fun with family/friends

• What's up folks? I'm back from the weekend, back to the same old grind. I actually had a ton of fun the last few days. Let's see on Friday morning first Michelle and I went to Walmart so I could order some pics to be developed and put my pictures on CDs so I could finally upload them to the computer here at work (which I will be doing shortly so you will see A LOT of new pics soon). Then to the post office to mail bills, then we both did a good workout at the gym. On the way home we were stopping at Starbucks when Davina called. We met up at my parents' house and all went out to breakfast at JD's in Castro Valley. Yum. Then we made a very spontaneous trip to Stoneridge Mall and I eventually got back home and in bed by about 2:30pm. Meanwhile Fernando had texted while we were shopping and told me about a BBQ that evening, so of course I wanted to go. So I got about 3 hours of sleep, then I got up, picked up Michelle and headed over to Fernando's house. Now that was so fun. Tony came, Michael, Irma, her son Ian and his friend Brent (neither of whom I've seen in like 4 years since we went camping), and Fernando's pal Nate. Davina showed up later on after lots of coaxing from myself and Fernando. Haha. We ate food and everyone was drinking. Michelle even had 3 margaritas, and she was feeling great. So was I. I have some great pictures and video. I think my favorites are of Fernando rollerskating in his living room. It's been so long since I've seen all of my boys, freak danced with them like old times, and just had fun. Highlight of my weekend.
  
• Saturday morning I worked at KDFC as usual. Then I got back to the east bay, got my pictures from Walmart, picked up sandwiches at TOGO for TJ, Cathy and myself, then ice cream at Coldstone. I was surprised when I arrived at home that Amy had come over! I hadn't seen her in like forever. Later on we went to run some errands over in the manor (buy booze/munchies @ Porters Market) and passed by my uncle's house, and my cousin Kim was out there with her husband Bob and their son Joshua, so I stopped to visit and say hi. I love catching up on stuff with family. We all need to hang out more often. So eventually we made it back to our house and had a great time with a few drinks and watching movies/TV. I tortured everyone with a lot of Scrubs and we watched some 80s stuff too. I didn't get in bed until about 1am.
  
• Sunday morning I should have gone to church. I admit it. I was tired, I had partied too much and not gotten enough rest. So I slept in until about 11am. It was wonderful. I finally got my lazy booty out of bed, ate breakfast, did a little housework and took a nice walk to the duck pond, all the way around the park and back home again. After that I relaxed and watched TV for a few hours, then took Michelle/Dad out for dinner. Now Dad has a problem swallowing things as some of you know, so he really can only eat soup, ice cream, milkshakes, stuff like that. He even chokes on mashed potatoes. Our dining choices are limited. I decided to take them to Sonic all the way out in Tracy since they have awesome shakes there. Their food is awesome. Totally bad for you, but awesome. Then we visited West Valley Mall right across the street. Mom would have loved it, they have a carousel. Mom always told me whenever I went to an amusement park that I needed to ride the carousel. It's a sentimental thing. So anyway, I had a great weekend, full of fun with friends/family. Yay!!