Day 172

Had hashbrowns and watched part of Transformers. (Big Beef!)

Said my depressing goodbyes to mom.

Was late to pick Kim up as I am lame. Went to the big Asian mall in Richmond. Had cream puffs, bought stuff, coveted other stuff.

Arrived at border and endlessly sat. Ate some sushi. Car boogied.

Eventually shot south at a great rate of speed. Dropped Kim off. Went to Ye Olde Family Homestead. Junior Squad ran to Target (where I bought a bright green shirt which reminded me of Speed Racer) and then Best Buy (where I bought the cable adapter that I had gone to Target for in the first place.)

Had homemade potato soup. Made and devoured a box cake.

Came home, called Mom & Grandma. Puttered and passed out.

Day 171

Had buckwheat pancakes and bacon for breakfast. Left early for MetroTown Centre to buy some new work clothes and a handbag for mom. Did really well at shopping for her. Didn't like anything for me, which is fine as I am totally broke.

Had lunch at a place called Nando's. Really good.

Watched Southland Tales.

Had a fight with mom.

Had leftovers.

Watched National Treasure- which I strangely hated less this time. In fact, I kind of liked it. (Burning with shame.)

Read more Th1rte3n.

Spoke with Addy.

Day 170

Took the day off. Had a bagel and watched music videos with Jim. Puttered around.

Picked up Kim, raced Northward. Good drive. Somewhat lengthy wait at the border. Not sure why.

Dropped Kim at her friend's. Picked up mom. Met up with Darren and went to the good Greek place in Port Coquitlam. Stopped by Blockbuster.

Watched Stardust. Still awesome.

Today was a good day.

Spoke with Terry and Grammy.

Day 169

Ran some errands, including a brief and not terribly fruitful trip to Value Village.

Tutoring student canceled again, which bodes poorly. Took the opportunity to pick up some presents for mom's birthday and come home in time to watch a documentary on the T-Rex and some The Old House.

Steve came by and we had dinner at former Hongs and chased it with ice cream from Dairy Queen. Then he kept me company while I worked on organizing my room.

Jim returned and we had a long convo, during the course of which my brain was in a near constant state of misfire- no doubt due to lack of sleep.

I seem to be coping better with all the change now, although I can't seem to sleep past 5 am, which is super irritating.

Spoke with Czarina.

Day 168

Sarah scored our New Kids tickets and I am as giddy as a school girl (literally).

Worked late and went straight to Meagan & Jay's for Grandpa's birthday party. We all got him candy. I think everyone had a good time discussing this summer's major excursion: the international rock hunt.

Came home and had a nice chat with the roomy.

Read some blogs.

Spoke with Steve and Jeannine.

Day 167

Got new door panel fasteners (very exciting) and met with Angie to do some gift shopping for my family.

Had L&L with Angie and Barb then met Sheena at Jo-Ann’s for out first Wilton Cake Decorating Class (1), AKA the weirdest cake decorating class in the history of leavened bread.

As soon as I walked into the classroom I smelled cat pee and thought, “Oh there have been cats in here.” Then I thought, “Oh, it is probably not bring your cat to work day here at the craft store.” And then I realized that someone here smelled like cat pee. Knowing that none of my friends smell like cat pee, and guessing that the coach bag toting soccer mom and her adorable daughter probably don’t smell like cat pee, I guessed that the hefty toothless lady with the hairy chin was the source of the odor. Imagine my surprise when I learned that this former professional barrel rider/goateed/cat pee perfumed lady was our instructor.

She did not seem to know what was going on at all and at one point in the class actually pulled a hair out of her frosted cake. Also her frosting rose was bullshit.

It was AWESOME.

After class I rushed home to tell the roomy about the toothless cat pee lady only to find he was not home. So I called my mom and she essentially told me that I was a judger and that not everyone can be expected to meet my hypercritical standards and that I need to learn to just allow others to “just be”. (At which point I can only assume that she rolled a doobie and did a little yoga.)

Caught up on some blogs and crashed.

Spoke with Steve, Grandma, and Grandpa.

Day 166

Had dinner with Jim at Voula's Good Eats. Very good.

Cruised down to DBS for drinks with a very large group and had a nice time.

Read more Th1rte3n.

Spoke with Bonnie.

Day 165

Got up early to feed and walk the dog. One cat would not come out from under the bed to have breakfast (nor dinner, actually). This is because cats are hug jerks.

Picked up Sean and met Paul for the Speed Racer matinée (now 6$). It was fantastic.

Continued my campaign to reorganize the house until Family Sunday Dinner time. Pot Roast Night! I did something like 6 loads of laundry. Brad and I watched Dead Alive (Kiwi Zombie flick) and Bright Future (another in an endless series of incredibly slow and weird and confusing Japanese/ultimately pointless movies we continue to watch for no discernable reason). Mel and Jess did not make it.

Ran home and finished up a few things around the house. Chatted with Jim.

Spoke with Addy.

Read a bit more of Th1rte3n. Still no cohesive anything, each chapter still excellent and then a let down.

