Another HUGE couple weeks! With lots of changes taking place and being planned...
Han finished her Monday, the 13th, on Glee and it was a HILARIOUS day on set, wish she could say more!
Tuesday the 14th Luce had a later call time to work on Parenthood, so we went to Aroma for coffee with Sully in the morning and hung at her place afterwards until Luce had to head out. Sully and Han went to the mall, going on a Clinique makeup spree and window shopping/lusting after aaaall the beautiful dresses Han's heart could desire. Han hung out at Sully's for the rest of the evening until Luce got back from her day on set! They were filming on Wisteria Lane (as in Desperate Housewives!!) and Luce stood right next to Ray Romano!
On Wednesday Han was on a show that she's not allowed to say anything about buuuut it was one of her favourite days EVER on set! It was a period show, 1940's, and after 3 hours of wardrobe, hair, and makeup, Han felt like a million bucks!
It was a 16+ hour day on set and Han truly enjoyed every minute, can't wait to share more when the show airs!!!
Luce and Sully spent the afternoon hanging out, waiting for Han to get back from set. The three of us had planned to go to Vaucluse that night but Han was so wrecked when she got home that we bailed, another time!
On Thursday we headed out to Mum and Q's again to spend time with mum on her birthday the next day and see all the friends and fam flying in for the party on Saturday night! We stopped at Disneyland to get Mum's pressie - a caricature drawing of Mum, Q, Chewy, Fudge, and the two of us as disney characters. It turned out perfectly, we were sooo happy with it! Then we were out to Corona to spend the evening with Brendan, Sharon, Dane, Wayne, Mum, and Q (and Niell and Wendy later on). It was SO lovely to see everyone and, even though we weren't invited to stay for the festivities over the next couple days, we were so glad we made the effort to come out! That Thursday night also marked the start of some of the changes in the winds, we've been looking at our futures and trying to decide whether they're here in LA pursuing acting or elsewhere following other passions and dreams. We don't want to announce anything until we're 100% sure of our plans, but we had an enlightening, challenging, somewhat overwhelming, but much needed "tough love" talk with Brendan that's really lit a fire under us to take our lives by the horns and live up to our potential. Thanks Brendie!!
The next morning we gave Mum her present, which she loved, YAY! Then helped with brekkie before our stay was up and we left around 10:30. We had a chill day, totally zonked from a big week and future plan overload, then Sully, Luke, and Greg came over that night to hang out!
On Saturday, Han worked out and babysat for her lovely (favourite, shhh) family, the Steinbergs, who were having a BBQ with 20+ kiddos there! Woah!! It was super fun and afterwards all the stragglers walked a few blocks over to this amazingly decorated Halloween house called "Bony Island". They had an incredible treehouse and their house and yard were completely decked out!
It was a lovely way to finish the party and after that Han was on to the next thing - the two of us finally made it to Vaucluse! After a crazy effort to find a parking space and confusion about whether or not we'd even be allowed in, we got there!
We had a lovely evening, a cute guy even bought Luce a drink, but after a while the vibe got a little dead sooo we went to Roscoe's for waffles and sweet potato pie for dessert! Perfection.
On Sunday we had a huge and suuuuper fun day at Six Flags with Sully, Luke, and Greg!
The park was really quiet so We. Went. On. EVERYTHING! It was crazyyy! We also did it all in the most inefficient way so we walked for miles! We had a ball though - a couple of the roller coasters were INSANE! This one, X-2, was the most mind-boggling experience of our lives!
There was also another one that was a standing roller coaster and Han had the great idea to tiptoe when it locked in to let her feet dangle. Luce and Sully followed along and we were all feeling very clever until they locked into place aaaand we realized that all we were supported by were our lady parts on the bicycle seats, gaahh! It was a long ride. After two minutes of pounding G-forces and rare moments of relief on loops, we came off seriously worried for our reproductive capabilities. Great idea Han..! The last ride of the night was our fave. It had just gotten dark and this particular ride had an amazing view. There was one moment, where we were suspended upside down looking out over the millions of lights of Los Angeles, in which it felt like time really stopped for half a second. So breathtaking! By 7:15, our feet were sore, our adrenaline was spent, and our bodies were more than sufficiently coaster-addled: mission completed. We decided to head out, also because their Halloween event started at 7:00, we wanted to get outta there before things got too terrifying! We missed our chance. The walk to the exit was one of the most harrowing experiences of our lives..! Monsters everywhere, preying on the weak (us), and completely unrelenting - we were honestly, no joke, petrified. Aaaand we're planning on going the the Halloween event at Universal next week..! Ahhh! It was an awesome day though at Six Flags, we really had such a ball!
