It’s just the beginning…
About a month ago, Teresa and I were talking about running the Oakland Twilight 5K. It’s a fun run that occurs the night before the Marathon on Sunday. After deciding to sign up, we recruited the rest of the Rehab crew to play along and they all agreed! None of them were regular runners but they had enough time to train. So, on Saturday evening, I took BART to Oakland 12th St. Station and picked up my bib at the Expo. That’s where we met up and took the school bus to to race at Jack London Square. The race was a “scenic” Oakland race through the ghetto and along the water and it was super flat. 
We all had a blast and were rewarded at the end with free PopChips and MGD 64s. Woo! To celebrate, we had margaritas and tapas at Cocina Poblana. Good times…good times. Since everyone had such as good time, we decided to start a casual running club. It starts Tuesday and we’re heading out to Lake Merritt for our first 3-mile run around the lake.
Here are the rest of the photos. They’re all kinda blurry since I brought my waterproof camera.
On Saturday afternoon (3/12), Yoon picked us up and we went to Costco to pick up food for her BBQ and found Wasabi Doritos!
We were a little worried about buying such a gigantic bag but it ended up being a huge hit at Yoon’s BBQ.
That evening, we went to Yoon’s new condo and got a fantastic view of Honolulu and then spent the evening poolside. A bunch of her friends came over and we grubbed on steak, poke, hot sausage, Yoon’s stir-fried noodles, and pineapple.
There was a hot tub at the end of the pool and then we hung out upstairs in her condo with leftovers and beer.
Check out all the slippas in the kitchen. That’s how you know you’re in Hawaii!
The picture above was taken on our way to the airport in 2004. (Happy Birthday, Huy!!) It’s crazy that it’s been 10 years since I last renewed and I’ve had a pretty good run! My passport just expired this past January and as I was filling out the paperwork for the renewal I flipped through the pages of stamps that I had inside.
With this renewal looming for the past couple months, I put off getting my photo taken once again. I FINALLY took my new photo last weekend at Walgreens while I was out running errands and thankfully my hair was brushed and I hadn’t just woken up. ‘Cuz that’s what happened last time.
It’s the first day of the new lunar year and we celebrated by having the gang over for hot pot. The babies took turns fussing while Jack was dealing with potty training issues and Koa was on high-alert each time a baby cried. All the activity really made me realize how things have changed for us as a group.
We couldn’t even have all the grown ups seated at the table at one time. Somehow everyone managed to eat dinner and the babies got fed too.
It was all very noisy but pretty entertaining at the same time. I felt like we were in the middle of a sitcom. Rowan needed constant bouncing and entertainment, Reese hung out on Ryan’s lap taking in all the sights and smells, Jack sat on his usual pile of Yellow Pages (with no pants on), Ryan was dropping eggshells on the floor, and Koa had dragged out his bed from the bedroom to show off his humping skills in the middle of the livingroom. Ah…good times…happy new year, everyone!
Yesterday, Michelle and I met up at the coffeeshop downstairs and we had a little moment of girl time. We flipped through a magazine together and enjoyed a lazy Saturday afternoon. She also brought Reese along and she was as happy as can be to just sit on my lap and take in the sights and sounds.
I hang out with lots of babies at work and it’s really refreshing to be able to hang out with a normal, happy, healthy baby every once in a while.
This past week, we had 65-degree weather and lots of sunshine. To take full advantage of the mild weather, T and I had an outdoor dinner at 
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