Sally and the Great Food Truck Convention

In our house we've each taken on a community function. Jess has taken on the social planning position. She plans most events on our weekends and coordinates our schedules to provide us all opportunities to do a wide variety of fun things. She does it well. She was in San Fran this weekend with her school so the rest of us were on our own. We've been so busy on the weekends, we welcomed a more laid back weekend.

Sally, one of the VSCs who in Santa Barbara came down for the weekend to hang out with us. Alli's parents and sister also came she weekend. It was a different group dynamic since Jess was gone, Alli was with her family most of the time and we had Sally here. We went to a food truck convention near downtown LA on Saturday. The sun was blazin! Basically, 5 food trucks were in a lot. 5$ donation to meals on wheels got you 5 colored tickets. Each one could be redeeming at a truck for a sample. Additionally, with entry you got free Dos Equis beer and bacardi drinks. The downfall of course were the lines.

We quickly figured out which color ticket went to each truck and split into three groups of 2. Ultimately, we only got to try 3 trucks' food because the other 2 ran out/shut down because the event was ending. The food was really delicious and we had a good time for a low price. Laura went with her friend to hang out for the night leaving Adrienne, Holly, Sally and myself for the night.

We got Ramen at Foo Foo Tei (So Yummy!) and then went to Boyle heights for a movie night. Holly stayed at MM because she was very tired. 3 of the BH people were in SF as well, which made for a group of 6. It wasn't the usual group; it was a different dynamic. I enjoyed it.

Sally left MM on Sunday. I got a bunch of tasks accomplished-including some loan forbearance. Of which some have already been approved. Nice. That night I made Zucchini and Whole Wheat Mac & Cheese with a green bean, tomato, feta salad. The 6 of us at MM, Meaghan from BH and Alli's family sat at our modified large table. It was a nice family dinner to end the week apart.

Yesterday I worked my first 12 hour shift. It went just fine. It felt no different than an 8 except I didn't have a ton of other time in my day to really do anything. Now I am getting more stuff done with my day off (we only work 3 days/week on 12s). Ted, Laura's BF is here for the week. We're figuring out how to get around on Public Transit effectively. Well, he is. I'm blogging. Oh dear.....not very useful at this point.