now i know what its like to be on a real world/road rules challenge.

so saturday was christians bday bbq here. we had a great time, both our families came and all of our friends also. tons of good food and amazing guac that liz made! at night we went to kyles for HIS bday bbq and then went home. it was a good day. here are 2 pics HAHAH




so yesterday we all agreed to go biking in santa monica. it was me christian, kyle chico, kyles brother nick, alvin and his bro jj. so we start out and it is awesome! so beautiful out and fun! it was my first bike ride in about 10 years. i borrowed alvins sister cami's bike. i felt like such a ciche` girl with the pink bike in a group of guys with like black and green bikes. so were on our way through the bike path on the beach and after about 10 minutes all the boys are gone. theyre going about 30 mph and we eat their dust. i was trying SO hard to keep up so i wasnt the "girl" who couldnt keep up. christian was so sweet and stayed back with me and watched out for me the whole time. bless his heart. im so lucky. anyway, we get to marina del ray. already my legs are like jello and im so tired. everyones like lets keep going. .....cool. so we keep going, of course i didnt say anything cause i didnt want to be a "girl". we get to manhatten beach. this time im EXHAUSTED and now starving. a couple of us wanted to just eat up the street but THEN christians cousin alvin had the idea of just biking to redondo beach. of course didnt want to be the girl so i go with it. we get there and im like EXHAUSTEDX2. we eat and i feel soooooo much better. by now it is overcast and getting late so as SOON as were done eating we get up and start up again. by this point my ass feel like its accumulating blisters it is hurting so bad. we get no more than 5 minutes into the ride and im about 3 miles behind and exhausted. christian was also super exhausted so we just cruised on the way back, stopped to pee, etc. at this point folks, i didnt think i was gonna make it. we had soooooo far to go. i felt like the kids on the real world road rules challenges. there was no way of getting out of it, u just had to finish. i was so proud of myself i didnt complain the whole time! and christian said he felt so bad for me cause i looked so tired. by then i just wanted to get home, thats all i could think about. so were riding and we finally get to venice and i feel a sense of HOPE! we ride through the sidewalk that would usually be filled during the day. by this time it is dark. fun. can i just say, venice at night is the SCARIEST thing ive ever been through. its even scarier then downtown...and thats saying alot. there was tons of bums i almost ran into like 10 times, people sitting in little groups with glow sticks, a guy on STILTS!!! wtf?! random people going to bars. just scary. im convinced everyone was on drugs. it was so eerie. FINALLY we get back to the car after racing a bus and im just beyond exhausted. im so exhausted that when i get in bed im so uncomfortable i cant find a good position to fall asleep in and i slept horrible. im so exhausted my body still hurts and i have no energy. so all in all the bike ride was 40 MILES!!!!!!!!! MY FIRST BIKE RIDE IN 10 YEARS AND ITS 40 MILES!!!! why did these poeple put me through this?! it was seriously a nightmare! well, here are some pictures.



we met at alvins before the bike ride




marina del ray.....i couldnt take pictures and bike at once cause it was too scary so i dont have any before this.






on the way to redondo.....christian has the camera at this point















FINALLY at redondo beach and time for fooooooooooooood. i had pizza, everyone else had sea food feasts and clam chowder. oh yah and we got a funnel cake.






FINALLY in venice before the creepy ride! ahhhhhhhh