Car Frenzy

Johnny Rockets Restaurant :)

Day 20: Tuesday

Have I  mentioned that my boyfriend is evil?
We go to sleep with one blanket on him and one blanket on me to solve the "boyfriend-keeps-taking-all-of-the-blanket-even-though-he's-always-hot-and-I'm-always-freezing" problem.  Then, I get up in the middle of night to take the world's shortest pee (Guinness World Book of Records here I come!), and I get back and literally BOTH blankets are on top of him.  NEATLY on top of him.  WTH????  How is that even possible???  I swear he is literally unconscious......there is NO way he did that on purpose....unless he can perform some sort of sorcery. Thus the conclusion that he is evil.

Oh I forgot to mention, the boyfriend has a blog on Tumblr where he has 8,000 followers!  Well it is super cool because he is now getting paid to put ads on his blog.  He gets paid every time someone clicks the ads on his page :D  Check it out if you have the time....and have the ability to click....and enjoy when Ariale *cough* I mean boyfriend *cough* has money.....

THE BOYFRIEND'S BLOG LINK!!!!!!

So today we start the process of registering our new car in California.  Turns out, California smokes like a chimney so we must get a smog test in order to register.  Wouldn't want to add to the pollution that is a result of California's very crappy, very much needed better public transportation.  I'm not sure if it's clear, but I think California should get some better public transportation.  Anyways, we have an appointment on Wednesday and we just want to be super-duper-aliooper califragilistically sure that we have everything we need.  We found a coupon online to go to this smog check place located somewhere so we put it in our GPS and we head out!  We go to the wrong one though but we just go with it anyways *sad face.*  It is a drive-thru smog test.  I love when things are drive-thru.  People should just drive-thru everything.  Drive-thru school, drive-thru dinner (you know, like fast food), drive-thru weddings, drive-thru naps....hmmm I can see why there is such a bad smog problem now....

Still had to get out.....how is that a drive-thru??

While we're watching our car's rear end (we're butt people), we notice that one of our brake lights are out *le gaaaaaaaaaaaasp!!!!!!*  This seems to actually happen every time I purchase a car >_<  I think that's a sign that the next time I purchase a car, I need to check the back!!  hahaha it's ok though, I just calmly freaked out to the mommy and she let me know that I probably needed to replace the bulb or something.  No big deal.  I'm calm.

WE PASSED THE SMOG TEST!!!  See?  Studying pays off.  Stay in school kids!

See how there is only ONE brake light??  ONE!??@?!?!?#RK:O#RJ

So we went to the auto parts store and we learned stuff!!  We unscrewed the light and were like  "wtf???"  So I run inside and say to the guy "ummm I has car, will help me?" or something of that intelligent nature and he comes outside and shows us how to change the light.  Super easy as I'm sure everyone in the entire world except the boyfriend and I knows.  That's fine, now the entire world knows.  We can move on now.

Now with our bright and shiny new brake light, it was time for the boyfriend to make me lunch muahahahahaha he will not allow me in the kitchen.  He just assumes I can't cook just because I never cook.  The two are not mutually exclusive!  I DO know how to do things like boil salt, fry bread, and bake cheese.  He has nothing to be afraid of.  But whatever, what he wanted was the chicken patties that Auntie Princess bought us while she was here (Thank you Auntie!!!!!!!!!!!!) which was totally for him.  So he really should be the one cooking it.  Totally landed that excuse.

Chicken Sandwich, Chips (Totally don't remember what kind), and Dr. Pepper.  YUUUUUM

Well that was lunch time at like 4pm since we left the house late and then took some time with the smog check and brake light.  The rest of the night we just applied for jobs since it appears that we still do not have one.  GRRRRRRR.  TACO BELL CALL ME!!!!

Day 21: Wednesday

Registration appointment today at 2:20 pm!  So naturally we began preparing for said appointment at 1:00pm.  After freaking out that we were missing some papers and worrying the entire family, we left with 30 minutes to spare :D (Resume boost:: AMAZING time management!!!!  Darn it, that is actually true this time.  We got there with plenty of time to spare.  That's not fun >_<).  When we get there, it does not look good, there is a line out the door!  

Outside

Inside

Where you go after standing in that long long line

We are so happy the mother told us about making appointments after seeing that line (Thanks mommy!!!!!).  We just sauntered in past that line like we were royalty and got in the appointment line, which happened to be this long:

After we got through that excruciatingly long line (how dare they make royalty wait for 2 minutes), we got to the lady and she told us to go sit down and wait for our appointment time (we were 20 minutes early).  Um ok?  So we go sit down and then at 2:20, we get back in line (gah life of royalty is not easy) and she tells us to go drive our car around the building and get our car inspected (um you couldn't tell us that while we sat down for 20 minutes twiddling our thumbs?).  She did look through our papers so I guess she didn't want us to do the car inspection if we're just going to have to go home and get the correct papers.  So we do as we are told and get the car inspected:

That line of cars is for driving tests, we were in the lane next to them meaning NO LINE!! Yay!!