Day 164

Got up early and walked the dog, then started cinnamon rolls. (The sugar crystallized instead of caramelized- too high heat?) Had cinnamon rolls with Angie and her niece, then we ran to Target to grab some retirement gifts and wander aimlessly. Dropped them back at the house.

I popped by Starbucks for some tea and headed over to Ron & Czabrina’s. Chatted and watched garbage TV on VH-1.

Ran back to Theo’s and served him his dinner (and me mine) and took an extra long walk. Because we got totally lost,I thought we could loop around, but in the end we had to flip around and retrace our steps. Ran home to shower and do my hair. Picked up Chris and headed to Jeannine and Mike’s Rock Band party. Had a wonderful time!

Spoke with Chris, Lynn, Burke, and Paul.

Day 163

Dropped in on George at The Comic Stop. Brian came in a bit later and we gabbed for a while.

Fed and walked Theo. Sat down with the cat to watch some TV.

Read more Th1rte3n. Sometimes when authors want to cover several different people’s stories they simply intersperse the character’s chapters. Now unless they are connected by theme, time line, or some other concept, this never ever works. What happens is that you draw the reader in and then drop them cold and one chapter later I can’t remember who is who and if they meet, I do not get it, because I have forgotten by then. Here I am, cold, and wondering why Rickard Morgan is screwing with me.

Spoke with Czabrina, Steve, Grandma, Mom, Burke, and Amber.

Day 162

Ran to the bank to deposit some checks (refunds! Yay!) and change my address, and headed to WESCO to pick up new fasteners for my car door. They should be in by Monday. There was a very unfortunate motorcycle accident right at the corner and it reminds me to mention that wearing inappropriate clothing while riding motorcycles is profoundly stupid. Full coverage helmet, biker jacket and pants, and boots are the only way to go. This guy was t-shirt and brain bowl style helmet and suffered for it. He is lucky to have survived.

Went home to grab some stuff for my dog sitting gig. Fed and walked the dog. Made pork chops and fell asleep before 9 watching some true crime show with the cat in the den. Woke up at 10 and went to bed.

Spoke with Mom, Steve, and Meagan.

Day 161

Picked up Auntie and drove her to work (van was getting an oil change).

Ran to the bank. Didn't get to the auto supply store, bank or library. (Because the former two were closed and I was too irritated to bother with the latter.)

Had dinner (and pie! courtesy of Steve's mom) with Steve and Jim. Must procure additional chairs. Very Important.

Unpacked and organized more.

Started Th1rte3n by Richard Morgan. Not sure why I unabashedly love Richard Morgan's work.

Day 160

Unpacked the kitchen following a Trophy Cupcake breakfast, almost finished all the way.

Ran to Storables and Target to pick up a few new things. Ran into Susan from HS and I think she was kind of rude and judgie.

Unpacked till dinner at Herfy’s with Jim. Dropped into Fred Meyer’s to pick up chow for Wednesday night.

Worked more on unpacking and finished Daughters of the North. Very good, but it did feel rushed at the end.

Day 159

Met Steve, Addy, and Steve’s parents for breakfast at Julia’s and picked up some Trophy cupcakes for later. Ran back to the house and worked on unpacking for a few hours. Went to Brad’s for a BBQ, Paul joined the family. Returned to Riley’s to pack up my things, and went home to unpack more.

Jim & George picked me up and we met up with Deuce to watch the Red Socks completely destroy the M’s. Great seats and garlic fries tho.

Stopped at Occidental for discount hot dogs (I abstained) and returned to the house, where I promptly passed out.

Day 158

Watched Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull with Auntie, Sean, and Mel. It was good but very silly.

Met Paul at my old place to transfer my old stuff to new folks via Craigslist. They were adorable. Tidied and had lunch with Paul.

My apartment manager called to cancel the next morning’s walk through and we rescheduled it for that very moment. My deposit check is in the mail!

Brad picked up some old junk for the dump. Paul and I moved the rest of my junk, and I spent the rest of the day unpacking.

Returned to Riley’s and read until bedtime.

Day 157

Got up quite early and headed down to my old place. Arrived at just before 8 and moved all my boxes to the security hall and loaded up my car. Had an ice tea and scone from Peet's.
Soon Kim arrived, closely followed by Brad & Sean. Grandma and Roy arrived at about 10:20 (after talking me into starting the move at 9) and Ron and Czabrina showed just in time to help move the last few things into the car.

Arrived at the new place in time for the guys to assist in the unload. Kim stayed put to help get boxes in order and Paul, Brad, Sean & I went back to my place to pick up my exercise bike.

Had pizza at Brad's and returned to start unpacking. Unpacked for a while, then went back to the dogsitting house.

Later joined a bunch of people at George's for BBQ and Rock Band.

Wussed out early and went home to catch some z's.

Day 156

Started another dogsitting gig.

Went to bed early in order to be prepared for the early am move.

Spoke with countless people to confirm plans.

Day 155

Stopped at Home Depot on the way home to collect some cleaning materials and new burner cups for my stove. (Took one look at those filthy things yesterday and said “fuck that”.)

Watched This Old House (I have no idea why I adore that show. But I wholeheartedly do) and cleaned like crazy. Picked up a burrito at Tacos Guaymas.

