alone time with lots of people

so here's the recap of the weekend.

friday hung out at hunny's house. hunny and i cook lasagna for his brother and his brother's gf. it's so nice to hang at his house. all the brothers get along so well. lately everyone has been taking turns cooking on fridays for everyone else. last week stanley made fish tacos. before that hyman and priscilla made jumbalaya. it's so rare for a family to be so close these days. there's something about seeing a family cook together that i always enjoy. perhaps it's because my family is so similar.

saturday hunny and i made our errands to buy food for the bbq on sunday. did some marinating and preparing the backyard. at nite we hung out at diana's house to chill with some friends. ate good food, drank good wine, chatted with some people i haven't seen in a long while as well as some new people that were really cool. headed out a little early to save my energy for the next day.

sunday had the huge bbq. lots of fun in case you didn't see the video clip below. haha...people wanted to go party in the city afterwards. all of em said..."mel! you're coming with us! we're calling you later!" i just kept saying maybe because i knew i might be really tired once i sat still for a little. and what do you know, nobody called except vy to say "um do you really want to go? i'm kinda tired now." hahah....that's how i know i've succeeded. i tired out all the energizer bunnies!

monday had dimsum with my bro and his wife just before sending them to the airport. there were various events i was invited to...more bbq's and fireworks. somehow i just was in the mood to veg around the house. looked over the pics and videos from the day before with my mom. it was nice to really talk to my mom again. even if it was about unpleasant things. not that those unpleasant things had to do with me directly. just, family issues...

at night i went to the gym for some alone time. as i was driving i started thinking...it's kind of odd that i go to a public place for alone time. i suppose when i'm at home, i'm almost always talking with someone either my family or on the phone. so it's not a place i really consider being alone at. at the gym, i put on my hat and my headphones and work out. i generally avoid eye contact (that's what the hat is for) so i don't have to talk to people. just listen to music and sweat out my worries...