The Daily Sabs

This morning we packed up the mini and hightailed it up to guerneville for a bit of russian river fun. When we got there we met up with two of my favorite people in the whole world, wes and juju. (sorry other folks they is the best.) We didn't really know what was in store for the day, and figured we'd just wing it. We ended up getting our hands on some inflatable things and found a spot to pop into the water. The Russian river, as you may know, is a lazy lazy lazy river. Meaning there was no current going downstream, but every once in a while a breeze would blow through and carry us upstream. It's also super shallow in most parts, so our hero wes and his trusty sidekick Randall would occasionally stand up and walk us back to the shade.

Afterwards we took our cute car convoy and headed to the Russian river brewery in Santa rosa. We drank some delicious beers, but then had to walk it off before we drove home. Luckily we found a great spice store, some music, some sweets, an art fest, and a sweet rainbow snoopy to hang out with.

All in all, a totally tubular radical to the max sort of day.

This evening wuwu stopped by on their way to the radio dept. They wanted us to join them, but we were on the fence and ended up not going. But before they went to the show, they hung out and told us about crazy salespeople and young adult fiction book clubs (jealous!) and all sorts of other fun. I wish those crazy kids lived closer, i miss them so!


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This afternoon, after a giant filing and photocopying ordeal (morm's getting audited and let's just say that while she is a total straight arrow, her bookkeeping leaves something to be desired), morm decided to make chinese new year cake. Only she didn't just make a single batch, she made a gargantuan pot full of batter (see second photo for proof - also see second photo as proof that I am my mother's daughter). She says it's because she used to cook for hundreds of soldiers every morning and that she only knows how to make a huge batch. There are flaws in this story as that was over 25 years ago, and also I don't think she ever made them Chinese new year cake.

While the cake was cooling (seriously she brought the 10 lb gooey condition outside to chill), I popped over to say hi to uncle Bobby and befi aiyi. There's a new super cute puppy in their life: a little corgi that their granddaughter named Justin (presumably after beiber). It was adorable, but sadly the iPhone only let's you send 5 photos at once, so you'll just have to trust me on that. And on the wackiness of files piled up for the audit. It was insanity. update: more photos of dog and paper insanity added below.

Once the cake was cooled, the car packed, and the obligatory fight fought, I said farewell to morm and hit the road. But first a quick stop at juju & wes's house. I hadn't really seen them all year and that needed to be fixed. In fact it had been so long, I still had their birthday presents. Juju opened hers up and discovered some ceramic squirrels. She immediately replaced her eyes with them. Obviously. Wes entertained us with some sounds and I chatted their ears off in a whirlwind and was gone. They got bonus points for staying in their pjs too. That's how you know we're good pals.

Ps. What a long day. I also scarfed down morm feast part deux. Because like my morm, I have no concept of moderation.


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