This summer was one of the best summers I've had in a long time. I didn't go anywhere cool or do anything awesome. I just had fun. It felt like a real summer like when I was a kid. I worked full time and had summer classes but I still managed to squeeze the fun out of every single minute of every single day for 3 months. I guess the main reason it felt like a real summer was because I had three weeks off of work due to my back surgery and for the first time since I started working at Regal I had what felt like a real vacation. I mean, 3 weeks not being at work is a LONG time! That's when I started having fun. Lets start this epic journey of normalcy with my surgery!
At the end of May, exactly 7 days after my last day of school, I had spinal surgery. This was due to a herniated disk that was pinching my nerves so my left leg was constantly in pain. I went in for surgery at 8am and left the hospital at around 330pm. I wasn't in a lot of pain. For the most part my back just felt sore. It's crazy how such a small incision could cause my back to feel so weird! But it did. The first few days were the hardest because I needed help getting up and laying down and for some reason when I lay down and do nothing I have to go to the bathroom about once every hour! A lot of friends came over and helped me out and brought me foods and flowers and hung out with me so I wasn't all alone. After the first week I was able to start walking around. The pain meds that I was on didn't let me sleep because every time I managed to fall asleep I freaked out. So even though I wasn't working and had no reason to wake up early I still got up early and went to sleep late. The pain meds that I was on were pretty sweet. I could lay on the couch watching TV for literally hours on end and it didn't bother me none because time had no meaning for me. The sun rose and set and it was all the same. During my time off I went to visit my family in San Marcos for a week and that was fun! I also started playing Dragonvale while I was recovering cuz I was bored. This is important.
By the last week of my awesome time off I was dreading going back to work but I had to. At this point it was already June. My first day back to work was HORRIBLE. My body was so used to being lazy that I felt constantly tired and overwhelmed. I almost went home that first day but I toughed it out like a boss. Eventually everything got back to normal. My leg wasn't hurting anymore so Vince and I started playing basketball again! In June, I had a super fun party and then everyone got sick! It was a great party with pizza fondue and Cards Against Humanity. Vince and I went to a DODGERS game and it was fuuun cuz I got a Dodger dog and frozen yogurt in a pink Dodgers helmet! Around this time the awesome tradition of stalking Vince at his theater started with me and Tim! We would to to Fashion Island for dinner and a movie at Island Cinema! In June Vince and I also stalked Cinepolis' around So Cal. We watched Brave in uhhh uhhh I forgot, somewhere in San Diego and then we watched The Dark Knight at the Cinepolis in Ocean Ranch. 
Around June time Vince and I started playing more video games. In particular Mario Party 2 which we downloaded via Virtual Console. We loved MP so much that one day we decided to buy the newest installment for some awesome gaming time! First round of game one, Vince beat me by ONE point and I got super mad. He says he's never seen me so mad lol. We also went to the beach a lot and checked out some sea creatures. June/July was filled with beaches, Yogurtland, Mexican foods, Del Taco foods, movies and video games! In July Rosanna and I went to San Diego for the 25th Anniversary of Zelda concert Symphony of the Goddesses. SUPER AWESOME concert! There was a chick dressed as Zelda playing the ocarina! There were tons of different Link's walking around and a few dudes dressed as Navi (as gross as that is) I had a great time! The concert brought back memories of 1999 and ZChat :) Summer of 99 was also a great summer! In July time and I went to the OC fair! It was fuun. This year I went twice! Both times were awesome! It was super hot and expensive and I drank too much soda and ate a lot of gross foods but it was worth it to spend time with my favorite peeps!
The Dark Knight came out July 20th and, thanks to some lame-o being dumb, it was not as busy as we had anticipated. But it was still a pretty sweet movie and we had fun during the midnight. Check out all those Banes!
Alice came to visit and stayed for a week during the first weeks of August! It was a lot of fun hanging out with her and being crazies just like the good old days! We stayed up late and partied, got drunk, ate lots of junk food, went to Chuck e Cheese (Yeah what of it?!), went to the beach and had the best time ever! I think the highlight of the stay was when Alice and I played Slender Man and I almost threw up! Later that evening the three of us (Vince, Alice and I) watched Paranormal Activity 2. In the movie there's a scene where the chick is in the kitchen then out of no where all the cabinets open up suddenly. WELL, Vince opened all the cabinets in our kitchen when Alice and I were setting up Netflix to watch the movie. Several minutes after that scene had passed Vince asked Alice to get something from the kitchen. Little did Alice know she was about to get the scare of her life! Poor Alice was scared for a minute until she realized it was Vince who set the whole thing up. Good times!!! I was sad when she left but I know we'll have more adventures in the future!!
The official end of summer for me was the first trip to Disneyland of the summer and visiting Cars Land. Disneyland is such a summer time destination that it's hard to NOT go during those hot sunny days! Alice was with us that day as well as Joanne and Chris! Chewie, Ryan and the gang where there too so it was truly a perfect trip! Carsland was fun. That tire ride was dumb but the racers were cool. We had cone shaped food and drank from an orange cone and it was all good! I ended up going Disneyland a few times after that and every time was super fun. It's awesome having an annual pass and living so close to the park!
The End.
I'd also like to thank Koji Kondo for creating that lovely and epic Zelda music which inspired this blog post.
I loved this because I believe this was the best summer ever of my life. And even though we only spent a fraction of those 3 months together you and Vince were definitely the highlights. Although Disney sure did it's share of the work. :) ♥♥♥
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