AMC was showing Jurassic Park and I was able to watch most of the film. I was impressed all over again by how well made the movie is and how well it held up.

Spoke with Steve and Jim.

Day 154

Came in to work stupid early to meet with someone and they totally didn’t bother to show.

Tore apart my entire kitchen to wash it down. Started packing the most awkward stuff and started cleaning

Watched an episode of Bones and fell asleep.

Spoke with Megan, Brad, and Paul.

Day 153

Grabbed groceries on my lunch break and also picked up some crispy mint m&m’s. Yummy.

Dropped some stuff off at Value Village and didn’t go in to look for more, but really wanted to.

Traffic was an abomination. Some guy blew off his turn at a double lane four-way stop (on his phone of course) then tried to poach my turn. Then when I didn’t let him he flipped me off and honked. Seriously, just because you spaced out your turn, does not mean you get to make me miss mine. You can wait till Eastbound traffic gets to go again because Southbound learned to drive in Jersey and ain’t taking no shit off a no one.

Picked up two books at 3^rd Place in Ravenna.

Ran home, picked up teriyaki (I have had more teriyaki in the last two months than I normally eat in a year), and helped Burke with a mail merge. Steve dropped by to take pictures of my stuff for craigslist, then put up an ad and ripped it down half an hour later. Packed the rest of the kitchen (now there is just my fridge, about eight doomed Nalgenes, one plate, one fork, one knife, and three glasses) and almost my entire bathroom.

Watched an episode of Bones and the season finale of Reaper.

Spoke with grandma and Paul.

Day 152

Picked up my car from Jeff’s. Apparently when I last had my brake pads changed, they didn’t use the kind that squeal when they are running down and since my car wasn’t jerking or squealing when I used the breaks, I had no idea that my brake pads were pretty much gone until they were metal on metal. Good times. So they replaced the brakes and rotors and changed the oil and $550 later I was done.

With my remaining $50 I signed up for a cake decorating class.

Worked pretty late and went straight to Brad’s to pick up the stuff I had left there. Helped make dinner (Spaghetti) and do the dishes then headed off to meet Chris, Amine, Jen and her friend, and Andy at the Stube.

Read more Daughters of the North.

Spoke with Grandma and Steve.

Day 151

Left my car at Jeff’s and Steve dropped me at Ye Olde Family Homestead. Made bacon and chocolate chip waffles with Auntie. Ran to Costco, Bath and Body Works, and Bed, Bath, and Beyond(!). Bought some new hangers and I am unreasonable excited about them.

Watched Arang (Korean horror/detective movie) with Brad. Had a Hamstravaganza! Watched Ugly Betty and an independent film about street art.

Started Daughters of the North, by Sarah Hall. Very good so far and a very fast read.

Feeling a bit over dramatic about my car situation. I think that I am right to be frustrated, but I need to be sure to keep perspective.
That I chose my path.
That I am safe and healthy.
That not crashing into things with my car is a very good thing and well worth the money.
That maybe my car only breaks when I can most afford it?

Part of the joy of having an anxiety disorder is that everything is initially upsetting and panic inducing. It always takes me a bit of time to push down the panic and logic myself out of the problem. (This is why I will never survive the zombie apocalypse.)

Day 150

Apparently made some error as to when my dog sitting clients were returning and scurried out at great speed. Of course forgetting to return their bus pass.

Had brunch with Addy at Julia's and wandered around Wallingford. Returned home and watched Bones together while I packed.

Attempted to join a bunch of folks at a BBQ at Leigh's, but my brakes made a scary noise and I decided I had better just take my car into the shop in the morning instead. Stayed home and watched Law and Order instead of going out.

Teared up, but didn't cry. It is just so incredibly frustrating to never be able to get ahead. I know that every month I pay my rent and have electricity and can do everything by myself is a success, especially considering how I was raised. But I am just utterly demoralized by the constant strain of just squeaking by.

I know that almost everyone is a pay check or two from homeless (though they may not know it), and that I have family that will help me, but it kills me to ask for favors. It just burns. I'm sharp, well educated, and employed. I live within my means. I do what I am supposed to do. I just don't know what else to do. But there is clearly something that I'm not doing or something that I am doing wrong.

It is as though someone knew that I was getting that economic stimulus check this week and just wanted to see if they could fuck with me. Two years running my car has broken and taken up my tax return. So by now, I should be adjusted.

I keep being afraid that I will keep pushing ahead but that the status quo will stretch like the horizon. I just can't shake the feeling that I'm a fuck up.

Spoke with Grandma (she said my uncle James and Grandpa would come help me move, so that at least is good news), spoke with Steve to arrange dropping my car off, and spoke with Paul and Monica to cancel my attendance of a concert at Nectar.

Day 149

Took the day off to convalesce. Tidied a little bit but mostly dozed off and on.

Met up with Gordy, Monica and Fran for cocktails at Barca. Retired to Mon's to chat.

Drove back to the dog sitting house and passed out.

Day 148

Bad day at work. Still sick.

Returned to dog sitting house. Couldn't stay off the phone. Spoke with Mom, Mebbie, Steve, Paul, and Jim.

Watched Torchwood and passed out early.

