Emmanuel's Visit Day 3

5:30 AM: I know this is always a cruel time to wake someone up, especially for someone who just got in to Santa Barbara two days ago, but we had to get an early start if were going to get an early start on our day. Emmanuel was out like a light, so I had to shake him to even bring back into this earth, but I eventually got him up. He took a quick shower and, as my dad called our little group, the Three Musketeers hit the road on empty stomachs. The funny part about this is Emmanuel still didn't know where we were going. I told him that we were going to keep it a surprise until we
 got there, but he might recognize the place once we arrived. To clarify for you readers, we were going to LA and we were going to spend a day there, and Emmanuel had connected through LAX to get to Santa Barbara.

7:30 AM:  We stopped in the outskirts of LA and had some breakfast. It wasn't anything special, we just needed to get on the road. We arrived at our first destination at about 8:00 and Emmanuel was itching to get out of the car. We were at the Santa Monica Pier, and Emmanuel got into his swimtrunks in record and raced down to the water. After a quick swim, we got into dry clothes and headed to the pier. Somehow Emmanuel was still hungry after our breakfast, so we stopped at the first food vendor we saw, which was a fruit stand. Emmanuel recognized most of the fruits, but he picked out a kiwi and asked me what it was. I told him that was a kiwi, and it is native in Australia. He said he had never felt anything like it before, so we bought the kiwi and started to head onto the pier. When I looked over at Emmanuel, he was biting into the skin of the kiwi! Before he swallowed it I told him to spit it out, and then preceded to tell him to peel of the skin before you eat the kiwi. After that lesson was learned, we headed on to the pier.

1:30 PM: We were done with the pier and heading out to the car when I got an idea of where we should go for lunch. I told Emmanuel that we were going to one of my favorite Ethiopian restaurants, Nyala Ethopian Restaurant. When we got there, Emmanuel ordered the meat dish with beef, and I just shared his because they are such large portions.

3:30 PM: When we were done, we decided to go to a play at The Ahmanson Theatre. They were showing Wicked at 4:30 that day, so we decided to go. We bought out tickets at an internet cafe, changed our clothes in their bathroom (we had brought an extra set of clothes just in case), and we got in the car to go to Wicked. Emmanuel enjoyed the play, but he thought it was very sad, and it turns out he enjoys comedies more than tragedies.

7:30 PM: Our day in LA was about done. We got in out car, and after a little dessert, it was time to head home. Emmanuel was very tired from our early start and the whole day in LA in general, so I decided to give him a day of rest the next day. But by the time I had figured out that he might need a non-active day, he was already conked out in the backseat with me.

10:00 PM: When we got home, we literally carried a sleeping Emmanuel to his makeshift bedroom in our office and put him in bed, clothes and all. Then it was time for me and my dad to go to sleep. We we brushed our teeth, not really making an effort to clean our teeth, just going through the motions. Then we both dropped into our beds and we were asleep before our heads hit the pillow.