Back to work we go

Today we….

• did inventory at work. Scanning the bookstore one book at a time.
• it’s probably my favorite time of the year at work second to christmas season. we close the bookstore and we work together and get free lunch. i think it’s fun
• Went for a checkup with my surgeon. Everything looks well. He remembers me to have a lot of vistors.
  
• Met up with Debbie & Peter for dinner at the japanese cartoon girl’s noodle place in SGV. pretty yummy
• Had crepes for dessert.

And today …

• Glo won $54 in roulette slots in 10 mins. Cashed out.
• Had a coupon for buy 1 get 1 free buffet from the hotel so we headed to breakfast. (our cheapest meal was the buffet. how ironic)



• Decided to catch the first showing of “soloist” at the theater in the hotel (the first show of the day is the cheapest!)
• Checked out of our nice and clean hotel.
• Headed to prime outlet to shop



• Mike saw signs promoting Big Boy and was determined to stop for a burger
• We’ve been lovin Big Bang Theory and Sheldon makes a reference to how the Big Boy burger is one of the places he eats at every week.
• Mike enjoyed the burger and wants to have a taste test with Big Boy and In & Out.



• Drove home. what a wonderful trip.

Vegas Day 2

The next day, we…

headed out to the strip

Our friends Jean & Austin who love to eat, recommended that we MUST visit this place in Venetian for some beef noodle soup.

I’m ALWAYS down for some good beef noodle soup… even if it’s $13 a bowl

mike enjoyed his roasted pork and duck

due to being only 5 days post surgery, mike didn’t want me to lug my big camera on this trip (energy conservation), so I only had my small camera to take pictures of fun umbrellas at the palazzo. oh how I missed my big camera.

we found a person that looked like she knew what she was doing with her camera and asked her to take a picture for us

headed over to The Mirage

i love orchids

walked outside for a little bit… then I got tired. The whole no thyroid thing isn’t as fun as I thought.

headed back to the venetian… where we saw this and i wanted mike to take a picture with it… he looks a lil scared. i think he isn’t sure if they were real. haha

watched the laker game in our room. i love our king sized bed and knitting in it.

the pool looked quite lovely from our room… we’ll have to come back for it next time

for dinner, we went to Just Eat Food. it was rated #1 on tripadvisor.com

Our crab cakes were SO GOOD

Mike’s dish: Special Pork Chop… it really was special… and yummy.

Glo’s dish: Meat Loaf

After digesting for a while, I was craving dessert, so we went down to hunt for something good. this did it for me

a day filled with eating yummy food. that’s what vegas is all about.

Spontaneous trip to vegas

I’ve always been the more spontaneous traveler between mike & I. I love the idea of picking up and going somewhere without having to plan too much… figure it out when we get there and explore as we go. Mike is much more a planner to make sure we hit all the cool places and have a back up plan in case plan A doesn’t go through. We’ve both learned to compromise since we’ll be spending the rest of our lives together… today, Mike took a big step towards my direction and I love him for it.

• Woke up from a tough night of coughing pretty hard every couple hours
• Found mike playing Madden on the PS2 in the bedroom
• Got ready for the day
• Headed out to Pasadena (lunch with dr. tan)
• Had a great lunch at Pataya with Dr. Tan.
• Met with Glo’s endocrinologist to find that she is recovering well. We got clearance from the doc to take a short trip.
• Went to starbucks to book our room at South Point Casino





• Headed out to VEGAS!
• Arrived 3.5 hours later to a big new hotel that is off the strip for $35/night






• Room is big, clean and very nice
• Found a local starbucks to use their internet for free instead of paying $13/24hrs
• Mapped out our next day’s activities and more importantly, where we’re going to eat
• Dropped by Albertsons across the street to stock up on water and snacks for the night
• What a wonderful and adventurous day with my spontaneous husband.

Today we..

• started the day with this quote: “Every job is a self portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence.” -unknow
• Glo hears random numbers and math explanations from mike who is watching a math show on tv and solving math problems for fun on a Saturday morning
• had lunch at the carnival with na & dee

Recovering well..

