Spoils Week!

-- Han and Luce --
This week at Chapman was "Spoils Week" for all the girls in sororities so they got presents every day from their Bigs, but man, they don't even know what spoiled is! We were spoiled rotten this week and are feeling so lucky and loved! We had the most lovely week because Qee was in town!! It was so great to reunite the "Goober Gang" (potentially renamed the Goon Squad..) for some laughs, adventures, and soooo much yummy food! 

Monday started off on such a sweet note because we both got care packages from the Larsons! It was the best surprise and it got even better when we opened them up - the most incredible, chocolatey, gooey brownies we've ever had in our lives! Ahh exactly what we needed! Love you guys, thank you SO SO much!!

That night we we drove out to Corona to check out the area that Mum and Q are thinking of moving to!! We went to the Lone Star Steakhouse for dinner for some well needed red meat, YUM! Ahh how we've missed steak! It was great southern comfort food and combined with getting some quality family time, we were feeling very looked after. Q dropped us back at our schools and we were ready to face the week!

It was business as usual Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Great classes, Han had an audition at Dodge, we hung out with friends, and Lucy was on TV twice!! First on The Mindy Project, and then on CSI! Very exciting!

Wednesday night the three of us went out for another delicious dinner! We had pizza at an authentic Italian restaurant and the food was AMAZING! We ate way more than we should have - Han no joke had seven slices of pizza... seven. We rolled ourselves out and back home where we had to knuckle down and do some homework! Eeeek! Classes have been ramping up and we both had papers and midterms looming. It wasn't too hard to get work done, though, because we knew we had a fun weekend to look forward to!

Thursday was a bit of a stressful day. Han had a paper due and a midterm to study for, and Luce had the same in addition to an unexpected issue with, surprise surprise, the poor Subi!

-- Luce --
Oooff Thursday was rough! I got a puncture in one of the tires on the Subi on the way to school and I didn't even know until I was in the parking lot! Ahhh I was so stressed! And I was also late to class for the first time :( I figured that I wouldn't be able to do anything about it until I was out of school for the day, so I tried to push it to the back of my mind so I could focus on my midterm! I ended up doing really well on that test so that was a huge relief! But as soon as school was over it was time to figure out the Subi situation! When I got out to the car I saw that someone had left a note telling me to be careful because my tire was flat - so sweet! I proceeded to call AAA and they were there quickly and put the spare tire on for me. Then the AAA guy suggested that I go to an autoshop close by to get my tire fixed and I'm glad he did because the guys at the autoshop were so nice! I ended up having to replace the tire and they gave me a good deal so I drove home very carefully a little while later. It was quite an ordeal but everyone was incredibly helpful which was lovely and made me feel confident that I could handle a situation like that again in the future - even though I hopefully won't have to!!

-- Han and Luce --
We made it through the week's challenges and on Friday morning we met up to go house hunting! We started off with some of the best donuts we've ever had then set off to explore Corona! The area is absolutely beautiful and exactly what we had hoped for. The views of the mountains are spectacular and it's still not too far away from LA, and quite close to Orange County! All we could do was look up houses online and see them from the outside, but it was great to get a sense of the area and we found a couple we definitely want to go back and have a proper look at! 
We had an early dinner of yet another thing we've been missing, Thai food. We went to this dinky little place Sierra had recommended and it was SO GOOD! We pigged out on green curry, pad see ew, fried rice, shrimp spring rolls, and satay chicken. 
Another fun thing about Friday was that we got Halloween themed care packages from Mum! So cute!! We put up the decorations as soon as we got back to Han's room that night. 

Luce stayed over at Chapman for the first time, so fun! We had planned to go out and stay up late, but we were both so tired that we ended up just hanging out for a bit then went to sleep. We discovered the next day that there's a hole in the air mattress, yikes!! Poor Luce woke up and it was completely deflated :( that barely put a dent in our excitement, though, because we were going to Disney with Q!!
We got to the park around 8:30 and made it into the best parking lot for the first time. We walked through Downtown Disney and got beingets on our way in. Luce, in a bit of a special moment, forgot her pass, so we had to go to the ticket booth and get her a temporary one - but then we were in! Q used his brand new Annual Passport for the first time, so exciting!

We ran and got fastpasses for World of Color and Radiator Springs Racers, then went on Soarin' Over California as our first ride of the day. After that we headed into Disneyland and did all our faves - including finally going on the refurbished Haunted Mansion ride! So cool!! 

We also went on Star Tours, the line up for which was a bit of an experience...We were waiting behind this mesmerizingly odd group of women, kind of gothic, a bit dirty, one of them kept coughing on Q, and about 10 minutes into the wait we saw one of them take a pill of some kind - and it definitely wasn't a vitamin. She started swaying where she stood, eyes all droopy/fluttery, really weird... But luckily where the line splits we got separated from them and didn't sit next to them on the actual ride! Phew! They at least distracted us in the long line, oh man...
After that, we saw Mickey and the Magical Map which was as great as ever, had a seriously yummy lunch of fried chicken and veggies, went over to CA Adventure to see Aladdin, did Tower of Terror and Radiator Springs Racers, then went back to Disney to do Space Mountain: Ghost Galaxy with Qee!

 It was a long wait but SO worth it! Q loved it and it was fun to go on as our last ride. It timed up perfectly for us to head over to watch World of Color too! We found an awesome spot to watch from and the show was incredible! We were all missing mum, though, and wished she could've been there too - next time though! We called it a night after that and Q dropped us back at Chapman. Again, we had plans to go out but bailed, completely exhausted from a wonderful day in Disney.

Sunday morning we went to an open house for one of the homes we liked for Mum and Q! It seemed great from the photos online and outside, but when we got there it was a bit of a disappointment. BUT it was okay because we ended up stumbling upon another area with some new construction homes that were absolutely beautiful! We got to walk through the model home and fell in love, so fun! Can't wait for mum to come out and have a look!!

We drove back to LA and had a coffee together before Q and Luce dropped Han off at the Cirque du Soleil tent where she was meeting up with her theatre class to watch the performance! It was a bummer to say goodbye, but with Mum and Q moving out, we know we'll be able to see them soon!

-- Han --
The show, Totem, was awesome!! Ahh it's just indescribable how amazing the performers are at what they do. It was heaps of fun to go see the show with all my friends and it was truly an inspiring show to watch! 

I went back on the bus with everyone, and on the way back I got a text from Mum that she was watching Revenge and I was all through the episode! YAY!! I was on TV! Haha it was so exciting to know that I'd made it into the episode and I can't wait to watch it myself!