Back from Cali 2006
[Originally published March 27, 2006]
So we’re back from California. Nice trip, but was kindof a blur. We went to Sea World and Universal, and traipsed around SD for a bit. Sarah doesn’t want to see another dumpling or Chinese bun for a long time. We spent much of the trip learning traditional Chinese receipes from my aunt and uncle on my mom’s side. Apparently the pressure is all on me to carry on the traditions. How did I, one of the only two ABCs in this family, end up with the job of carrying on the Chinese traditions?!?!!?! What happened to all my actual Chinese cousins?
Well so I will need to practice a lot. Just watching my uncle make the buns is amazing. He’s so quick and fluid, and my aunt roles out the dumpling wrappers with amazing eaze. It’s just incredible. I’m completely out of my element, but it’s fun to learn all this. They only gave me some really rough measurements, so as I get them down, I’ll post them up. How do you codify “8 scoops of flour”? Well it’ll be a challenge. I’ll just have to wait a while until Sarah’s not sick of dough 
On a side note, do any of you have those really weird, hyper-realistic dreams? I was half asleep this morning when I had this sudden panic attack that I had somehow forgotten that I had a calculus final. I was regretting missing so many calculus classes that I didn’t find out when the final was. Then I woke up and realized, I’M NOT IN COLLEGE ANYMORE!!!, and I don’t have to take calculus ever again.