(:

It's like God heard me and decided to lift the weight off my shoulders.

I thought the 4th of July was going to be a bust, simply because there were a trillion things going on and, lets face it, gas is the priciest thing since disneyland tickets! Well... yesterday I woke up pretty late (around 11:30?) and decided to eat, because that's what I do. From there, my parents decided to go and get their nails done.

Yes parent(s). Plural. Both of them. Weird? Tell me about it.

I had a difficult time deciding whether I wanted french tips, cappucino, or "garnet red" so I asked my friends and they went with the bold red. I'm not exactly the most both though, and I kinda regret picking red because now my fingers look like there are cherries on them :). Then my parents proposed that I cook? So I gathered up all the ingrediants at the store looking forward to experimenting and what not. Got home and got changed and went off to Erik's house knowing that I should only stay for about an hour or two because well... I had to cook dinner. His cousins were friendly but the tension between us was making me uneasy. Hah, my awkwardness almost sparked up yet another arguement, but we avoided it (fortunately). It hit about 5ish so I decided to head home because... I had to cook. When I reached my humble abode my parents had already marinated ribs and chicken and cooked corn and pretty much everything I could ever imagine. I started to pull out the noodles so I could boil them for my shrimp fettucini but when my parents saw me they told me "Oh, just cook tomorrow".

Sweet! I rushed home to not do anything, how exciting. So I kept myself busy by cleaning my room, trying on makeup, and trying out different outfits. It was mildly pathetic but I guess its okay. I ate some BBQ and agreed to hang out with Erik & his cousins at diamond plaza for some delicious crepes. After finishing my MSMC documents [they're due next week D:!] I recieved a phonecall from Erik saying he would pick me up, which I found completely unnecessary since I could drive. So he picked me up and I had a delightful car ride with his cousins talking about ebonics and how Erik's going to end up talking like a major brah next summer after UCSD is done with him. Reached diamond plaza only to find that Genki Living was closed... in desperation we decided to walk to kiwiberri since they wanted something sweet & cold but once we had walked into the plaza... it was closed. So our last resort was TenRen's which wasn't so bad. I got the peach greentea and it was satisfying excluding the bitter aftertaste, but the sweetness of the peach flavor made up for it.

We sat outside and we were able to see a few fireworks going off from... only God knows where. It was really enjoyable since their cousinly bond is so strong and they have really interesting stories about... well... I won't get into that. They decided to head back to Erik's and asked me to come along... so we had to stop by my house so I could pick up the car to drive home later on. This was the only reason why I figured I didn't need to be picked up in the first place, but its alright. We sat around his living room and told jokes. My cheeks hurt really badly by the end of the night since we all couldn't stop laughing. I heard a really good joke from Nam, I'm going to steal it for now til I find a good joke of my own. I arrived home around 1:30 and did my nightly ritual then basically knocked out.

Justin texted me to go to Denny's at 3 in the morning, but I didn't read that until 11:25 today :). Then Danny asked me to go running and I keep declining since I'm always remotely busy. I haven't gone to the gym yet so I should probably head over there because I feel pudge growing from my dad's delicious BBQ.

but to veer off onto what I did mentally...

I finally figured out what I need to do, and I guess it wasn't that hard to decide. I don't know what else to say actually so I'll leave this post with the statement that...

I am really proud of myself.