She passes with flying colors (I have decided that the car is a girl, like I always do with my cars........I've owned like 3 cars already....don't make it weird) of course!  Then we go right back in....and stand in the line again.  Efficient system.

This time, she hands us a number and sends us to go sit down.  It was super cool though because we turn around to go sit down and our number was called WOOHOO!  Didn't even have time to sit down.  All is going smoooooooothly.  

Until we find out we are missing something.  She tells us that we are EXTREMELY well-prepared, but they charge based on the weight of the vehicle which is usually found on the registration but ours did not have it.  So now we have to go to a weigh station and get a certificate certifying the weight of the vehicle and come back *sob.*  We now have a partial registration and an appointment next Wednesday at 1:55pm.

Well then, it is time for my reunion with Taco Bell.  Even though it refuses to call me, my love for Taco Bell will still continue.

Back together again!!

Just as awesome as I remember it!  Do you think it is letting me down easy but I just keep coming back for more?  I'm so desperate.  Now I'm THAT girl.  The girl that doesn't know she's been dumped......and believes she has been dumped by a fast food chain (Another example of a previous resume boost: Doesn't take no for an answer!!!!)

And then it was time to go home and apply for jobs again.  Why is it always apply for jobs time?  I look at the clock and instead of numbers it says "Apply for jobs."  Well we needed a break so the boyfriend looks through the games that his brother has and finds a game called "Smart Ass."  

Such a weird game.  Basically you roll the dice and answer questions.  Found out once again, that the boyfriend is a horrible person.  

He picks up the following question card to say to me:

He reads the first clue: "I am found in the kitchen," then he stops, shrugs, and then says "well you're never going to get this."

OMG HE IS SO MEAN!!!!  Totally beat him three times though muahahahahaha he only beat me once which means I'm awesome :D

After I wiped the floor with his behind, it was back to applying for jobs.  And I realized that I am now officially WASTING my time.  I have TWICE now spent an hour each applying to jobs I've already applied to.  Bad me for not listening to my mother and writing things down.  Sad face.

I need sleep.

Day 22: Thursday

Even though we have a week until we go back to register the car, we decided to get the car weighed today to get it over with.  We wanted to make it as light as possible because the lighter it is, the less we pay for registration.  So we need to take the sandbags and the board out from the back.  Man that stuff is HEAVY. I let the boyfriend take point on that since I want him to get some leadership in (RESUME BOOST!)  I am extremely grateful that the grandparents put the board and sand bags in the back because it looks so much prettier with them in (Thanks grandparents!!!).

Not pretty

Pretty!!!!  The back of the truck, not the actual photo.  I'm such an amazing photographer.  Nevermind that I just contradicted myself.

Weigh station bound: we decided to go to the "Three Sisters Truck Stop" to get weighed.  

It was pretty funny getting weighed since it is usually for trucks and we were this tiny truck on the thing.  We made sure to jump out too so the guy who wrote us the certificate couldn't guess our weight (very important to consider).  Oh and you had to get out.  

Clearly exhausted and needing a break from reality, we decided to go to the movies :D Don't judge us, it is basically a requirement to see Monster's University.  As we drove into the theatre, we saw a Johnny Rockets deal where if you buy a drink and an entree, you can purchase move tickets for $8.00 (makes me so sad that that is a deal.  In Hawaii, I would've paid no more than $7.75......actually I would've paid nothing because I'm a mooch and I would've begged/guilted previous movie theatre co-workers into getting me in for free).  

Here is the deal in the menu :)

That place is pretty darn cool!  There was a tiny jukebox on our table where if you put in a nickel, you can change the song!  I didn't want to spend a nickel........(Resume boost: Makes every nickel count!!!)

The boyfriend and his food 

Waiter made a smiley face with Ketchup........dork hahahaha

Such a fun place, I would consider doing that again definitely!  Right after that, it was the moment we had all been waiting for...........MONSTERS UNIVERSITY!!!!!!

Obviously, I am the best scarer.......not sure if I just insulted myself....

That movie was AMAZING!!!!  SOOOO funny!!!!  And of course I was able to relate to every single character or pick out a friend or family member from the characters.  What can I say, everyone I know or am related to are a bunch of monsters :D

On the way home, we discovered the BEST. SONG. EVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVER!!  It is called "Bubble Butt." And it is amazing.  We now have a new thing to do in our free time:

Enjoying our new favorite song really made us exhausted so we made grilled cheese sandwiches at like 9pm (we are just eating later and LATER).  We ran out of sliced cheese so we used string cheese....needless to say, it was CHEESY!

Well that is all for now.  I continue to await a phone call from Taco Bell apologizing for their tardiness and an endless supply of burritos for the rest of my life.  Please pray, chant, wish, back flip, crouch, click your heels, or whatever it is you do, for me.