Day 147

Worked a short day.

Had dinner with Steve and Addy. Then watched TV and had ice cream with Steve.

Then I passed out to feverish snorfly sleep with the kitty and dogs.

Feeling a little better.

Day 146

Stayed home from work very ill.

Slept till 3 pm. Had some oatmeal. Watched Rendition (quite good). Heated up some pasta and then fell asleep watching The King of California (also very good) woke up and finished it in time for Reaper.

Really asleep by ten.

Day 145

Felt a bit crummy at work.

Ran home to feed and exercise the pups then headed to Benaroya for my final National Geographic Live! lecture of the season. The photographer was fairly interesting and her work was quite good.

I'm bummed that it is the last of the season.

Felt pretty terrible by bedtime. Read some National Geographic and passed out.

Day 144

Helped Friday at the Registration/Information booth most of the day. Was still extremely tired. Spoke with mom briefly. Steve and Addy popped in for a very brief time.

Dropped Friday’s car at her friend’s place and headed down to Ipanema for dinner. The food was fantastic and it was nice to unwind. Sat with some really nice guys and had a nice time.

Looking at volunteering at the con from a post-con perspective, I’m not sure that I will want to volunteer in the same capacity again. This is not to say that I didn’t enjoy the con, but I think I don’t have enough interest in comics to sustain the level of dedication needed to bust my ass for three days. I do have a level of friendship with the people running the con to bust my ass for some increment of days, but probably not three straight.

There is something in the nature of fan-dom that I do not possess. For some reason seeing Bill Pullman at World Wraps was a much more interesting experience than paying Wil Wheaton to sign my ass. (Which I did not do, btw.) (And I did not meet him at all as he ran out of books and I couldn’t convince myself to stand in line for forty minutes to buy a picture of him dressed as Wesley Crusher.)

Also, as it turns out, not only am I not so fond of regular folks, I am also not so fond of my nerdy brethren. Which is to say that I am the lowest level of social function allowable in my estimation. Which is to say that I hate people. Which is a bummer as conventions typically features a lot of those.

Where was I? Ah yes, I had a dinner entirely composed of peppers, mushrooms, meat, cookies, caramel, and booze. Hooray!

(Final parenthetical sidenote- this blog is getting lengthy and Doogie Howser MD-esque, but I will not reign myself in, because this is my boring blog and I am not bound by rules and conventions and numbers of lines and I am wild and full of words and thoughts about Jamie Bamber’s British accent, the necessity of soap and social skills, and not actually having things signed by Wil Wheaton. So there.)

Day 143

Spent the morning selling badges. Was transferred to Jamie Bamber’s (who was very polite and gracious) booth. Had tacos with the Scales and picked up a few things from Chris Yates (kind of a dream boat, actually)(and really polite)(not that I’m stalking), which was awesome. Then ended the work day helping out at the charity auction. Had dinner with most of the volunteers at Rock Bottom (had a sundae). Paul and I retired to my dog sitting house. I was out like a light.

Today was very exhausting, but it was good to pull my weight this year and actually help my friends out.

Day 142

Met with Jim, Paul 2.0, and Gavin at The Stop, loaded Paul’s van and made two trips to the convention center. Dropped off the van at Paul’s office. Put together some badges. Accompanied Friday to Lake City to switch cars with her spouse and met her family (adorable). Had dinner at The Dragonfish with some of the gaming crew, Friday, Paul and Jim. Mooched a ride back to The Stop and returned home to pack for dog-sitting.

Day 141

Had a good tutoring session, although I am very unimpressed with my student’s English teacher. Packed and prepared my apartment for viewing and watched some Torchwood.

Day 140

Dropped by Half Price Books to get rid of the ones 3rd Place would not take. (Another $30!)

Paul came over to assist with the packing. He also brought a whole bunch of boxes. Courtney dropped by to pick up the TV.

We packed a whole ton of stuff and got my place partly ready for tomorrow's viewing. (This move may not kill me after all.)

I watched an episode of Bones while finishing tidying.

Spoke with Megan and Grandma.

Day 139

Went to 3rd Place Books after work to sell some things back. Made $40, and then promptly turned around and ordered The Perfect Scoop. (An ice cream cookbook that I've been lusting after, but would not allow myself to buy because it seemed frivolous. I spend at least $50 a month on comics but a $20 cookbook for ice cream is just CRAZY.)

Had a baked potato with chilli and cheese while watching What Not to Wear (these women are so scared to love their bodies. It makes me happy to see them trying clothes on and realizing that people come in many shapes, and that they can still look and feel good).

Kim came over and helped me pack. Until I lost my tape. So we ran to Target and picked up some more tape, a retirement card, and panda pj bottoms. (Hey, I had a gift card and I am sure Jim and his friends will appreciate me wearing pants.)

Came home and packed some more. Had panic attack realizing that I am down to 6ish days at home before I move. Kim left and I found my original tape.

Watched the Daily Show.

Spoke with Steve and Mom.

Day 138

Snagged fudgsicles, milk, and yogurt from the store. Traded some books back to Half Price.

