Andalu. Medjool. Ferrero Rochers.

These past couple of weeks have been pretty hilarious. Well, hilarious to me =P

I came back from SoCal on Friday evening and vegged out in front of my tv watching the movie Micky Blue Eyes and attempting to unpack from my trip. Yah. that totally did not happen. On Saturday, I was going to unpack, but ended up on a trip to the North Bay where..get this...I won $167 (well, technically I won $267, but I had to count for the amount of money spent!) at River Rock Casino. It was fun times, and I oddly was convinced to sign up for a "player's card" because I might end up going there often. ahhaha

I came back to the city for an appointment and then ended up doing nothing else, but parlaying and getting ready for the next work day. Boo.

This past work week has been quite relaxing, and I am seriously loving the students this year. I love them every year, but this is the year I actually feel appreciated by them (either that, or they are straight up doing a good job with kissing my buttocks). This makes me love my job even more, and made me think - "so i have to endure 4 years of madness in order to get one year of goodness." Hmm. is that true? If it is, that sucks lol

And that leads us to last night...

My friend turned the big THREE-OH and wanted to have a small dinner at a restaurant called Andalu in the Mission. I invited my cousin as my "date" and she came over in the late afternoon. We went down to get some under $10 dim sum, and then headed back to my place. We were feeling reluctant to go to the dinner, and I was explaining to her my nervousness about seeing one of my friends (That is another story for another time). We also started talking about the book, He's Just Not That Into You and she was laughing the whole time. I have counted that as one of my favorite books, and even though it seems a bit f*cked up to read - it puts things into perspective when it comes to the so called "stupid boys." My cousin said, "I guess it wasn't the guys that were stupid, it was us for misinterpreting them." hahahah She concluded that she wants to write a book in response to that entitled, SHE'S just not that into you. I'd like to see her come up with that book...

I made her watch HIMYM while I took a shower, and once we were ready, headed out to the restaurant. I would like to say that I was quite impressed by the ambiance, as well as the price of the dishes. I would definitely like to go back to this place again! My cousin (Shielz) met my friends Denise, Francis, Jaime and Ingrid, as well as Denise's friends: Tia, Victor and Meisha. It was a lot of fun sitting and eating, and listening to the conversation of the different types of Gout medications out there. It was also a surprise when we learned of a Health Service Fee that you get charged if you bring your own desserts (Denise brought 9 cupcakes from a place called Sprinkles from Palo Alto). I will say though, that the cupcakes from Sprinkles were BOMB! I have always loved Magnolia's Cupcakes in NYC, but I do believe that Sprinkles has won my affection for the West Coast. Definitely a place I want to check out on my own sometime soon.

After the lovely meal at Andalu's, we headed over to Medjool. Ahh, yes. The rooftop was dopeass since it was a semi-clear night with a full moon (which btw, is the largest full moon for 2009). My cousin drank and danced, and it was a lot of fun. She ended up quoting some things from HIMYM, which I thought was funny since I didn't think she would like it so much. But she does!

Other random quotes from the evening:

"How come he's not paying attention to me? Maybe he's just not that into me."
"I totally forgot that your my ghetto girl." - apparently, I'm ghetto LOL
"He didn't want a high five, but that was awesome!"
"Oh, I'm sorry guys. Let's talk about something else. Let's talk about arthritis."
"Oh wow. I think these are the best balls I've ever had!"
"I just took my balls and froze them over night, and then fried them."
"Remember when I first met her, she told me that I needed to get laid." LOL

Yah. Those are the memorable quotes. =D

The night ended with us leaving the bunch at Medjool, driving home, knocking out as soon as we got dressed for bed, and me laughing because I forgot she had bought a huge box of Ferrero Rochers (which are sitting on my coffee table). I love it!

Hmm. I had other things I wanted to write about, but my friend from the North Bay text me to tell me she's on her way, and I need to clean my apartment. Maybe even squeeze in a nap? We'll see...