Thursday, January 24, 2008

How we reminisce

With the rain to last over a week here in the Los Angeles area, I always seem to reflect back on adventures, events, moments et cetera in my life. While striking up a conservation with one of my best friends (Jenn), she told me how she was cold in Santa Barbara. Being a So Cal native (where the sun shines a ridiculous amount), I told her it wasn't that bad. I always remember the Kings Canyon camping trip I took with some of my friends (yes, Patrick included), where we literally slept in below freezing temperatures. It snowed on us. It's funny because, every time we go camping, any time we complain about how cold it is at our current camping location, Patrick, Delia, Kathy and me look back at our faithful Memorial Day weekend trip and proclaim nothing was as cold as that trip. And it has been true so far.

Speaking of cold adventures, I remember driving up the west coast to Oregon and Washington with Patrick and Song. Oh that was fun, especially since we all didn't have experience driving in the snow. I remember arriving in Portland and thinking, well if this is what it's like during the winter time, I don't think I want to live here. Of course we were lucky enough to encounter a bad winter storm that year while trapezing around the Pacific Northwest. It also snowed in Seattle, and I recall that all three of us bundled up in the hotel room watching people attempt to drive up hills with a lot of failure (this was on TV). Oh wait, the best part of the trip was when Song and I shared a bed and Patrick was relegated to the Aero-Bed. Unfortunately for him, the room we had in Portland was cold, and he forgot to bring his pillow and blanket. He utilized the towel as his blanket instead, and luckily for him, I stole a sad little fleece blanket from my sister.

Last, today is my four year anniversary with Patrick. Four years. Time does go by so quickly. But I wanted to say I love you Pat. All of our mis-adventures have brought so many smiles to my face that it hurts. Hooray! Happy Anniversary mongoose!

3 comments:

Jenn said...

Oh my freakin' God. Four years already??? And yay for the mention! Though my ass is still freezing in my apartment due to poor insulation. At least my apartment in Japan was pretty darn airtight! Yargh, evil evil rain!

SongNMasa said...

Happy Anniversary!

Fun times, traveling up north. Though I think one of the most memorable moments is Patrick walking across the icy parking lot in his sandals. "Fuck, it's cold!" Or something along those lines.

Zug zug said...

Oh yes, Patrick and his sandals!! Haha, I remember he was supposed to drive us around that day, but then his feet froze because it was "too cold." Hahaha. Those were some fun times.