Drove home and drove around for nearly an hour and a half looking for parking. Between tap dancers, sports at the lake, Cinco de Mayo at Tacos Guaymas, and construction I searched from a few blocks south of 65th and east of Ravenna to several blocks west and could not find parking. I finally gave up on going home and meeting up with friends at TG for the holiday. I parked in the load zone spot and rushed my now hideously deformed fudgesicles into the freezer- to no avail. They were hopelessly melted.

Chris and co. decided just to go the The Stube, but I was already northbound to The Stop to meet up with George and Paul. Hung out there a while and then Paul and I dropped by Wendy's for dinner. Yay crispy chicken sandwich! We went back to his place and watched two episodes of Big Bang Theory, HIMYM, and the first episode of this season's TAL.

Watched the Colbert Report while getting organized for the morning.

Spoke with Steve.

Day 137

Went through my clothes and found another entire garbage bag to send to Goodwill. Also went through my keepsakes and tossed a bunch of old stuff.

Did some cleaning and filing while watching Karate Kid. Loaded up my trunk with books to sell and laundry. Headed up to the Comic Stop for a Con meeting and stopped at the library on the way. We mostly just chatted while the junior volunteers, all cutely excited, did all the work.

Had baked potato bar at Family Sunday Dinner. Made Mother's Day dinner plans, watched Ugly Betty, then Rosemary and Thyme.

Read a few more comics and then crashed.

Spoke with Mom and Czabrina.

Day 136

Met Grammy in Snohomish for furniture shopping and lunch. Didn't find a lot in the way of furnishings. I did, however, buy a New Kids on the Block pillow case, so that kicked ass. I am probably just going to have to go with a modern drop leaf table, as I am concerned about sturdiness when I sew. As for nightstands, I have no idea.
We had lunch at the Cabbage Patch. I had ice tea, a pot roast sandwich, and a slice of lemon sour cream pie. Very good.

On my way back I stopped in two thrift stores. No good furniture in either, but I did pick up an umbrella in the shape of a Hershey's Kiss for $3.

Picked up Steve and loaded up my car with boxes and met Jim at the new house. Unloaded the boxes and had lunch at Sorelli's Pizza. Very good. HUGE thick slices.

Dropped Steve off at home and watched Torchwood while tidying. Read a few of last week's comics.

Spoke with Bonnie, but missed a ton of calls from others. Oh well.

Day 135

Work still sucking.

Had cocktails at Scott's with Diane, Kevin, Angie, Lynn, and Michael for Diane's birthday. Then Angie and I ran over to Macy's to pick up three 7 quart Martha Stewart Collection Dutch Ovens (50% off!). (One for me, and one each for my Uncle and Grandma. I swear I don't need 3!) I am looking forward to perfect pot roasts and no-kneed bread. Of course, we also stopped by Daiso and bought a magnet and a cake box set. Angie picked up a dessert mold in the shape of a koala head and I am burning with envy. We also stopped in at Sephora, as I was out of powder. I impulse purchased some 2$ purple nail polish as well.

Finished The City and The Stars. Highly recommended.

Day 134

Great day.

Work sucked, but I had a good tutoring session. Post-tutoring Steve and I went up to Everett and grabbed some chow at the food court then watched Iron Man with the Comic Stop crew. It was fantastic.

Iron Man, tutoring, and a root beer float! Yay!

Day 133

No new comics in my box, so I went straight home instead of to the Stop. Accomplished my goal of packing my books, movies, CD's and general miscellanea. Also packed up some seldom used clothes and my desk and nightstand areas. Packed so much that I ran out of reasonably sized boxes. (damn)

Started OCD-style checklist of things to do for the move and things to get rid of. I fear there will be a dump run.

Gave written notice for the 26th, so hopefully I can get everything moved, disposed of, and the apartment cleaned in 3 days. Or I'm screwed. HA HA HA HA. *whimper*

Watched Law & Order.

Attempted to play Yoshi's Cookie and the unthinkable happened. My Messiah gaming system is broken (since when I played it yesterday). It would not play Yoshi or Mario 3 (the only two games left unpacked). I will now slowly go insane. I now have both a non-working Messiah and a non-working, original 1985 NES. Damn it.

Read more The City and The Stars/watched The Daily Show and Colbert Report.

I got a lot accomplished today, but my Messiah suddenly blue screening me really threw off my groove.

Day 132

Tough days at work continue.

Grilled with Steve and Addy.

Watched Robot Chicken and read more of The City and The Stars.

My house is a depressing mess of piles to get rid of, packed boxes, piles I'm not sure what to do with, and mess I have not dealt with because of all the damned piles.

Day 131

Went into work just before 6:30 for a ridiculous meeting. Left early. Dropped off some library books.

Tidied my place and watched Bones (from season 1), How I Met Your Mother, and Big Bang Theory while I packed.

Then passed out. (At 10, sheesh.)

Day 130

Fed Quincy breakfast and watched the news.

Went to Brad's and had to go to three different auto supply stores to get replacement bulbs for my turn signal. (Almost forgot! My car is now wearing its first piece of duct tape. It is holding the cord to the signal casing. This is like a training bra for cars. Today it is holding together a loose connection, next year the ENTIRE BUMPER.)

