I'm glad we are on the same page.....er.....boat

Monday morning can be a drag. However, I knew this was going to be an eventful week when one of my first emails of the week was a forward from Mitzi about our Fourth of July plans to go on a party boat on Lake Travis. The first sentence read, "I hope y'all are excited about the July 3rd Party Boat- it should be quite the adventure with lots of drinking and making out." This totally sounds Fun Bobby-esque....can't wait!

Business Casual? Always Prepared....

So a while back I had a problem with passing out in my bedroom, fully clothed in the clothes I had worn the night out, with all of the lights on. I'm not sure what caused this chronic condition- I was probably overworking myself (not going to extended happy hours....) I recently was reminded of this old habit of mine the other weekend when I woke up at 6am to find myself in my going out clothes with my face peeled onto an open book. Yes, apparently I was trying to read a book at 2am while slightly intoxicated....most normal people drunk text or call people...I was reading....it was even a nonfiction book.... I am very educated!

I remember one of my favorite times that I realized I had fallen asleep. This time I discovered I had passed out when the fire alarms started blaring in my apartment. My first reaction was that I must have done something really bad when I was drunk! Then I realized the fire wasn't in my apartment. On my way out of the apartment I realized three things: 1) I was still in business clothing from the day before 2) I was totally parched and 3) I really wanted to hurl. Nonetheless my survival instincts kicked in and I grabbed my purse and headed out the door. Err....turns out I was the only one who had a good time the night before because I was the only one still fully dressed with makeup and all! I mean it was a Thursday night, these people just don't have fun. I also realized that a lot of the residents in my building don't actually sleep at their home.....

Well, I was feeling so sick that I knew I had to distract myself. I also think I was still a little drunk. So, I plopped myself down next to some girl and just started chit chatting (mainly talking to myself) to keep myself distracted from the fact that I was really having a bad reaction from my indulgences of the night. Everything turned out okay in the end- there was no fire in the building, I looked GREAT while sitting out there compared to the other losers in their pajamas, and I was able to take off my makeup and change into pjs and get a proper night's sleep....or what was left of it.

Fun Bobby and Friends in Full Force

Have I mentioned that I have the greatest friends in the world? (See below)

This weekend the Dallas and Houston gang met up in South Padre for Mitzi and Danny's wedding- and we all knew this was going to be one crazy fun event!! And it turns out it really was crazier than any of us could have imagined! You really had to be there to appreciate the full effects of the weekend, but I will provide you with some highlights.

Here is the lovely couple that made this weekend possible!!

To start, we once again had an awesome hotel bar filled with oldies but goodies! This time there was no karaoke, but there was a live band....who I think has dedicated their mission to Lady Gaga. The lead singer had choreographed moves as well as different sunglasses for every song. The audience had just as much character- there was even an old lady who would dance by herself as if the night was never going to end!

At the wedding Mitzi's parents hired a mariachi band and it was pretty entertaining!

There was also one particular wedding guest, who really turned the party into something else!

Here he is at the after party....with a pony that he found?

......and here he is being confronted by hotel security LOL.

Fun Bobby was out in full force that night, as promised, and I definitely danced as much as possible to my heart's content. Unfortunately my hangover wasn't as impressive as I hoped it would be the next day....I should have partied harder in honor of Mitzi and Danny.

When we got to our hotel at 2am, we were not allowed in because there were several cops guarding the entrance saying that it was a crime scene!! We didnt' get much information out of the cops, but we did see the culprit walk out in hand cuffs. He had some blood on his face, and it looks like they tasered him. Not sure what the deal was, but there was no ambulance or anything. Since we were all drunk and bored of waiting, we got a little creative with our waiting.....

Here are the girls pretending to get arrested. Not sure where I was because I have no memory of it but I think that green in the lower left corner is me haha.

And here are the guys trying to get arrested....but they weren't doing a good job because they have smiles on their faces.

We eventually were allowed in the hotel while they were still photographing the "crime scene." We still can't figure out what exactly happened because things looked pretty normal. A few minutes after Kiki and I had gotten to our room, I heard some noise in the hallway. To my surprise the police were photographing a hotel room right across the hall from us!! Scary!!

