Saturday, March 20, 2010
Flight to Santa Monica
About 2 weeks after my parents visit, a friend of church (who is a pilot) took me on a flight to Santa Monica (where my parents and I visited). It was a 40 minute flight to Santa Monica, we traveled about 150 mph fight along the pacific coastline. The view from up top was great! Because it was a small airplane we didn't have to fly so high; I could see everything. Even the Hollywood sign very close. On the flight home my pilot let me fly the plane from the passengers seat. It was actually one of the scariest things I've done in a long time. It's as if I had too much power. I didn't like the fact that if I barely moved the stick (which is used for steering - like a joy-stick) left and moved the feet pedals left, the plane would flip sideways in the air and send us as far left as humanly possible. I bet there's a lot of getting used to when flying a plane, but I don't think I'll put much effort into getting a pilot's license anytime soon. For now, I'll stick to my day job (parking cars. haha).
One more thing! yesterday was the grand opening of the new Toy Story parking lot on the corner of Harbor and Katella Blvd. The new parking lot is beautiful and I got to park it today.
During the grand opening yesterday at 7:30 am, I got to hear speeches from the mayor of Anaheim and the president of Disneyland. Together they cut the ribbon for the new parking lot as news reporters stood bye filming. My roommate and I were so under dressed! Very embarrassing. Everyone was in professional attire. Our managers were there and everything, and here we were in jeans and sweatshirts. But the free coffee and doughnuts made up for the embarrassment.
One more thing! yesterday was the grand opening of the new Toy Story parking lot on the corner of Harbor and Katella Blvd. The new parking lot is beautiful and I got to park it today.
During the grand opening yesterday at 7:30 am, I got to hear speeches from the mayor of Anaheim and the president of Disneyland. Together they cut the ribbon for the new parking lot as news reporters stood bye filming. My roommate and I were so under dressed! Very embarrassing. Everyone was in professional attire. Our managers were there and everything, and here we were in jeans and sweatshirts. But the free coffee and doughnuts made up for the embarrassment.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Parents Came!.... (and left) :(
This past week held much anticipation regarding the arrival of my parents.
Sadly however, their trip was all to short; I miss them like crazy.
Our time together was filled with excitement. Tuesday night I had them take me to my favorite burger place "in-n-out burger". I stayed at their hotel the 3 nights they were here, which provided great (free) breakfasts and even dinners (still free). Wednesday I took my parents to disneyland and disney's california adventure. Their favorite rides were "Indiana Jones", "The Haunted Mansion" and "Soarin' Over California". Unfortunately we didn't get to go on Space Mountain, but we did see Captain EO (the tribute to Michael Jackson. And boy, his dancing is just phenomenal. Sometimes I wish I was a teenager in the 80's so I could have "real" dance moves. Not today's demented form of dancing that you would see at dance clubs. I wouldn't know, it's just what I've heard).
Thursday was probably the best day though: started off with a trip to Hollywood as we barely made it in time to be on set of Wheel of Fortune with hosts Pat Sajak and Vanna White. Unbeknownst to me and my family they were filming 6 episodes of Wheel of Fortune that day. After 1 episode we decided we were ready to go :) haha. From Hollywood we went to Santa Monica Pier. Had a great time walking around and eating corn dogs. It was a windy day, but still warm and an awesome view of the mountains. I'll make sure to put some pictures up of the pier.
From there we made one last stop to Hollywood Boulevard as we saw the red carpet all laid out and ready for tonight's Oscars (march 7). What a perfect time to visit huh?
My parents haven't changed at all. My mom spent the time in the car looking out the window and telling us how beautiful the trees were and what type of flowers we were looking at. She is ready and anxious for this spring when she can start gardening again as she has so wonderfully done for as long as I can remember.
My dad still jumped right into vacation mode and made a stop to a local grocery store as soon as he arrived to pick up his essentials that come with "vacation mode" - peanut butter M&M's, chocolate milk, reeses cups, and doritos (all the leftovers of which were given to me... love it when the parents visit!)
Their departure was met by a depressing line, "see you in August." BOO! Mom and Dad, come visit me again! I love you both! and wouldn't have been able to move out here & be on my own without your training and preparation in my life all these years. God bless you two.
Sadly however, their trip was all to short; I miss them like crazy.
Our time together was filled with excitement. Tuesday night I had them take me to my favorite burger place "in-n-out burger". I stayed at their hotel the 3 nights they were here, which provided great (free) breakfasts and even dinners (still free). Wednesday I took my parents to disneyland and disney's california adventure. Their favorite rides were "Indiana Jones", "The Haunted Mansion" and "Soarin' Over California". Unfortunately we didn't get to go on Space Mountain, but we did see Captain EO (the tribute to Michael Jackson. And boy, his dancing is just phenomenal. Sometimes I wish I was a teenager in the 80's so I could have "real" dance moves. Not today's demented form of dancing that you would see at dance clubs. I wouldn't know, it's just what I've heard).
Thursday was probably the best day though: started off with a trip to Hollywood as we barely made it in time to be on set of Wheel of Fortune with hosts Pat Sajak and Vanna White. Unbeknownst to me and my family they were filming 6 episodes of Wheel of Fortune that day. After 1 episode we decided we were ready to go :) haha. From Hollywood we went to Santa Monica Pier. Had a great time walking around and eating corn dogs. It was a windy day, but still warm and an awesome view of the mountains. I'll make sure to put some pictures up of the pier.
From there we made one last stop to Hollywood Boulevard as we saw the red carpet all laid out and ready for tonight's Oscars (march 7). What a perfect time to visit huh?
My parents haven't changed at all. My mom spent the time in the car looking out the window and telling us how beautiful the trees were and what type of flowers we were looking at. She is ready and anxious for this spring when she can start gardening again as she has so wonderfully done for as long as I can remember.
My dad still jumped right into vacation mode and made a stop to a local grocery store as soon as he arrived to pick up his essentials that come with "vacation mode" - peanut butter M&M's, chocolate milk, reeses cups, and doritos (all the leftovers of which were given to me... love it when the parents visit!)
Their departure was met by a depressing line, "see you in August." BOO! Mom and Dad, come visit me again! I love you both! and wouldn't have been able to move out here & be on my own without your training and preparation in my life all these years. God bless you two.
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