Helped Auntie cook dinner. Watched Ugly Betty and Lars and the Real Girl (fantastic). Jess was quite sick.

Went home early to tidy and prepare for the week. Finished up an episode of Bones. Read a little more The City and the Stars.

Spoke with Steve and Mom.

Day 129

Watched cartoons and made dutch babies and bacon with Amber. Went shopping. At Target a woman started screaming hysterically. Amber started to walk towards the sound, but I would not let her as other people had walked over already. (Blood curdling screams in crowded shopping centers do not equal me running over. It does not seem prudent. And certainly not necessary with a gathered crowd.) A woman had passed out and EMTs arrived as we were leaving.
We also went to Ross and I bought 2 shirts, 2 pairs of shoes (one for inside one for out), and two dresses for under $70.

Picked up Addy for lunch at the Sunlight Cafe and mani/pedis at Blushing Beauty. Fed Quincy and Smokey dinner. We returned to Steve & Addy's for her birthday party. It was quite fun. Everybody likes a cowboy party.

Got home quite late and immediately passed out.

Day 128

Baked a white layer cake with white frosting for Addy. Had margarita's with Amber and chatted with her till the wee hours.

Spoke with Grandma, Steve, Bonnie, and Mebbie.

Watched Bones.

Day 127

No tutoring today so I dropped by the thrift store to look for the new furnishings I need and ended up buying Yoshi's Cookie for the NES and a purple duck umbrella.

Met Steve at Display and Costume to shop for Addy's birthday party. Can't reveal the theme, but it is AWESOME. Then we had a burger at the Ram.

Went home to pack and tidy, watched The Daily Show, read the most recent Walking Dead and Fear Agent comics.

Spoke with Amber and Addy.

Day 126

Went to the stop and ended up loitering with George. Later Paul and Tom showed up and we continued to loiter.

Watched Men in Trees and packed.

Spoke with Steve.

Day 125

Work is depressing. Between the weather, political climate, economy, and work place things are pretty much craptastic for me right now.

Packed up from dogsitting and met up with Paul for dinner at a diner (with dessert from DQ) and TV viewing. We watched Aftermath, HIMYM, and Big Bang Theory.

Tidied and unpacked.

(Celebrated Earth Day by not showering. Take that hygiene!)

Day 124

Had dinner with Lynn and Michael then saw Dennis Dimick speak on climate change at Benaroya Hall. He was not gifted in the area of public speaking, but the importance of this topic seems to have moved him to act.
(Confession time: Chris, I told you I didn't believe in Global Warming to piss you off. Sorry, dude. It was really funny tho.)
It made me motivated to put more effort into green living, but I still can't see how slowing our carbon emissions will save us from the consequences described. We need regression, not slowing. Will taking shorter showers rebuild the polar ice caps? I don't think so. BLEH! (See, Chris, this is my actual belief.)

Came home, played ball with Quincy, read more The City and The Stars, and tidied.

Day 123

Watched Shoot Em Up (AWESOME) with Quincy. Then played some ball and read a little.

Went to Sunday Family Dinner (Mexican Night!) and played some wii games with my Auntie (my arm is sore from getting just one more achievement in hoop shooting).

Watched Law & Order, SVU because this is what women staying alone in other people's giant empty houses should do just before bed.

Read some more of The City and The Stars. Still kicking ass.

Day 122

Woke up early and watched Viva Pinata while making sausage soufflé and coffee cake. Angie joined me for breakfast and shopping. We hit two Goodwills, 2 Value Villages, and 1 St. Vincet's. I bought:
1 pillow in the shape of a blue footed boobie
24 Easter egg shaped jello molds
1 apron featuring Welsh vocab words
2 packs of unopened Easter cupcake wrappers (and an "8" birthday candle)
8 sets of knitting needles (for a dollar!)
1 pair of green slacks
1 shirt with flowers
1 pair of scuba-diving sock monkey pajamas
1 present for someone who reads this blog
1 mug that proclaims its adoration for San Francisco
1 cardboard sign featuring a hippo that informs the viewer to be sure that their brain is engaged before opening their mouth (for Lynn)
1 full deck of playing cards featuring famous world explorers

Had pizza at Chris and Andy's with Chris, Andy, Jenn, Mairead, Ramesh, Amine and Leigh. Leigh and Andy made the pizzas and they were delicious.

Watched The Brave One with Quincy and Smokey. Started The City and The Stars by Arthur C. Clark. It is very good so far.

Day 121

Found out that a close friend and coworker is to be laid off. I'm pretty ticked off.

It was snowing like crazy, so I left work early. Steve and I went shopping for a new BBQ, accessories, and food to grill. Snow should not interrupt our Second BBQ of 2008. Went to Loews, Home Despot, and a BBQ shop in Ballard, snagging a Krispy Kreme and a Cupcake Royal cupcake on the way.

On the way home we stopped for limited edition Iron Man Slurpee cups and straws. We were heckled about Slurpees in the snow by a man buying WINE at 7-11. I think when you buy wine at 7-11 you are not in a position to judge. Additionally, the African man behind the counter made Steve pay for my limited edition Iron Man holographic Slurpee cup and matching straw. Suck it, Steve!

