finished by 11pm, in bed by midnight, asleep by 1am. exhausting but a very fulfilling day.
...i've decided at this point that exhausting myself is the only way i can force myself to sleep properly at night. think it's a mixture of missing baniel next to me and the jetlag...
day 1: arrived at LAX at 2:15pm. brother picked me up from the airport, went for some lunch at gelson's in westfields - had yummy chinese ginger salad - can't get nice CA style salads in england, had some pinkberry (delicious fat free yogurt), walked around macy's, watched wolverine at his work (MGM) - after having seen 3 films on the plane, i was too saturated to take in a 4th film, but watched it anyway, got some dinner, finally home around 9pm and in bed by 10pm.
i need to start taking some photos, i'll charge my battery tonight so i can hopefully have some images to share :). can't wait for baniel to get into LA, he's going to freak out with the fat roads haha! hope everyone in the UK are doing well, can't wait to see everyone on our return. and really looking forward to catching up with all the CA people - hope to see you guys soon! i am now going to try to tackle olivia's very old looking sewing machine which i've never used before and finally get this dress done. 99% done. almost....there....
xxx rania
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