Does it suck moving back to your parent's house? Yes. A bit. But hey at least it'll be free rent. I'll save $2500+ by not paying rent for three months. Also, it'll be fun to be home again to hang out with Sooz and my family. And when mid February comes around, my three month break will be over and I can come back to work for another 12 month contract. I'm not counting 100% that I'll be able to come back, but I reaaaaally hope I can. And when I do move back, it'll be somewhere within Silicon Valley... because long commutes bother me.
The only sad part is that Ellen and I won't be roomies anymore. Boooo. But it's okay, if I move back to NorCal I'll still be harassing her whenever I can... because that's what friends do. Susie, if I move back to NorCal, you should totally move with me. heehee!
One great thing about moving home, is that I'll be able to save up money for this baby (but perhaps a convertible!):
Anywhoo, what did I do this weekend. Ah yes, my family came to visit! But by family, I mean my parents and my Aunt and Uncle. So Friday was just regular ol' work, until about 3:30 pm. My Aunt and Uncle came by to visit. I gave them a tour and some yummy food and they hung around for awhile. Then my parents arrived at my work to visit too! But they've been there already so we just hit the road to SF. My parents dropped me off at my apt around 5:30 pm, I packed, and then took a nap. Then around 7:30 my parents and Aunt & Uncle came by my apt to look around. Then we headed out to the Wharf for Boudin's. Yum! Bread bowl clam chowdah. After dinner we kinda walked around the Wharf, but it was really windy and chilly. I went back to my parent's hotel room (they stayed at the Royal Pacific in Chinatown!) and I was pleasantly surprised. It was a fairly decent hotel with FREE parking. Very unheard of.
Saturday, went to eat dim sum at the usual place on Pacific. After dim sum, we walked around Chinatown and looked at lots of random stores. My mom was on a mission to find these cheap little jewelry boxes so she can give them away as gifts to her friends. My Aunt & Uncle had to leave because they were going to some Harley Davidson biker festival thingy down in Hollister, CA. My parents and I took a nap at the hotel for awhile... well actually only my Dad and I did, then we drove out to Fairfield to go to the Jelly Belly Factory! It was actually a pretty fun and interesting tour. We got there JUST in the nick of time for the last free tour and then had like 10 minutes to buy junk after the tour before the factory closed. Sweet! I got my own little bag of chocolate gummy bears, toasted marshmallow jelly beans, and tutti fruiti jelly beans. YUM! I also got a bag of the knock off M&Ms that Jelly Belly makes... except they have different flavors like cappuccino, etc.
After the Jelly Belly factory, we headed to Vacaville to go to the loverly Premium Outlet stores. I bought a really cute brown leather Coach bag for $150, a cute brown dress and brown sweats from the Gap outlet for $30 and $10. Everything I bought was brown. Weird. Then after shopping, we went to the Wharf, again, for Nonna Rose's! YUM!. That means CRAB. Delicious, delicious, DELICIOUS crab. After dinner we drove down Lombard St. and then just retreated back to the hotel.
This morning, we woke up around 9-ish and had breakfast at this Chinese cafe that was right next to the hotel. It was surprisingly good for $5. Hmm. Then after breakfast, my parents dropped me off at my apt, we all bid our farewells, and they were off to LA! Ellen and I went to Target and the Korean market in Daly City after. I got a few things like a cute sweater from Target, car freshener, etc. And I got some honey twist crackers from the market and MORE of these delicious lime juice thingys.
So all in all, it's been a good weekend with LOTS of family quality time. My parents are awesome.
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