Monday was another special day because... Sully moved in to our apartment!!! YAAYY! She's staying with us for most of November before moving back to Michigan then on to New York! So exciting! We cleaned the place from top to bottom in the morning, Sully came over with boxes and suitcases in hand around 12:00, and we went out for a celebratory Dim Sum lunch at 12:30! So fun! That evening we went to a screenwriting/acting workshop that Tim, Dad's old colleague, invited us to. It was really good and we got to hear Tim's screenplay read and he's actually very talented! Which was a relief haha certainly the best writer there and a very funny premise to his story! We went to Milk just around the corner for dessert and headed home for our first night as roomies!
On Tuesday Luce and Sully hung out and baked pumpkin spiced muffins and got keys cut for Sully - woohoo! Tuesday, as well as Wednesday and Thursday, Han worked on A to Z, and on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, Luce worked on a Prom scene on Cougar Town with Courtney Cox. They were all long, fun, uneventful days on set, except Wednesday for Han was super short so she and Sully went to Nordstrom to pick up a dress Sullivan had altered, grabbed coffee at an Aussie cafe called Coffee + Food, and went grocery shopping to make spinach, feta, and bacon stuffed chicken which was toootally delish!
On Friday Han had a really short day on New Girl and spent the afternoon hangin out an napping like a champ.
Saturday was a monumental effort!! Wow! Han woke up early and worked out, then went to Ralph's for the ingredients we needed to bake up a storm! Meanwhile, Luce prepped the kitchen and mentally prepared herself. We were making dessert for Mum's second birthday party with her childhood friend Robin who also just turned 50. On the menu: chocolate cake with a hint of coffee flavour and creme brûlée cupcakes complete with caramelized sugar topping! We were also helping out at Hudson's (another boy Han babysits) birthday party that afternoon so Luce baked a batch of double chocolate chip cookies to take with. Luce baked for 4 HOURS STRAIGHT! Whatta champ! She made the cakes, they went in the oven, while they were baking she made the cupcakes, the cupcakes went into the oven and the cakes came out, while the cakes cooked she made the cookie dough, the first batch of cupcakes came out and the second went in along with the first batch of cookies, while they cooked Han quick cleaned everything in preparation for the second wave of attack, everything came out of the oven and the second batch of cookies went in, Luce, with Han's help, made the pastry cream topping for the cupcakes (which tasted AMAZING!! Ohmygoshh) and then the last batch of cookies came outta the oven, finally, Luce made the icing for the cake and it was 1:18 and time to fly out the door to Hudson's party! Crazy!! Luce was suuuch a baking legend!
The party was really fun! We watched the kiddos, Luce face-painted, Han was designated swing pusher and shirley temple maker, and we got to eat a couple of the most delicious sandwiches ever!
Job done, we headed out at 5:30, cash money in haaaand! Nice! We went straight home, had the quickest turnaround we could, grabbed the baked goods, and headed out to Mum and Q's (yet again, déjà vu!) for party #2.
The traffic gods did not act in our favour and we got there pretty late to the party which was suuuch a bummer! Grandma's dinner was absolutely delish though and the cake and cupcakes were a total hit! We all had a lovely time celebrating 50 special years!
It was a super short visit because we all headed into LA Sunday to go to Mosaic together! Also, perhaps even more momentous, was Grandma's first boba tea! Haha it was a lovely sermon, Erwin was speaking, and we were so glad we got to share our church with G'ma and G'pa.
The last two days have been pretty cruisey; Han's been on A to Z and today Luce is on Castle. We're thinking these might be some of the last days of extra work that we do though, so we can focus more on enjoying the city, spending time with Sully before she leaves, and getting our futures on track! It's been a great couple weeks and things are only gonna get better!
