& so it begins

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nila came down to visit last weekend with her boyfriend cameron. since we are short on money they came over, i fed them lunch, and we head out to balboa park. balboa park has 14 different museums in one area and we decided on the science one. it ended up being more for children with multiple things to play with but i find it amusing and interesting. we then got hungry enough to head to valley view casino for the free lobster buffet! luckily, i was given a complimentary dinner for 2 at the buffet from karen and it was nila and cameron's first time (first timers get free buffet when they sign up for a players card). we planned to meet at the buffet because we knew it would be a long line so nila and cameron went to sign up as steven and i waited in line. sadly, we were told that they were giving away dinner "tickets" for spots to eat in the buffet rather than have a line and that it was all given away already. but again luckily, that complimentary dinner ticket that was given to me allowed us to get a table and so we were given a buzzer to wait for our table. mai and lino joined us as we waited to be seated assuming that we would get seated soon. after 40 minutes we began to feel antsy so  we asked how long it will be with the buzzer. the lady that was taking them told us it usually is a 3 hour wait...we were very upset and started to think of an option b for dinner. another 20 minutes go by and to our surprise we get seated. the gentleman that was helping us earlier told us that he knew that we were waiting for a table and was helping us and so we get seated and enjoyed our wonderful dinner. i ate so much haha it was delicious and i want some more just thinking about it. it was a nice day :]