He'll grow out of it, ha.

Anyway, I had a ton of fun while Jeremy's were here. I missed them a lot and I hope I get to go back to California soon and go on more adventures in California that maybe now that I have a blog, I can report here. Hopefully I can start having adventures in Arizona to report and record soon, too. Unfortunately adventures often cost money...sigh.

His parents got in really late Saturday, so we didn't see them for too long. They stopped by our apartment to let us know they were safely here in town, and they visited with us for a while. Asked how we were, how school was going, and the like. I felt really uncomfortable for a while and awkward because they asked about my precalculus class (which I am failing), but they were really understanding about how I was handling the summer math class and they were impressed with me taking a summer math class anyway. So they didn't seem to judge me at all for failing, which was a total relief. Because I hate telling family—whether my own family, extended family, or someone else's family—that I'm failing anything, at all. They also visited our kittens and got to know them. Jeremy's mom, Indira, was extremely excited because she hasn't had cats of her own since she was younger. Jeremy's father, Rick, is allergic but he took medicine and handled them pretty well the entire time they were visiting. Ghost was overall really friendly with them. Magnus was a bit indifferent, but well-behaved.

The first night, Saturday, we went shopping with Jeremy's parents after they went on a hike in the afternoon and stoked up on some groceries. Then the four of us came back to the apartment and relaxed with the cats until six when we all went to dinner at a Flagstaff steakhouse called Black Bart's. The place is known for their steak and their singing waiters. It was an interesting experience, considering it was the first time I had ever been. Indira noted that the singing waiters didn't sing quite as much the last time she had been to the restaurant. The singing is really constant, and makes it hard to have dinner conversation...but considering it was my first time, I didn't mind it much. It was fun and amusing. It's not something I would recommend going to all the time, though, unless you don't mind not being able to talk to those you're eating dinner with.

The Scuderis have family friends who live here in Flagstaff, the Ridleys, and their middle son, Evan, actually works at Black Bart's as one of the singing waiters. He wasn't working that night, but eating at the steakhouse was his idea because he wanted to perform for all of us. So after we were mostly finished with our meal, he borrowed a shirt and got up on stage and sang—twice! They did a group number and then he performed a solo. It was so much fun to watch.

After dinner we were supposed to go to Lowell Observatory, because Pluto was discovered here in Flagstaff at the observatory and after NASA's released images all sorts of Pluto stuff has been going on, but the Scuderi family friends read the times of the operation hours incorrectly by going off of google rather than the observatory website and it turns out at the time we were going to go, they were already closed. So instead of going to the observatory we all came back to the apartment and played with the kittens again. The Ridley's really loved Ghost and Magnus. Magnus was still indifferent. Ha.

Yesterday, their last day in Flagstaff, we went and visited my parents at our summer home in Munds Park—located about 20 miles outside of Flagstaff. Indira and Rick caught up with my parents while I spent time with my old cat, Diamond, and some off time with my mom. Everyone talked and chatted for a few hours and then we all came back here to Flagstaff. Indira and I dropped Rick back off at our apartment to hang out with Jeremy (who didn't come to Munds Park due to his undergraduate study he's currently doing) while we went off shopping to pick up some things we needed...like new pillows, a working air conditioner/fan since our other broke, some healthy snacks, throw pillows, and towels for Jeremy who seems to let all of the things he owns get down to the last thread before ever buying replacements...it's a cute, innocent quirk he has. At least, in my opinion.

We also went shopping at PetsMart for the kittens. We got them a dish holder, since Ghost had a habit of tipping over the water dish, along with new adult collars since they'd outgrown their kitten collars, more cat food, and a catnip squirrel toy that they absolutely love and are destroying. The poor squirrel isn't going to last long...

To top of the night, we went to visit Pato Thai (a restaurant I've actually written a review for, and one I may write a review for again!) for dinner. The place was crowded because we got there just at the peak of dinner rush, but the food and service was as amazing as the first time Jeremy and I went. We all ordered our own food, I got another tall glass of mango iced tea, and Indira ordered cold sake that she ended up sharing. Jeremy ordered hot sake and found out that he doesn't like it as much as cold, but he drank it and then helped his mom and the rest of us finish the bottle the restaurant gave her.

That was basically my weekend...the Scuderis left earlier this morning back for Santa Clarita, California. The drive is pretty long, so we most likely won't hear from Jeremy's parents for a while. I hope it's a safe and comfortable drive back. Indira and I discussed and tossed ideas around for visiting during winter vacation that I'm hoping work out somehow. If not, there will always be a next time...for now, however, I'm content that I got to see my boyfriend's parents. I've been bugging him all week because I was so excited they were visiting! Probably more excited than him.

I hope you all had a lovely weekend, too, and continue to have a wonderful week! Have a great day, lovelies~

So this is actually the Korean equivalent of a manga, called a manhwa. I've actually read this manga back in 2011, I think, but some of my manga (mainly Ao Haru Ride) are finished and so I decided to re-read it today because I was feeling nostalgic. I love this manga. It has cats, a simple slice of life story, and a cute guy to top it all of. Honestly, what isn't there to like?

Probably a lot, is what someone who has read this might be thinking. Nineteen, Twenty One has a story that one might consider to be slow. But this is because it's a simple, twenty one-chapter slice of life manga. There's no drama, there's no going around in circles, there's no mysteriously added characters jumping in to create love triangles and question character development that's already happened. None of that exists. None of that can exist in just twenty one chapters. So, some people may not like it for this reason. It's slow, simple, and cute. And maybe some people aren't into that.

But that's okay, because I'm into it, enough that I'd suggest this manhwa to literally anyone and everyone. Enough that I reread this manhwa just because I was feeling nostalgic and I was bored. I love Nineteen, Twenty One for its simplicity and cute story. The characters are already well-developed when the story begins, but in just twenty one chapters you see a lot of them change their mindsets and grow. This story is about that age between teenhood and adulthood, and it's bittersweet in some aspects, especially considering that the main character, Yun-lee, had an accident before the story began and that's where you're introduced into the story—just after her healing process. So she's a girl that's feeling depressed, feeling as if her life is a mess and feeling as though an important part of her life has been ripped away from her. But then she meets Donghwi and her view of things starts to change, and she helps others in the story change and grow, too.

This is a story about two people who have a common interest and work together at it, bettering each other and those surrounding them in the process. It's cute, it's simple, and it's a quick read. The art style is wonderful and very pretty, and, compared to the normal Japanese manga, the art for this Korean manhwa (and others as I've noticed) is very unique, even with how they set up the pages. Overall, I really like this story just because it's a straightforward romance and it's touching and cute. If you can possibly put up with the "slow" aspect of it, it's a wonderful read.