Days Five and Six: Meeting the Parents

Wednesday
It was extremely satisfying to sleep in after the day in Yosemite. So nice... Adrian got up earlier than me to help his dad with something in the yard. I don't know what, the shed or something? Like I said, I was asleep. When I finally rolled out of bed, Adrian made me breakfast. Now before you get all impressed, it was just oatmeal. He totally would have made me eggs and toast (his traditional breakfast) but I don't eat eggs. I keep thinking that one of these days I'll try an omelet with lots of cheese again, like my mom used to make me eat. Sometimes I feel like I could like it. Other times, when I accidentally try something that's more eggy than I expect, I realize I still don't like eggs. I do eat a lot of things that I didn't when I was little (onions and green peppers for example), but eggs and mushrooms (ick, fungus) are still intolerable.

Ok, back to my narrative. Who am I kidding, there really isn't much to say about Wednesday. Adrian and I were total bums. I met Adrian's parents, Steve and Kathy (short for Kathleen). Normally I'm horrible at names, but seriously, my parents are Steve and Kathie (short for Kathleen) so I didn't have too much trouble. Given, the two names are fairly common, but I find it to be an intriguing coincidence. My sister-in-law's (or is that sister's-in-law?) father is also named Steve. I thought that alone was weird.

Kathy gave me the official tour of all the landscaping they've done since they moved into the house. It seems like a lot of work to me to keep plants alive in the desert (especially since I can't keep them alive in pots). What they've done is pretty cool, my parents of course would like it. (It seems that by the next time I visit home there will be no grass left). I also got the tour of the house.

We didn't do much the rest of the day. We watched some "Planet Earth" on DVD. What could be better than watching animals eat each other from the comfort of a couch? What a crazy wonderful culture we have.

Adrian and I went outside and tossed the football around some. I was really excited about having a lawn so I could actually run for it. We had been occasionally playing throughout the quarter on site after studio, but there really was no room to run. In total Ana style, on my first run for it I catch it, then on runs oh like 2-7 I totally miss, and then I catch it once more so we can stop. It was totally entertaining for me, because I like to run... I really should work on that catching thing though, it would make it even more fun. I can catch and I can run, but doing both is sort of beyond my capabilities. Adrian seemed to think it was pretty fabulous to find a girl to play catch with (especially one that would run for him).

I also totally got stomped at horseshoes. It was just plain ugly and Adrian isn't even any good.

I got to meet even more of Adrian's family that night when Adrian's cousin, Donald, came up from Reno for dinner. We had salmon and it was really really good (and remember I don't really eat much fish). We had some good wine and then it was time for relaxing in the hot tub. Wonderful.

End Day Five.

Thursday
We got up slightly earlier on Thursday and went to play tennis with Adrian's mom. Kathy and I against Adrian. I think the most entertaining part was when Adrian took off his shirt and his mom says to me, "that's not distracting to me, I hope it isn't for you." It totally was. I considered returning the favor, and I really should have, because he totally beat us. Adrian and I both got a little sunburned (finally, color on my legs!).

After some really good lunch (chicken salad sandwiches) Adrian and I took his dad's Durango up into the mountains to explore some more. He had some USGS maps with all the topography and mountain roads marked. Me being an excellent navigator, eventually got us to our destination... the peak Adrian aptly calls "the nipple." The roads there were really fun and bumpy. It was pretty sweet to see the weird meadows that are up in the desert mountains. Totally different than any land I've ever seen. Actually, that goes for most of what I see out west.

The best part about going up there was that we got to play in snow. In June. How awesome is that? We had a little snowball fight, where I missed a lot. I wished I had a garbage bag, because garbage bags make the BEST sleds (especially the kind you "borrow" from the shelves at Sullivan's). Since we had none, we had to sled without. Is it still sledding if you have no sled? Adrian tried it first and got himself full of mud at the bottom. I planned better and managed to stay pretty clean. Sooo fun!


We took a nap when we got back (to try to gear up for our long drive home). When we got up for dinner, the all time best James Bond movie was on ("View to a Kill"). That movie is so amazing I could devote a whole post to what I like about it. We only watched a little, because pretty soon Steve brought in the steaks from the grill and we had a delicious meal once again. (I love being around people who can cook. I wish Drew and Vanessa would move out here so I could bum meals off them again).

The rest of the night was spent sorting through digital pictures to burn to a CD and packing. Anything after that I'm going to go ahead and consider to be day seven.

Ok, that was entertaining. Time to go actually hang out with Adrian instead of just writing about hanging out with him. Sweet...