Made perfect steaks, asparagus, zucchini, and roasted garlic. YUM.

Swept the snow from my car and went home to pack some boxes.

Today would have been awesome if work could have managed not to completely blow.

Day 120

Worked a very long and crappy work day. We had a budget cut meeting, replete with lay-off news. It stinks.

Tutored my awesome student who wanted to stay after we finished her English homework to work on more, totally not required, poetry. That was pretty much amazing.

Plopped down in my chair and had soup and grilled cheese and watched Torchwood and the Colbert Report. Played a little Dr. Mario and Super Mario Brothers 3.

Day 119

Woke up phlegm free (ta-da!) and headed into work.

Jim and I grabbed burgers at Quincy's in Seattle Center and headed over to Key Arena to see Lupe Fiasco, N.E.R.D., Rhianna, and Kanye West. Lupe Fiasco was fantastic, N.E.R.D. was also great, Rhianna was... kind of boring, but Kanye West absolutely blew me away. He had a whole storyline behind the concert with space ships and gold painted ladies. Notably (or inexplicably) in the middle of the show, when all hope was lost, Kanye got reinvigorated by listening to Don't Stop Believing. Nothing perks me up like a bit of Journey.

The concert went pretty late, so I went straight home and conked out.

Today was super-awesome.

Day 118

Woke up feeling crummy, but not terrible, so that was a nice improvement.

Worked.

Came home, packed another box. Watched Deadliest Catch and had some tea. Finished The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, which was fantastic. I recommend picking it up.

Spoke with Grammy & Steve.

Day 117

Woke late. Used my neti pot and things came out of my nose that absolutely do not belong there- think slabs of congealed turkey gravy. From my nose. MY NOSE.

Went to work. Coughed a lot.

Jim and I had dinner at a shnazzy Argentinian place, Buenos Aires Grill. It was awesome. I had steak kebabs with peppers, onion, and fancy bacon.

Then we saw Marjane Satrapi lecture at the Moore. She was very witty. It was also awesome.

Finally we popped in at Cupcake Royale to chase the steak mouth. Also awesome.

All in all, if not for the nose gravy/coughing fit/Stevie Nicks voice this day would have been spectacular. As it was, the day was still awesome.

Day 116

Tidied a little. Still sick, though, so I finished the disk of Torchwood flopped on my bed.

Went to Family Sunday Dinner where we had a breakfast for dinner extravaganza. Crepes with strawberries and cream, chocolate chip waffles, muffins, bacon, sausage, and tofu sausage. It was pretty much awesome. (Tofu sausage is quite delicious when wrapped in bacon....)

Watched the pilot of The Sarah Jane Adventures with my uncle. I guess if Torchwood is the sexed up no holds barred version of Dr. Who, The Sarah Jane Adventures is the toned down, family friendly version. It was ok. I've certainly watched much worse things. I'll probably catch it on dvd further down the road.

Spoke with Mebbie and Jim.

Day 115

Slept on and off all day. Watched cartoons (tho the schedule right now is just garbage) then Torchwood and drank Chai Tea.

Had ramen with Kim at Samurai Noodles, then walked to the stadium and sat in row 1 for the Mariner's game. Good game. Any game is pretty good with seats like that.

Started The Fortune Cookie Chronicles and it is great. (Started Nocturnals a few days ago and forgot to mention it, I'm having some trouble following it. Probably the zombie plague kicking in.)

Asleep by 10.

Spoke with Monica, Czabrina, Steve, Jim, Paul, and Amber.

Day 114

Dragged my disgusting phlegmy self into work. Left early.

Went to a BBQ at Courtney's and sat around eating my weight in asparagus, bread, and delicious salmon with Steve. Watched Bedknobs & Broomsticks. Fought sleep.

Went home and immediately passed out.

Day 113

Woke up very snuffly and late. Coughed up some mucous.

Went into work and got to use my fancy new computer, which was fantastic.

Same client stood me up for the third time in a row. I officially hate them.

My tutoring student got her weeks mixed up and no-showed as well.

Had dinner at Rosita's and then dessert at Bottega Italiana with Steve.

Packed 2.5 boxes.

Day 112

Still disgusting. Slept most of the day. "Watched" (mostly dozed) more Psych, Big Love, and Bones.

Hacked green phlegm up. It is awesome. Wish you were here?

Spoke with Megan and Bonnie.

Popped in to the office. Coughed a lot and finished up some stuff. Everyone I saw told me I looked like crap. (Thanks, guys.) (PS- I have some congealed green phlegm for you guys. I've been saving it up, just for you.)

Today would have sucked more, had I the energy to focus.

Day 111

Didn't sleep well till I took some cold meds at 12:30. Woke up with almost no voice and painful coughing. Called in sick to work at 7. Slept until 11. Checked email and voicemail. Slept until nearly 3.

I can't stop checking the email and voicemail. My boss is out of town and it is my busiest season. I'm really upset. I'm always sick for long periods of time because I have nobody to back me up in the office. It is nice to be needed but I have no choice but to go into the office tomorrow. I hate to be a whiner, but I simply don't get paid enough to work when I feel so shitty I can't stand in the shower. [Be prepared for further bitching in tomorrow's exciting post: I can't believe I dragged my pitiful ass in here to intercept FedEx in order to pass on these materials to someone else.]

