YAO MING

Tam took the day off to spend Valentine's Day with Jansen at Disneyland. They called me in the morning and asked if I wanted to go. I told them I would, but after eating lunch, I realized I didn't really have that much time. The Clipper game starts at 7:30p and if I went to Disneyland, I'd probably have to leave around 4:30p in case of traffic. So I called them and passed. However, they'll be going to California Adventure sometime next week, so I will probably go with them then.

I got the address of me moms workplace from her but didn't leave until 5pm. Moms gets off work at 5:30p so I knew I would be late. To make matters worse, I spaced out and took the 60 freeway all the way to downtown LA until I realized that she works in Alhambra, not LA anymore. So I had to turn around, take the 5 to the 10 E and of course, I got caught in traffic. Then, I got lost once I was in Alhambra and couldn't find S Fremont thinking that Fremont and S Fremont might be two different roads.

When all was said and done, it took me 1.5 hours to finally get to the building. During this whole time, moms kept calling me all pissed off asking where I was and what was taking me so long. She even had the nerve to say that maybe we should just forget the whole thing. It didn't help, but I got really pissed off and started yelling at her. I was already frustrated from the 1.5 hour drive and her anger at me just made it worse.

We still had an hour to get to the Staples Center and you could hear the crickets chirping during the whole drive there. I parked about two blocks away and we walked to the entrance. We bought some overpriced McDonalds and brought it to our seats. By then, moms and I had calmed down and she thanked me for bringing her to the game. It wasn't much of a game since the Clips lost by over 30 points.

On the way back to the car, moms apologized and said that she got angry because she wanted to have dinner at Black Angus near her work. I suspected that and told her that we would probably have had problems since it was Valentine's Day. All in all, it was a stressful but ultimately fulfilling evening.