Day 1
I arrived at LAX with 3 huge overweight suitcases and was welcomed by the great and wonderful Leigh! We went straight to the rental place to pickup my trusty old pickup truck (the same one I drove in May). Unpacking was intense. 3 suitcases plus 2 fedex boxes that I had shipped. Everything in the fedex boxes was horribly wrinkly and had to be ironed. For dinner we met Julia & Jess at Leaf - Leigh and Robyn - apparently Live/Eat/Green/Raw/Whatever is actually called LEAF!!! There's a sign and everything... I'm convinced it must be a new name change, Leigh says it's not... We got delicious smoothies and then went to Gelsons so I could stock up on breakfast foods. I went to bed at 10 because I was exhausted.
Day 2
6:30 am wakeup call. Awesome for me since I was still on Toronto time, early for Leigh, but it had to be done so we could go for a 7am hike so she could make her 12:00 audition. 'Twas quite the eventful hike. The whole way we kept feeling weird intense waves of heat, then started smelling smoke. As we rounded the second last turn, we were met with blazing flames breaking through the trees! FIRE! We freaked out and started running down, warned everyone we crossed paths with, and may or may not have called 911... As we get to the bottom, we turn to look at the fire... and notice the blazing SUNRISE coming up over the trees. We were MORTIFIED! As if we thought the sunrise was fire! But what about the heat? What about the smoke! ... we later realized that part of Griffith was in fact on fire, but not within our sight.
After showering and getting ready for the day, I embarked on a shopping mission at The Grove. Crate & Barrel for wicker storage baskets, Abercrombie for a plaid shirt for Leigh's plaid themed birthday, Anthropologie for a C mug to match the rest of them at the house (I didn't want to bring mine from home in fear that it would make my mom sad), J Crew for Daddykins' birthday present (blue distressed Jack Purcell Converse) and to an unidentifiable store for Leigh's birthday present.
At 2:00 I went for my appointment at the DMV to take my written test for my California license. The DMV really is as bad as everyone says. Thank GOD I made an appointment. Obviously I failed the test the first time since I didnt study and American things like feet and miles per hour threw me off. Thankfully I passed the second time.
Our evening was filled with grilled vegetables, Leonardo DiCaprio & Claire Danes, and gossiping with Christina.
Day 3
7:30 am wakeup call. 8:00 hike to the peak. Came home, made a list of all the car dealerships with black 2007 Ford Explorers. The first dealership I went to didn't even have any 2007's, just Eddie Bauer 2008s (which i dont like because they have grey/brown trim over the wheel wells), but I went anyways since Black Explorer pickings are slim. Everything TOTALLY happens for a reason because they had just got in a 2007 that they had yet to list on autotrader and it was exactly what i was looking for (minus bluetooth and black leather unfortunately - but black leather apparently doesnt even exist becuase its always tan in explorers)! After driving around for 4 hours to various parts of southern california, the first one was the best deal (and not to mention the prettiest). I shall go back and buy it tomorrow or Monday.
Leigh and I grocery shopped once again (dinner was salmon and delicious grilled broccoli, zucchini & sweet potato). We have HUGE plans of eating SO healthy and getting in the best shape of our lives come fall time. Now i'm fueling my Zac Efron obsession and watching Hairspray. He will be my boyfriend. Someday. Soon.
ps I have YET to get Sprinkles. Even though there are free code words posted on Twitter every day. My 21 days of no sugar continues!
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