Okay, I feel better today and am ready to write about my trip…

I left on Wednesday night after work on a non-stop flight to LA. Oooh, exciting! Had to sit by the window, though. Not exciting. My brother picked me up at the airport. Went to his new house, where my sister-in-law (Jennifer) was waiting for us. Stayed up for a bit chatting, but I was exhausted by this time and went to sleep shortly thereafter.

On Thursday morning, while Jennifer went to work, Evan and I dropped his car off at the dealership (don’t buy VWs!) and then went to get tickets for the Tonight Show. No line there, guess Christina Ricci and Mya didn’t inspire waiting hours for a ticket. Lucky for us, except neither of us knew who Mya was. (Still don’t, really.)

Went back to his house for a little while. I rested while he fertilized the lawn. Then we went to eat lunch (burrito) before heading to the Getty, a really cool museum on the side of a hill. Gorgeous views, as you might imagine. Great gift shop. (Sad, aren’t I? But I was looking for postcards to use in my master plan for the upstairs bathroom.)

On to the NBC studios for the Jay Leno taping. Met up with Jennifer’s dad there, waited in line for about an hour, then went in for the show. It was really fun. I like Jay Leno more now, though I still don’t think he’s that funny. But I laughed a lot, so it’s okay that some of his jokes weren’t that great.

What I learned at the Tonight Show:
1. Christina Ricci is either a drunk or just dumb.
2. There are songs on videogame soundtracks. And the artists get to sing them on the Tonight Show.

After the show, we went home and relaxed. Evan cooked the salmon – very yummy, must remember recipe (soy sauce and some other stuff, in foil, bake. Or something like that.)

Friday was my day with Jennifer and it was Evan’s turn to go to work. We got dressed up and went to the Ritz for tea. Fancy-schmancy! It was very yummy. Tiny sandwiches, tiny scones, tiny cakes. (Weight Watchers? What’s that?) Drank lots of tea. Yum.

That night, Jennifer and Evan hosted a dinner party. We made homemade pasta. Easy but time-consuming. Don’t know if I’ll be doing that in the future. I think I’m too lazy. But I might reconsider, it was fun. Their friends Karen and Ed and their two kids came, as well as my mom’s friend Mauro’s daughter and husband. (Okay, my mom’s boyfriend? How dumb does that sound?) You should have heard what Feza (Mauro’s son-in-law) said when Karen asked how we were all connected. “Um…family connections.” Dude, we could be stepsiblings in law one day! Ha ha.

Betsy, my old roommate from college came by later in the evening. As usual, was great to see her. We hung out for a bit, then she had to go to another party. I was about to pass out from exhaustion, I don’t know how she did it.

Saturday was Disneyland! Yay, yay, yay! Went with Jennifer’s brother, sister-in-law and nephew, and her father. It was lots of fun. Lucas, her nephew, is 11 months old and painfully adorable. After Disneyland (and California Adventure) we went to eat at an Italian restaurant. (I’m sure the chicken in butter sauce was only, oh, 4 points. Yeah, right. And the garlic bread and the eggplant parmesan.)

And on Sunday I came home. I’ll post pictures later.