i AM sad and single

So I’m writing this in word because I am too lazy to write the email I’m really supposed to write. I went to tahoe this weekend for Sam’s bachelor party. Ok, real quick – here is a funny IM I’m having right now…

Doe, John [10:10 AM]:
cool. can probably try to go after work. but there is a stupud class at 7 at the pool on thursdays. i went a few weeks back and wasnt able to swim. didnt have my glases and walked into the womens locker room too
me [10:11 AM]:
no way!
me [10:11 AM]:
HILARIOUS
Doe, John [10:11 AM]:
dont tell anyone.
me [10:11 AM]:
oh, don't worry, i won't. what happened?
Doe, John [10:12 AM]:
i was looking down and walked in, looked up and saw like 5 girls
Doe, John [10:12 AM]:
busted out of theresadly didnt have my contacts on!!!!!!!! but if i did, wouldnt have gone in there in the first place

Hilarious. Love it.

Anyway, so I went to Tahoe for Sam’s bachelor party. I flew into Oakland and Chulho (CC) picked me up at the airport. It was SOOOO good to see him again. First thing he says to me…”You look different. You look like a girl now.” Awesome. We stopped in Berkeley to get Blondie’s pizza (YUM) and drove over to Tahoe, chatting and catching up on the 4 hour drive. Spammo and his buddies (Alex the music guy, Chung the harmonizing arguer, and Abe the underwater guy) come about 30 minutes later, by when I had to pee and did so on the neighbor’s lawn. This house that we rented was BEAUTIFUL. It was on the Tahoe keys, which led to the lake. We had our own dock and hot tub and 4 bedrooms and a huge kitchen and living room. Loved it. we just played poker and talked and played pool until 3 in the morning. We found a great radio station, and all the songs Chung harmonized to. He was awesome! Then Chung and I get into this discussion about law and cardiac device companies etc. etc. (thus earning the other half of his nickname). I learned patience from the discussion which didn’t end until 5.

Spammo and I woke up at 11 and cooked breakfast while everyone else woke up. We went into town to pick up some veggies (boys went shopping and only bought meat. And 17 garden burgers for me) and other things. I wanted to make salsa and heuvos rancheros for the next morning. I rode with Alex in his awesome car and listened to great new music (hence his nickname). We found a canoe in the garage of the home we were staying in and decided to take it out. it was a little rickety but didn’t sink. Abe, CC, Spammo, and I were the first. we canoed around the keys, into the lake, and I must say I might be getting over my fear of canoes and kayaks. It was GORGEOUS. CC and Abe bonded over their respective underwater sports (free diving and underwater hockey). We hung out in the hot tub and barbequed when we got back. Alex and Chung went out in the canoe, and got lost for 2 hours – sooooo funny. But they made it back so I guess all’s well that ends well.

That night we played a game we made up. each person gets 10 poker chips. 5 blue ones and 5 of the color their team is using (a team is made of 2 people). The blue chips had to be stacked in a tower and used as defense. The other 5 chips were your “army men.” Spammo and I were a team. So each team had 2 towers and 10 men. We cleared the whole table to create this battlefield. Basically you had to set up your towers as your defense. The other 10 men were placed strategically around the table. The object of the game was to use your man to flick another team’s man off the table without sending yours off the table. SO MUCH FUN. I created an awesome defense and Spammo sent 3 of the black chips (Abe and CC) off the table. We did pretty well, and both games we played ended up with 1 of each of our chips on the table. The first game we won and the second one I accidentally sent our last man off the table. I’ll post a pic once Spammo sends them. I wanted to call the game Battle Chips but the boys decided Flicker was better. we even thought of ways to market it. oh man the ways we thought of to better our chances. It was great fun. Best game EVER.

The next morning I made my huevos rancheros and Alex and Chung had to leave. The rest of us went hiking nearby and took fun pics (I’ll post them soon). CC dropped me off at my bus stop that I was taking to Reno, and that was the end of my first bachelor party. I cried when I had to say bye to CC. Sigh. Too short. I need to find a way to move back up north. So many of my closest friends are there. And nothing to hold me here anymore. I miss them so much!

I went to dinner with the engineer and my coworker that night in Reno, and spent from 6-3pm the next morning in cases with Rocky, the physician I went to Kitana with. Last night Hellen brought over Simba and we hung out.

Sigh…and now here I am, back at work.