Emily's side of the story

So, you might be asking yourself. What took so long to post about my birthday? Well, we wanted to wait till it was funny...and then we got busy. So, yes, El Bracero was an interesting experience and yes I was very disappointed. But, a few days afterwards I can say its pretty funny. And the thing is, Jin was just being his adventurous self, something that I really love about him. When we sat down at the booth we were both just kind of looking at each other and Jin goes, "This is us, right?". At the time it made me really mad, but its true. Of course we tried El Bracero in Poughkeepsie, NY. That is what this time in our lives is all about, trying new things. And when you try new things sometimes you get El Bracero. But we got to go to Kobe hibachi steakhouse last night for birthday dinner part two. It was so yummy and totally made up for any disappointment from Thursday. So, its a great story and I'm 23.

Ok now for some more life updates. Jin and I have been working at the Newburgh/NYC North KOA for two weeks now and we love it! Here is what a typical week day looks like:

We wake up and eat breakfast and get ready for the day! Activities start at 10.

10:00 AM Flippy Floppy Soccer (giant soccer ball)
11:30 AM Whacky Mini Golf Tournament
Lunch break
2:00 PM Boondoggle (if you don't know what this is look it up, thank you Estes Park YMCA camp for teaching me this invaluable skill)
4:00 PM Firetruck Ride (the KOA has an old firetruck that we take kids on and drive them around the campground, we do this every day at 4:00)
5:00 PM Trivia night

In between these activities we are planning the schedule and coming up with ideas for the weekend or next week. The weekends are completely different. Each weekend has a theme and we plan activities around that. The KOA is packed and so things get a little crazy.

But during the week we are usually done by about 6, just in time for dinner and relaxing for the evening. Then we always watch one episode of Bones before we go to bed. Seriously, every night. We are what you would call addicted.

So this past weekend was Christmas in July. We decorated the campground for Christmas and even invited Santa Clause down from the North Pole. It was above 90 degrees the entire weekend but tons of fun!!

Ok and Food Challenge update: we are going to the store tonight...AFTER we eat our last dinner of spaghetti, macaroni and cheese, and canned corn. Yum. We decided to go tonight because we are going to New York City tomorrow and will be too exhausted when we get home. So we are kind of cheating but not really. I'm ready for some protein.

-Emily