JujuBeas: Hoosier by Marriage

I rode BART all the way to the SF airport by myself. I felt so legit. Public transportation freaks me out because I’m always afraid I’m going to get off at the wrong stop or on the wrong train. And I had my duffle bag AND Jordan’s golf clubs. They were heavy. (Jordan had been in AZ for work that week so we met at the airport.) It was a red eye and luckily for me I can fall asleep anywhere. (Literally. On a rock in central park, on a volcano in HI, in dirt in a Southern UT desert…the list goes on.) But after about 10 hrs of travelling, we arrived for our much anticipated trip to Indiana. (That’s where Jordan’s from and where his family lives) I use a lot of parentheses. Anyways, I think I gained like 10lb that week. And, since my genetics are half Asian, my tibias are statistically shorter than other races. So it’s obvious when I gain weight because I’m short. But it was so worth it. Jordan’s mom made falafels. Never had falafels before. I love falafels. The whole time we were eating I was thinking about that episode of Friends where Rachel’s sister comes to visit and thought Ross was the guy who sells Falafels at the cart outside. I was laughing so hard on the inside. We also had birthday cake Oreos. I have been DYING to try those forever because birthday cake anything is amazing. And they were amazing. So yah, we had a lot of great food. Every time we go out there we eat at this Turkish restaurant where you eat on the floor and we also stop at this burger place called Steak N Shake on the way home from the airport. BEST FRIES. I love French fries. And that tradition. Basically his parents spoiled us all weeks. We went golfing (Jordan and his dad golfed, I read a book and drove the cart), we went to the zoo and children’s museum in Indianapolis, stocked up on some IU gear, toured this really cool old hotel where old Hollywood movie stars would go to drink from the springs of “eternal youth”, raced go-carts, and marveled at the size of his family’s cats. I love visiting! It’s so beautiful there. So “American”, you know? Everything is green and there are forests and fields everywhere. Their house is literally in a forest. (In a neighborhood in a forest.) SO BEAUTIFUL. His parents have a bunch of bird feeders outside of their front window and I saw a pileated wood pecker—a big deal in the Beasley household. Now I’m officially officially part of the family. Also, Jordan’s mother and I got pedicures. Basically one of my most favorite activities. I just really love spending time with his parents. Even though we had fun things planned every day, it was spending time with his parents that was the best. I have so much love for them! We were so sad to leave but his whole family will be in Berkeley next month so we are excited to see them soon J