Fun In The Weeks Before Christmas
Here are some highlights of the last few weeks.
-My in laws invited us to tag along with them to Southern CA, where we visited with their college friends the Yuzon's. We had so much fun spending time with them, swimming in the pool, eating the delicious foods they shared with us [the Arroz Caldo and the oysters were particularly delicious] and more. Two of the days we were there we had the chance to go to Disneyland and Universal. We did all the fun things, rides galore [which is better now that the kids are older and able to go on more of them!] at both places, and despite dealing with an obsene amount of crowds made some good memories. My favorite memories were drinking hot butter beer at the Three Broomsticks and checking out Ollivanders, the night time fire works and 'snow' at Disneyland, the Christmas decorations and themed rides [like the Haunted Mansion being Nightmare Christmas], staying till almost closing, and best of all was Star Wars land. The Rise of the Resistance ride in particular had an insane wait time-but imo ended up being worth it. It felt like we were really in the worlds that I grew up watching, especially as everything was to scale. Then later on Smuggler's run sent me over when I got to pilot a ship just like the Millennium Falcon. Bc of the pandemic, there were moments where it felt like some of the Disney magic was missing-but I admit, that world and those rides had me reeling like a kid again. We also stopped by the Santa Monica Pier on our way out for some dinner and fun and it was beautiful.
-We attended the Nutcracker and saw the lights at the place we were married. It was magical and fun.
-We got to visit with some more friends when we got together to gush about Kdramas and BTS, play games and catch up at their home and it was such a rejuvenating experience, like it always is with friends. And a few weeks earlier we had got to get together with for Friendsgiving with our families and tow and it was also so good. Again, this is another thing I miss the most about being here-so many deep connections and long term friendships that I have.
-We hit up some more museums, parks and beaches in the city, like the Contemporary Jewish Art Museum, more Academy of Sciences, the Museum of Modern Art, etc. All of them provided such unique perspectives and different lenses then we've previously looked through, and so that was a good experience.