After we survived the night, we woke up ready to hit the road to the airport. I packed the things in the rental car and shut the trunk door. 0.5 seconds later I realized that I shut the trunk door with the keys in it!! I was definitely freaking out, and lucky to have people there to calm me down. We call a local locksmith and he arrives pretty quickly. However, it takes him 30-40 minutes to figure out how to unlock the car. During this time he tells us about how he locked his own car while on another job and how he left a very important tool on yet another job. His credibility as a locksmith was rapidly dropping. Eventually we did get off the island.

I wouldn't have expected anything less from the weekend of the Sierra-Tsukahara wedding!!

Love you guys!!

Hawaii Moments: Korean To Go

Like all great trips, my Hawaii one quickly came to an end. The plan was to grab dinner on the way to the airport, but it was a pretty tight schedule. After getting lost to get pho, we decided to grab anything we could find on the way. So....I chose some random Korean BBQ place. It was 5 o'clock and the restaurant was just opening. We were definitely the first ones there.

When we were seated we were very upfront about the fact that we had less than 30 min to eat and get out of there. We asked for whatever would be the quickest thing on the menu, which turned out to be fried rice and noodles. The waitress made it seem like for the noodles we would only be able to get vegetables with it, which was totally fine. However, right after establishing this she asked us if we wanted some seafood meats with it haha. I'm not sure when scallops and shrimp became a vegetable but apparently they did. The fried rice turned out to be excellent! The noodles on the other hand, were very gross. They were basically straw-like dry noodles in a not very tasty brown sauce. We ate pretty much all of the fried rice and picked at the noodles. The wait staff had been so concerned about our noodle dish though, they really wanted to make sure we got it and liked it. So, in an effort to not make them feel bad, Ryan ordered a to go box. While filling it up I pointed out that there was a fly on the bottom of the box he was filling up with food. His response was basically, "I'm not too worried about it," because he was planning on throwing it away when he got home LOL. Thanks for all the great stories!

Hawaii Moments: Making the Blog

I am a terrible blogger- but I am attempting to finish the rest of my Hawaii series. So, during the trip we decided to kayak from Kailua beach to the Mokulua islands. It takes about an hour to kayak out there and once you get there you can park your kayak on the beach and partayyyy as long as you like. It’s basically like an exclusive party island (exclusive in the fact that only those willing to trek on the kayak ride can enjoy the benefits of the island). So with high hopes we packed our bag full of beer and set off for the high seas. The kayak ride was very fun, although I am not sure how much I really contributed to our journey. When we got to the island, there was a gorgeous view of the coast of Oahu (see below).

















The party scene wasn’t quite what I was picturing. I’m not sure why I kept envisioning MTV Spring Break style partying considering it was 11 am….and we were on a semi-remote island. Anyway, we definitely brought the party with us. Cold beers on the beach…this was turning out to be the quintessential vacation!




















Two or three beers later….we pack up to head back to Oahu. This part of the trip was going to be easy. The current would just carry us towards the island, and it really was helping us cover the distance quickly. We weren’t very far from the island when we hit a really big wave, which we attempted to “surf” on with the kayak. It didn’t really help that we were in a pretty shallow area where the reef was pretty close to the surface of the water. It probably also didn’t help that we were a little buzzed from our indulgences in island drinking. In what seemed like two seconds the front of the kayak hit the reef and our whole kayak toppled over in the waves!! Our reactions to this “emergency” situation were pretty interesting. Ryan asked if I was okay, and once that was confirmed, also asked, “IS THIS BLOGWORTHY??” Hahaha! He was determined to get into this blog with some kind of crazy story. Well, you definitely made the blog! My first reaction was to grab his $4 mat that he had brought with him- probably the cheapest thing on the boat. Meanwhile my sunglasses were sinking to the bottom of the ocean. Ryan offered to dive down to get them, but I’m glad we both decided that would be a bad idea! He also very kindly bought me a new pair (which you really didn’t have to!!) Missing sunglasses, minor scrapes, and a hilarious story- all in all, I would say we survived the kayak crash pretty well!