The trip to L.A. was really great despite the unfortunate circumstances that took us there. Not only did we get to see Betina and Justin (we stayed with them) and catch up a bit, but I got to hang out with all the cousins on my mom's side of the family for the first time ever. Yup, you heard that correctly -- because of how far we are located from each other (2 of them live in Hong Kong...), we've never physically been in the same room together. There was always at least one missing...but this time we were together. And it was so fun hanging out, eating good food, finally learning how to play mah-jong (Matt wants to get this trend started in Seattle amongst our friends). Here are a few highlight photos:
3 generations: my mom, grandmother and me
All my cousins together with my grandmother
Learning to play mah-jong. That's a cheat sheet of Chinese numbers for Matt--ha!
We then got back to Seattle Tuesday night and were shocked by how cold it had gotten while we were away. We had heard reports of a bit of snow over the weekend and saw some remnants of it. The next day, there were warnings of a "major snow storm" and many of my coworkers didn't come into work...I took a risk anyway since I had missed 2 days and needed to go in anyway to download some software onto my laptop. Turned out that everyone stayed home for nothing -- the sky was snow-free and roads were clear all day......til 9pm that night. Then it started snowing and snowing and snowing. Since Wednesday night at 9pm, I think it's constantly snowed with the exception of Friday. Within Seattle city limits, we've had 1-2 feet of snow (or more) fall and STICK, which never happens. Here are some photos from the last few days:
Enjoying all the snow
The fountain at Cal Anderson Park
On Friday, 2 buses collided at the intersection of Thomas and Melrose in Capitol Hill, crashing into the guardrail and hanging over I-5. Photo courtesy of sea turtle
Seattle on Sunday morning after the 2nd snowfall
My poor herb garden by Sunday evening
Matt shoveling the driveway Sunday afternoon. Sadly, it kept snowing so much that by that evening, it looked like nothing was shoveled at all!
At this point, I'm most worried about flying out of here. Our flight to L.A. is tomorrow morning and then our flight to Hong Kong from L.A. is later that night at midnight....so we've got a good day of delays just in case, but I'm still worried. Over the weekend, many flights were cancelled -- a guy I know from work who was supposed to fly out Saturday got rescheduled to Friday (yes, after Christmas)---and that was after 12 hours in the terminal and 3 cancellations. Another guy I know had his flight cancelled yesterday--only to be told that there was no way the airline could get him home before Christmas...so instead, he bought brand new tickets on another airline for double the price of his original tickets to fly out tomorrow. It sounds like such a mess...and I'm just hoping now that my flight will leave tomorrow and get me to L.A....anytime, just sometime tomorrow.
Enjoying all the snow
The fountain at Cal Anderson Park
On Friday, 2 buses collided at the intersection of Thomas and Melrose in Capitol Hill, crashing into the guardrail and hanging over I-5. Photo courtesy of sea turtle
Seattle on Sunday morning after the 2nd snowfall
My poor herb garden by Sunday evening
Matt shoveling the driveway Sunday afternoon. Sadly, it kept snowing so much that by that evening, it looked like nothing was shoveled at all!
At this point, I'm most worried about flying out of here. Our flight to L.A. is tomorrow morning and then our flight to Hong Kong from L.A. is later that night at midnight....so we've got a good day of delays just in case, but I'm still worried. Over the weekend, many flights were cancelled -- a guy I know from work who was supposed to fly out Saturday got rescheduled to Friday (yes, after Christmas)---and that was after 12 hours in the terminal and 3 cancellations. Another guy I know had his flight cancelled yesterday--only to be told that there was no way the airline could get him home before Christmas...so instead, he bought brand new tickets on another airline for double the price of his original tickets to fly out tomorrow. It sounds like such a mess...and I'm just hoping now that my flight will leave tomorrow and get me to L.A....anytime, just sometime tomorrow.
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