Better Late Then Never

Yesss, i know zayd left like 2 weeks ago. but ive been busy. hadnt had a chance to blog. so ill do a quick update of what him and i did while he was here...After Mailan left, Zayd came back to my dorm with me. We dropped off his stuff and jumped in a taxi to go the the Spy Museum. i had heard that i was a pretty cool place to visit so Zayd and i decided to go check it out. They charged 18$ per person to get in..and told me to turn my camera off (which i obviously chose to ignore). The museum was decent. Nothing special..we just walked through and looked at stuff, took pictured, watched a few movies on being a spy..and thats honestly about it lol. Afterwards, we walked to China Town--one of my favorite places in DC--and i took Zayd to Matchbox for dinner. Yummmm :) I ordered the same thing i always order (calamari salad and a chicken/mushroom pizza). Zayd loved it. So after, we decided to walk around a little. and to burn some of the calories off, we found a bowling alley. Lucky Strike Lanes. i know there is one somewhere in LA but i have never been. Really cool place. Bowling for adults. More like a lounge than a bowling alley. We played one round...and i was up the entire game...but Zayd got lucky with a strike on his last try, and beat me...lol.. After bowling, we went to a movie theatre next to the bowling alley. watched Hancock. we both loved it...really good movie. And we walked home...poor zayd wasnt used to the humidity and all the walking lol. But i made him a grilled turkey and swiss cheese sandwich when we got back to the dorm...and he said that my cooking is better than mom's LOL (haha)

The next day, Zayd went out with our uncle Omar and Soraya. They went to a few museums while i was at work. i met up with them after. and we went to a great Chinese restaurant for dinner. Dinner was nice..we laughed a lot...and after, we went to ESPN Zone to play in the arcade...lol...NO, we are not too old for arcades. We spent a couple hours there and went back to my dorm afterwards.

The next morning, while i was at work, Dawoud Waziri aka Diz (our cousin) and his friend came to my dorm to pick up Zayd. The 3 of them walked all over DC, looking at sites and exploring. I met up with them after and we all headed to the Metro Station to go back to Khala Seema's house in Springfield. We went to dinner with her at a pizza place near her house. And then just hung out in her basement for the rest of the night...

Friday afternoon, Mateen Etemadi, 2 of our cousins (Belquis and Omar) and our khala came over. We went to this place in Maryland that was near the water. Walked around, watched an outdoor concert, ate. And then we headed to Downtown Alexandria to walk around some more and got ice cream. Downtown was really cool...a bunch of small shops and it had a really cool area right on the water. We found some guy that looked like an older version of Zayd. Except with a beard...basically, he was a mix of napolean dynamite and Zayd...lol.. i have pictures to prove it. It was fun hanging out with cousins that i like neverrr see. After coming home, Zayd Dawoud and I went to a Hookah Cafe with a few of Dawouds friends.

(Don't ask about the tie...he found it in the car and of course, he HAD to wear it..It's Zayd loll)

The next day, a few more relatives came over for lunch. We all sat around khala seema's house and chilled. My buddy Nader came over too :) And later that night, Zayd, Dawoud and I started to get ready to go out...Dawoud was invited to this huge party with his old VA friends...but since he didnt want to leave me alone, he ditched the party and the 3 of us headed to our other cousin Dawoud's club (Thanks again, Diz! Love u!!) So we got on the metro, all dressed up, and of course we took a bunch of pix to kill time lol..

So ya, Zayd and Dawoud are both under 21...but when ur cousin owns the club, thats not a problem ;) lolll.. We met up with the other Dawoud at his older club, 1223, and he met us outside...walked us in, past the HUGE line of people..and gave us a tour of the place. it was realllly nice. i hadnt seen this club yet. but ya, he showed us around and took us up to the 3rd floor. gave us this really nice table in a VIP section, and we all sat there sipping on our RedBulls loll. After like 1/2 an hour, he asked if we were ready to go to Josephines (his other club). So we walked to his car and he drove us there. We got to Josephine's and we walked right in. He showed us around...introduced us to the DJ. And gave us another table by the bar. He sat with us and talked for a while. Totally took care of us. He was soooo awesome. Zayd and Dawoud just loved being VIP at the club. And i kept telling Zayd that NOT every club is like this loll. (this was his first time at a 21+ club) Later in the night, my room mate Lizelle and her boyfriend Chris met us at Josephines. They absolutely loved it. We sat at the table and did a little people watching.

So Lizelle and i are dancing...and i walk back to our table to check the time...its 2:43. And the last metro leaves at 3am!! So Zayd Dawoud and I jump up...we try to find our cousin dawoud to say byeee..but no luck..so we jetted out of the club. Found a cab...told him to step on it..and the driver drove as fast as he could...and honestly, we made it by 30 seconds! Otherwise we would have been stuck looll.. we didnt realize how late it had gotten. But ya, we made a stop at 7/11 after getting off the metro, bought some snacks, and went back to khala seema's house to sleeeep. very fun night :)

The next morning, Zayd left to go back to Cali :( I was pretty sad...but it was so great seeing him. So yaaa, thats pretty much my week with Jones <3

**Thanks Amena & Khaled (aka Mom & Dad) for sending Zayd out here. we had a lot of fun**