February 19th, 2008

Viva Las Vegas

Well, I never thought I’d be one of those people, but it ended up being my idea.

The planning of the wedding was becoming increasingly stressful for Zai.  It was to the point that the mere mention of the wedding would send her spiraling into frustration and depression.

She had a giant family, and despite our wishes, every single one was insisting on coming to the wedding.

So I suggested we elope.  We go to Vegas and have a wedding there, to get away from everything and just enjoy ourselves.  She liked this idea and smiled for the first time ever while thinking about the wedding.  We’d decided we could have a small and tasteful ceremony there, stay in a nice hotel for a few days, and maybe catch a show or two.

It sounds like it’s going to be very memorable.

Zel-kun out.

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Employment

Sorry for the silence, I’ve been very busy lately.  With blizzards, working in the field, and doing various bits of training, my schedule has been booked.

I spent all day Monday out in the field, stopping at various stores with one of my senior co-workers.  The work is fairly straighforward, we were doing ’store checks.’  Theres a list of tasks to accomplish, and proceedures for completing them.  It’s very organized, unlike other jobs I’ve had.

Wednesday I worked from 9:00am until 5:30am the next day, doing a project in Orland Park.  That’s a story in and of itself I’ll be sure to relate some time.

Friday I went to Sebu after work, which is this European-Asian fusion restaraunt.  They play some very good Spanish intrumental music there and have some good food.  They also have the world’s best tiramisu.

The tiramisu is homemade in the restaraunt, and is light and delicious, the way tiramisu should be.  I have eaten tiramisu from the fanciest of Italian restaraunts, as well as homemade tiramisu at my family reunion (yes, we’re Italian, in case you didn’t know), and nothing comes close to it.

One of the waitresses was an older Philipino woman, and I recall the waitress we had last time saying her mother makes the tiramisu herself.  So I took a stab in the dark and guessed the older woman was the maker of this delicious tiramisu herself.  As she passed and asked if everything was all right, I ask her, “I hear this is the place we can get the world’s best tiramisu?”

Ladies and gentleman, I can count on the fingers of one hand the times I have seen a face light up so completely as I did just then.  Sometimes it’s good to spread a little happiness.

More to come.

Zel-kun out.

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