Our Favorite Flavor

Through this summer, I've been spending almost all of my time doing schoolwork, homework, prepping for parties, or being on vacation. It hasn't been bad, by far, but I haven't had a lot of time to see my friends. And I don't think I will, seeing as I have 7 days to finish 3 beautiful works of art. AND have a reception, a schedule-change appointment, babysitting, a party, and school shopping to do. Plus clean my room. But tonight, my friends and I decided to go out for dinner, visit our friend Marianne at her uncle's restaurant.

Marianne is an adorable girl who is more than proud of her heritage, and so, aptly, she works at a Chinese restaurant. But because she lives in Downer's Grove and has been busy working, she hasn't come to Girls' camp or efy or any of that stuff I usually see her at.

My friends Sarah, Josh, and Tiffanie and I all went to visit her. I didn't take any pictures (do I ever?), but it was so much fun! I wouldn't say their food is the most amazing chinese I've ever had, but it was good and quite filling! And heavens....I discovered one of the best fried foods ever.

I don't usually like fried dough foods, but I always eat them. Like funnel cake. I hate the smell, taste, and texture...but the second I start eating it, I can't stop. Ladies and Gentlemen, Fried crab Rangoons are nothing like funnel cake. They are amazing. Stuffed with cream cheese and crab! How AWESOME is that?!

It may sound gross, but geez. That's good. I only had two; the one that came with my orange chicken and one of Tiffanie's in trade for my eggroll, considering I'm not an eggroll fan after the first 3 tasty bites and she had like 7 rangoons. And discovering this new awesome food was worth the trip, even without the tasty chicken and wonderful company.

On the way home, everyone was craving something sweet, so we stopped at Dairy Queen. I only had $1 out of the original 10 left, as my chicken dinner had cost $8 and I donated one to Marianne's college fund. The poor girl only gets $20 for a 12 hour day; she needs all the tips she can get! But back at DQ, Josh decided to be a gentlemen. He said he'd pay for my tax to get a soft serve, and then when we got in and I couldn't hold back my excitement at the prospect of a thin mint blizzard, he handed me $3 so I could afford one. How amazing is that?! I have wonderful friends. Especially since I would have been overjoyed with just a soft serve.

The blizzard was wonderful, by the way. Almost as good as the rangoon. And probably just as healthy!

But I have to say my favorite part of the trip, as well as the part that made me appreciate my friends the most (besides Josh. He won his points with paying for 75% of my blizzard.) was our music choices. With three girls and one guy, it's hard to find a station we agree on. But for about 10 minutes, we listened to Sarah's phone play "Gitchi Gitchi Goo means I Love You" on repeat...and that was perfect. You know you've found true friends when you can all sing along to Phineas and Ferb without issue.

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