Well, this three-day weekend was sorely needed and I'd say it was a three day weekend well-spent. My first round of midterms started up at the end of last week and have been spread throughout the week so I've been juggling around time in order to use study time efficiently. In a nutshell, it's been a hard week. Valentine's Day was pretty uneventful as well, not that I really care about it. Our landlord called us into her office on Valentines Day to bribe us with cookies topped with pink frosting. It was all a scheme; we've been "heart attacked"!
So there were tons of sticky notes cut out into the shape of hearts each with subliminal messages pasted all over our door, kitchen, and and living room. Took me about 10 minutes to take them down and hold it for evidence. I have a sneaking suspicion on who actually "heart attacked" us. Well played fellow Latter-day Saints, well played indeed...
Anyways, on Saturday I went to Idaho Falls with my aunt and cousins after they stopped by in Rexburg to pick me up. We ate at Johnny Carinos, an Italian restaurant. Idaho Falls has just about everything for everyone in the region... After lunch, we visited my grandparents and ran a ton of errands, both for ourselves and my grandparents. I was going to cook gyoza on Sunday so we got the ingredients while in town before making the drive back to Ashton. Then, I got to work. My uncle Sam described the preparation of homemade gyoza as a sweatshop. Whiner... This is gyoza prior to cooking them:
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| I just realized why it's called pot-stickers sometimes. I've always known them as "gyoza"... |
My gyoza is better than yours! Get used to it! Sunday came and went as I went to church with my aunt and uncle. Then it was cooking/eating time! In addition to my gyoza... Okay, rewind! When I mean "my gyoza", I mean the gyoza that my parents taught me how to make. So anyways, in addition to my gyoza, aunt Stacy made her signature soy wings and egg rolls. So this turned out to be an Asian feast:
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| Once you taste my aunt Stacy's egg rolls, you will never think of other variants as the same again. |
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| Aunt Stacy's soy wings. As you might have guessed, soy sauce has a lot to do with the taste. |
I had to keep the gyoza coming so I kept cooking while everyone ate. But I was fine with that because it makes me happy knowing that I can prepare and cook gyoza on my own. It also makes make happy when people like my totally 100% American relatives appreciate and love to eat foreign foods like gyoza and other Japanese dishes. This is what my plate of food looked like for the most part:
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| Gyoza, Stacy's soy wings and egg rolls, gyoza dip, sweet & sour sauce for the rolls with white rice. You know you're Asian when... (Finish this sentence. I dare you!) |
When we were stuffed with good food (and had bad breath with a hint of garlic!), we played Pinochle. For those of you who don't know what that is, here are the rules to the game:
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| There is no such thing as a "Code of the West"! |
So I probably gained a couple pounds over the weekend. Big deal.
Monday was President's Day. I spent much of the day relaxing and getting the rest of my homework done with. I also had lunch with my cousin Sami and her husband Haden. We ate a Mexican restaurant (I know; surprising right?) on Main Street of downtown Ashton. I still don't care what anyone says. I love Ashton! Now for those of you who know well, Mexican food and I always had an agreement to disagree. In other words, most Mexican dishes wreak havoc on my guts and let's just say I get put out of commission... So I'm not a big fan of Mexican dishes. They serve a decent selection of Americanized dishes as well so I got a burger with fries. The ironic part about this Mexican restaurant is that their Mexican dishes are more expensive than the burger & fries meal I had! After a while, I drove back to Rexburg with my cousin Ryker and it was time to get back into the rigors of school...
At least it's only a four-day school week this week.
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