"Auntie Bren, look! I'm Wonder Woman!"

Today was quite a productive day, in terms with family relationships & personal activities. Although I didn't go to my first class this morning, I did other school work to make up for it. I attempted to do my statistics project before my philosophy class & during anthropology. I did get a little done though. At the last few moments of anthropology lecture, Amanda & I attempted to leave class a bit early 'cause our professor was in another room proctoring the midterm we had on Friday to those who haven't taken it yet. But he came in when we were about to leave. We didn't want to make a lot of noise when leaving, so we hesitated for a bit. It was quite funny.

My brother picked me up from school & we had our little brother-sister day. We haven't had one in the longest time 'cause we're both busy with school, &work (&his then-girlfriend). It felt good hanging out with my brother again. I missed it a lot. We first went to eat lunch at Bashful Bull on Noriega. Both of us never ate here before, but we found it to be pretty good. It was like those ordinary mom & pop cafes run by Asians who serve Asian & American food. Typical mediocre service & food, but great special pricing.

Afterwards, we went to visit my grandpa at his elder care home. I haven't seen him since his birthday/before I left for Phoenix in the summer, July 20th. Yeah, its been a long time 'cause I'm always busy with school & work. :/ He didn't recognize me at first. I guess he thought I've grown more mature in the past three & a half months. He was very happy & surprised to see me. I was really happy to see him too & we had a good talk too. We had a brief visit 'cause we were going to Vallejo right after.

My brother & I then went to Vallejo to our cousin's house to visit his family. We drove the backroads, the Golden Gate Bridge route, to save a bit money instead of going through the Bay Bridge/Carquinez Bridge route. Highway 37 is a pretty route to drive, with all the cows, farms, &marshes. To kill time, we went to Super Walmart in American Canyon 'cause I needed to buy myself feminine products. I asked my brother if he wanted anything. He only wanted a Snickers bar. When I was at the checkout counter, it truly looked like I was on my period (which I really am), holding a box of tampons, pads, & a Snickers bar. It was an interesting image.

When we went to my cousin's house, he wasn't there 'cause he had to work overtime. But his wife, who's so much like a sister to my brother & I, & his kids were there. We ate pizza & played with our niece & nephew. I've missed them so. I haven seen them in a couple weeks &it felt good playing with them again. My six year old nephew, Kyle, read me his book from school. My three year old niece, Katelyn, is so cute. She always asks me to show her Taeyang's "Look Only at Me" music video. haha. She likes the dancing in the video. Then all of a sudden, she says "Auntie Bren, can I show you my costume?!" Then she runs to her room & dresses up in her Halloween costume, Wonder Woman! Its so cute. I swear she's gonna be the biggest heartbreaker when she grows up. These kids are growing up so fast & starting to make me feel older.


The drive back home with my brother was funny. My brother made me plug in my iPhone to his car's iPod jack 'cause he knows I have hella KPop Big Bang songs in it. He started doing the dances from Gara Gara Go while driving. It was hilarious. I wish I could've recorded it. Overall, I felt today was a good day.

Now back to mediocre statistics homework. Bleh.