I don’t think I can be on bed rest… it would drive me crazy. The wound hurts periodically throughout the day but other then that… it’s been ok so far. Mike & I took a walk to the park to check out the caranival going on this weekend.

My favorite shot so far this year:

Today we…

• had lunch at Marie Calendar’s with na. Glo had the all you can eat salad bar… she’s well on her way back to being normal
• while watchin big bang theory, mike said ‘it’s true that physicists think they are the smartest ‘cos all other science derives from physics-hello!’
• took a road trip to fry’s, came home and watched Taken. we enjoyed it.
• Went to check out the carnival at the park
  

first few days of break…

I was officially done with her 4th semester in OT school on May 11th. Both finals went relatively well. THANK THE LORD.

May 12th, I decided to bum around the house instead of doing anything really productive. Mike & I went to have dinner at Ikea before small group. that was yummy and fun

May 13th

(8:01am): I’m on the way to the hospital. Mike is next to me.

(9:01am):I’m all checked in and my family is waiting with me.

(9:48am):The IV was painless. Thank God. The IV was one of the worst fear in this whole process, but after telling the nurse that I have a pain tolerance of 1 out of 10, she numbed me before putting the IV in. She rocked!

(10:12am): Anesthesiologist is a crack up. Totally put my whole family at ease. Especially mike when he offered to call mike  to keep him updated throughout the surgery

(10:34am):The nurse is wheeling me off to my hawaii vacation and the anesthesiologist is prepping the midoris. Wish me bon voyage! (i had such a pleasent experience with the staff at huntington memorial..)

(11:26am):Just got a call from the anesthesiologist. He says glo is sleeping fine and the surgery is underway. (I don’t remember ANYTHING after they transfered me on the surgery table. I think I knocked out before they even gave me any anesthetic)

(1:04pm):Glo is emerging from surgery. Doc says it went smooth and no complications. She should be waking up soon.

(1:10pm):The anesthesiologist says the procedure was remarkably uneventful and that everything went smoothly. We should be up in the room in about an hour

(2:54pm):Resting nicely in my hospital room.

May 14th (after a tough night of not being able to hold down anything including water and ice chips..)

(7:00am):Feeling so much better this morning!!

(2:00pm): finally going home!!

(4:20pm):Mike worked so hard to take care of me. He finally knocked out on the couch…poor guy

The whole experience hasn’t been bad for someone that doesn’t have any pain tolerance. It’s all the prayers, well wishes, and good thoughts that everyone was sending my way through this process. thank you. it means the world to me.

Today I…

• Last monday at school with Terry as section 1. She gave this encouraging speech to us at the beginning of class telling us how she knows we’re going to be good OTs in the future and all that cool stuff… I wanted to go up there and give her a hug but that might have been too emotional for her. hahah

• I came home to this:

• had a very yummy dinner. Mike grills chicken to perfection.



• watched big bang theory and laughed pretty hard. i think i love this show cos it reminds me so much of mike and how i don’t get the level of science and logic that he processes on a daily basis.
• the plan now is to go to the gym…

Today we…

• mike and a couple of his friends celebrated his friend duho’s bday at hometown. they came back to rock out on rockband and are having a wonderful time together. it’s cute.
• This afternoon, I attended a mandatory job fair at school. Got my share of pens, chapsticks, post-its.. etc. from all the different companies that were so ready and willing to hire OTs. Its so nice to know i’ll have so many job opportunities when I graduate next year.
• I went to my first pilates class with na and was drenched in sweat. I couldn’t move after the class and was in so much pain we went to marie calendars for dinner (burger, fries & pie deal).
• starting season 1 on big bang theory… absolutely love the show.

Today I…

- had lunch with mel, chris & raymond at islands
- did a little more school work
- workout: swim & abs
- dinner with dan from work at mama lu’s (we pigged out! i think the waiter wasn’t sure if we were able to eat all the food we ordered but we did, expect for 2 fried dumplings)
- made a variety of cards (i was running low on my cards). The pack of paper I got on sale came in SO handy. The designs are so cute, i really didn’t have to embellish much.