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8th April, 2002. 12:24 am. Oysters... LIVE!

Just came back from our road trip up north this evening. I don't have much time to post because I should go to bed soon, but I'll just quickly summarize it. Pictures are HERE. I'm a bit laggy with the pictures lately... haven't posted Vegas yet. Will get to it.

Lynn and Kevin came to pick Jonathan and I up from my house at 5 AM. We took off and arrived there around noonish. As we enter the bay area, I was awed by how GREEN it was! It was soooooo beautiful! There were hills and hills filled with green grass! All natural, not because of expensive landscaping like Irvine. There were also a million COWS! On the way to the oyster farm, we drove by cows that were like 3 feet away from us! They were so close to us! They were so big! I saw them eat grass and could see them chew.

Anyway, we get to the oyster farm and get 50 oysters for the 4 of us. I got to shuck my first oyster, but as I was shucking, it occured to me that they were still ALIVE! I've eaten raw oysters, but when you get them in resturants, they've been shucked and are dead... just not cooked. It didn't occur to me till I was about to open it that these are more than just raw, they're alive! I freaked out and threw it at that thought, but I got over it rather quickly. I just talked to them... I named all of them Mr. Oyster... at least I didn't individually name them! But when I opened my first one, it was still moving! The oyster's black flappy part was expanding and contracting... then I cut the muscle thingy to detach it from the shell, and it stopped. I ate the first one raw, but I was hesitant cuz I saw it move. So the rest of them I put it over the grill, not to cook it, just to warm it and let it open it's mouth. Makes it easier to shuck, and comforted me to know that I didn't kill it... the heat did. =P

On the drive back, we saw a bunch of cows, more than our trip to the farm since I was sleeping. But as we approached these pack of dairy cows, which were like 2 feet from the road, we were like "wow, look at all the cows... wait, that one cow is rather tall" When we pass by it, all I see is a cow STANDING behind another cow and very strong thrusting and a lot of jerking movements from the cow on four legs. We just all "WHOA" as we pass by it. Kevin even braked and was about to turn around. Too bad we didn't have the camera ready. Took me awhile to get over it... but it was funny to tell my mom about it.

Oh yeah, I got another hair cut today. The hair lady came by this morning, and I knew I'd be gone, so I went to another place in Newport on Friday, but she didn't cut it short enough, and not enough layers. I don't think she was used to cutting such thick hair. She kept saying, "You have soooooo much hair.... It's unbelievable how much hair you have". The girl told me she'd cut it shorter for free if I came Tuesday or Wednesday before noon, but I would just be too rushed to get back to class. So my mom called the hair lady to see if she could come by again, and she did! She came by this evening and cut it shorter for me. My hair is REALLY short now. It's longer than what I planned, but I don't know if I have balls to go that short yet. Maybe next time.

Current mood: tired.

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8th April, 2002. 9:30 pm. secrets

I'm on duty, DC to be exact, so I'm just chilling in the rec room. My plan was to study... I even brought ear plugs! As I'm settling in at my desk, a lady walks in. OMG... it's Becky! My prior supervisor. I had e-mailed her before heading down here, and I mentioned that I would be DC tonight, so she dropped by to surprise me! It was so nice to catch up. She was my supervisor for my first two years as HA. We became REALLY close... sharing personal stuff and just becoming good friends. It's hard for me to work here now, actually, just sad, because the new professional staff are so different. Dynamics are completely different now. I really miss the old days. Oh well. It was nice talking to her again though.

One thing I realized from talking to her is why the recent medical stuff in my family are bugging me so much. So to update: my uncle still has lung issues, but I don't know what it is... I don't know if they know what it is since they won't tell me anything. "It has to do with the lungs, that's all you need to know. Children shouldn't be so nosy." Then my cousin who had bilateral pnemonia. Had a 105 degree fever for two weeks, fainted twice in that week, yet family doctor says it's just a fever and keeps giving her tylenol. She starts getting convulsions and was just severly shaking, so they take her to the ER for the THIRD time, and finally they admit her. They claim it's just pnemonia, but sevear, so they say she needs to stay in the hospital for 5 days to get like 9 bags of anti-biotics pumped into her a day. End of that week, there was no progress, so they transfer her to Children's hospital, which is where she still resides. Now is when my parents get all secretive again. They won't tell me what's going on! My dad just kept saying that they're treating her. But when I ask if she's better or when she'll be released, he won't answer. I got a little more out of my mom. She says that the doctors still don't know what's wrong, but they're not treating her for TB instead of pnemonia, but they don't know if it is TB or not. They're just giving it a shot. When I ask about progress, my mom didn't really say anything.

After talking to Becky, she just told me to not worry about things that are out of my control. But I realize that what's probably bugging me most is how they won't tell me anything! I realize that I was offended and hurt when they don't answer me. My dad depends on me to do everything for him. Even though it annoyed me because it added extra burden on me, I liked that he was being open with me... like I was no longer a little girl. He kept me in the loop with his whole medical condition, and I finally felt like he was open with me. But when he started to be secretive about my lil cousin, I couldn't help but to be hurt cuz it's like we lost that connection. I understand that I'll always be his lil girl and he likes to protect me. He doesn't want to stress me out and make me worry, so he keeps a lot of things from me, but I want to be included. I don't like being left out of the loop.

Current mood: procrastinating.

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