Everything at the restaurant was amazing... except the service. Don't get me wrong, I'd been there before and the service was amazing. But this time we had a girl that I can only hope was new... she also didn't speak much English... at least, I hope that was the case. Nothing REALLY bad happened, aside from putting in the orders a bit wrong. BUT SHE FIXED IT before they came out. She also didn't understand that we wanted Mochi Ice Cream for desert and brought us the regular scoops of ice cream, but once we explained to her, all was well.
They actually brought us a shush boat since we ordered so much. :)
And when we were done it was COMPLETELY EMPTY!
But SO good...
I guess when it's your birthday there, they bring you a large head to put on and a little gift basket.... They also have a really annoying, yet catchy, birthday song.
Here's what gretchen got in her gift bag... a cross.
After they took it, they brought it to gretchen for her to sign. after she signed it, they put it up on the wall entrance of the place. Pretty cool.
This all took place on Saturday... On SUNDAY, we went to the water park of america. Near the mall of america.
Gretchen, her friend Kari, HER boyfriend Zach and I went to the water park for some watery fun. And we had just that. Half a dozen trips around the lazy river spread out over the day. Down the water slides a dozen or so times. I even went on one of those things that makes a big wave and you jump into it with a boogie board and ride the wave. I did pretty good for my first time, the life guards who showed me how to do it were pretty impressed.
I went out, on my stomach, like you're supposed to, and I got used to that pretty quick, after about a minute or so of that I figured I better do something or everyone else who was waiting was going to get impatient. So I decided to try what a couple guys in front of me were doing... Going up on your knees.
Believe me it was harder than it looked. Had to get my arms all extended and hold myself up before doing a slight jump to get my knees on the board... but once i was there i was a natural. This was all my first time by the way.
Many people would go out, and fall off and get shot back behind the wave... Like Gretchen. But they gave her a couple tries before she decided to give up. I guess she just wasn't heavy enough to keep stable on the wave.
ANYWAY... After the water park we went looking for the restaurant that we see every time we go to the mall of america... Billabong. But i guess they closed down, so we had to settle for a different little sports bar that ended up being AMAZING! I got the Asian Chicken Sandwich... so good.
Aside from the birthday thing... I ended up posting a bunch of my grandma Connie's things she's trying to get rid of on craigslist. One guy came by to purchase a bunch of old sprinkler heads. When I asked him if he was putting in a sprinkler system he said, "No, I make jewelry." So I looked up his stuff and it seems pretty cool.
Here's a few things he made... and HERE's the site where he sells them.
Pretty cool I thought.
Sorry this is getting so LONG... so i'll keep this short...
I Just got back from seeing "The A-Team", and as corny as it seemed... I thought it was pretty awesome. Fun to watch. A lot better than I thought it was going to be, even with the guy who played Mr. T's character and his dialogue. It was also super funny. And if you do see it, stay after the credits. Funny Funny.
My Garden is also looking great, apart from a few weeds. But the Lettuce needs to be harvested... If anyone want's some mixed lettuce, please let me know. It's AWESOME.
OH YEAH, and my old roommate Zac got engaged... !!!!!! so we're going out to dinner to celebrate with him now...
More soon. And again, I'll try to shorten the time between posts.
But that's enough for now.
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