#1: I discovered that my favorite flower of all time - the peony- is basically rarely in season. That also means that when they are, they are quite expensive. Thus, my dream of having an entire chapel full of these babies lining every nook and cranny for my extravagant future wedding flew right out the window. Disappointing? I think yes...unless I marry a millionaire...hmmmm ;)
#2: I left the market looking for any excuse to buy hundreds and hundreds of flowers. Anyone having a party soon? A baby shower? Anything? Please....?
After that adventure, my family then decides to head home to rest in the beautifully air conditioned house while we veg on some television....NOT. We actually returned from walking for hours to then proceed to move the entire back yard around in the 100000 degree heat AND barbecue on the grill while we're at it. You will see as time goes on that my family who I love so, so much is really not so normal. In fact, we may be the farthest thing from it. But there is never a dull moment with us...never.
To continue, that night made it all worth it. At around 6 (pm this time), we went out to the Levitt's Pavilion in Pasadena for some free reggae! I have lived in Southern California my whole life and I have never known about the 50 free concerts that go on there every summer. Seriously....what the heck? It is such a cool place where you can bring your whole family to picnic, enjoy all kinds of music, and dance if you wish. We brought the yummiest sangria and casserole :) life really couldn't get any better than that. The best part, however, came when we were about to leave. We were all picking up our stuff and suddenly my aunt goes, "Guys, I think someone took my sandals". I busted out laughing. Ok, I am not heartless. I have to take you back a few years for you to understand why this is so funny to me. When I was around 8 years old, my aunt took me to Raging Waters. I had the coolest red flip flops that we bought specially in the Philippines on our last vacation. Well, as anyone who has been to a water park would know, you have to do something with your shoes when you go on the slides. My whole family put ours in the same place, hidden in the bushes and everything, creating a false illusion of security. When we came back from the Lazy River, mine were missing! Really? Who steals sandals?! Especially like a size 3 in kids....From that day on, my aunt has never let me live it down. All I can say is- Karma, you are my new best friend :P
Well, seeing as I am at work typing this and my fax is all done, I should probably get down to business again, eh? See you all next time.
Always,
A Hungry Heart
PS. These are peonies are their finest
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