1st's

I couldn't pass up the opportunity to write a new post on the FIRST day of July, now could I?

Well, I would say today was more eventful than most because I was not at home, but then again, reading the last of the Twilight Saga while sitting in your dad's cubicle isn't exactly what most people would call eventful. When writing that, I think of those 6 Flags commercials with the tag line, "More flags, more fun." And today was definitely just ONE flag.

I thought about rating today as maybe just HALF a flag, but there were a few things that bumped it up to a full one.

1. We went to Ban Thai for lunch, one of my favorite Thai places actually. Well, I say favorite because it's the only Thai restaurant I've tried and haven't absolutely hated because of the extreme lack of authenticity in the food. Somehow, the dish that my Dad got with 2 "spicy stars" was pleasantly mild compared to my dish rated with only 1 spicy star.

2. We walked a few blocks to a bank. I really despise walking on the streets of Baltimore. I can't help but clutch my purse closer to my side the way I do in China, but not for the fear of having some poor orphan "pick-pocket" you, but for the fear of seriously getting mugged. Pick-pocketing and mugging are two VERY different things. . .

3. I then had to walk across the street all by myself to withdraw some money, which wouldn't have been so bad had the amount been the usual $20. I had to withdraw $3,000 (in order to put it into a new Citibank account). And little did I know, ATMs have a daily limit on the withdrawal amount. Great. I walked back across the street trying not to look like I just stuffed 25 $20-bills in my clutch. The Cantonese personal banker told me to actually go inside the other bank and make the withdrawal. Just what I wanted to hear, another trip across the street. So I walk back, go inside this time and bug out at the length of the line. Impatiently, I scoot behind a tall white guy and tried to peak around him every few minutes to see if the first person in line had perhaps fallen asleep. She hadn't. It was really taking this long. Finally, when it's my turn, I ask for the rest of my money, hoping that she was going to spare me and give me a check so my clutch wouldn't grown any fatter. No luck there. She handed me a thick envelope and called for the next person in line. I envied the person who would get to mug me today, but hoped that there would be no such person. As you may have already guessed, nothing happened to me as I passed a bunch of people waiting lazily for the bus, or when I stood at the intersection to wait for the traffic signal or when I was finally walking across to the other side of St. Paul's Street.

4. After I felt like my heart couldn't take another moment of excitement, the banker told me to spin a fortune wheel type thing for the chance to win a prize. The words flashed by, "$10 gift card", "$50 gift card", "Baseball cap" etc. Out of the corner of my eye, I spied a Cannon digital camera on display at the prize table perched next to a green Froggy-bank. I didn't want to get my hopes up because I knew then I would never get it for sure, but I couldn't help but give out a sigh of disappointment when the arrow passed the Froggy-bank label and landed on the words "Travel mug." Wonderful, another excuse to feed my caffeine addiction. That's really gonna help me grow taller and age gracefully. Not.

I really wanted that Froggy bank :( I think that would've bumped the fun flag rating to 2 or 2.5. Oh well, I guess it's appropriate that I only get 1 fun flag for the 1st of July. Maybe I'll have more fun on July 6th!