Reheated some chili from the last time I was sick. Ate some bacon bits out of the bag. (Cry for help?) Chased that with the rest of a pint of Ben & Jerry's.

Watched some Psych and napped intermittently. Spoke with Paul.

Today was terrible.

Day 110

Felt extremely ill at work but couldn't leave because I had appointments and important things that could not be put off. So I felt exhausted and panicky in addition to my throat hurting, sinus and ear aches, and general wheezing.

Was supposed to go see the sneak of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but couldn't make it. Didn't make it to the Stube either.

I pulled a bunch of recipes from my back issues of Gourmet and Martha Stewart Living Magazines and passed out very early.

Spoke with Mom, Jim, Steve, and Grammy. Lost my voice by the evening.

Today was not good at all.

Day 109

Watched Eastern Promises and it was fantastic. You should watch it. Cover your eyes during the scary parts tho.

Napped for hours. I feel some bronchitis coming on. Nothing sexier than hacking up a solid sheet of back of the throat phlegm. (Still Single!)

Had chicken noodle soup and dumplings at Family Sunday Dinner (recorded meal convo with digital voice recorder- hopefully I'll figure out how to cut the audio and put it on my blog or at least post transcripts).

The girls left and then we watched King of Kong, which you should also see on account of the awesome.

Finished Adrian Mole and Sense & Sensibility (on Masterpiece Theater).

Spoke with Steve and Addy.

Day 108

Met Beau, Jim, and the Jasons at Paul's to help him move some things into storage. Paul has a lot of boxes of comics and toys. Consider this a cautionary tale. I don't think I was very helpful. Perhaps I should do extra pushups so I can be strong enough to carry stuff.

We had a celebratory lunch (and cookies) and Jim and I headed down to Ikea and Mor Furniture (For Less!). Jim thinks he has couches and his office furniture sorted. I found a drop leaf table that might work nicely for my sewing machine.

We popped in to Loews and looked at paints and I realized that I need to get my shit together to get this move going since I will be dogsitting and working like crazy but, naturally, have made no plans to get any moving accomplished. I think I'll take a few days off work to pack and un-pack.

Next we went to poker night at the Comic Stop and I simply couldn't pull it together enough to actually play anything so I sat around and chatted.

I spoke with my mother.

Finished Bone and read a little more Adrian Mole.

Today felt very long but was good.

Day 107

Did some shopping and left my dogsitting house.

Went to Kim's parent's house and fetched her for dinner at Samurai Noodles and some shopping in the I-District.

Went back to Kim's parent's house and played with their dog and made brownies.

Read more Bone.

Day 106

Went to SAM with Jim to check out the Roman Collection on loan from the Louvre and the 3 panels of the Gates of Paradise ("never to again leave Italy!"). It was super crowded and I wish that we could have come in the middle of a work day, but it was amazing. Very fascinating and just gorgeous. I'm a bit of a Roman history nerd, so that aspect was nifty too.

Afterwards, grabbed a bite at Red Robin (only thing open on the waterfront aside from fish joints). The waitress tried to over charge us but thought when the register said "overpayment" that it meant "overdraft". So all night I was worried about my checking account. (Which is fine, by the way.)

Played with the dogs, packed to go home, and read more Bone.

Spoke with Burke.

Day 105

Measured the new condo to make important furnishing decisions. (Furniture? Yes, please.)

Made steaks, asparagus, and potatoes with Steve. Then we went to DQ for Blizzards.

Read some more Bone.

Spoke with Grandma and Mebbie.

Day 104

Had dinner with Lynn & Michael (mango chicken & pork, carrots, interesting rice).

Saw a fantastic lecture at Benaroya Hall. Herpetologist, Brady Barr was awesome and informative. He had some really interesting things to say about conservation and the way that scientists study animals.

Played with dogs and read more Bone.

Spoke with Steve.

Day 103

Met up with a large crowd at The Stube for drinks. Had pie at the Green Lake afterwards.

Spoke with Burke and Steve.

Read more Bone.

Day 102

Decided to pass on heading out to Ye Olde Schnauzer Ranch two days in a row in order to do laundry and spend some time with the pups.

Made a spinach omelet for breakfast, and salmon cakes and balsamic glazed carrots for supper. Watched Torchwood, The Nine Tailors, Flight of the Concords, and Masterpiece Theater (1st part of Sense & Sensibilty). Plowed through a little over half of Bone.

Did some laundry. Played with the dogs.

Spoke with Steve, Grammy, and Amber.

Today was a pretty good day.

Day 101

Dropped by Starbucks and headed out to Ye Olde Schnauzer Ranch to hang out with Grammy. Played some piano, visited the greenhouse, picked up her old issues of Gourmet and had lunch at the Sultan Bakery (delicious).

Ran to the house to check on the dogs/ loiter. Attended the senior comicon volunteer meeting at The Comic Stop. Had Fat Burger with the in-crowd, checked out the new condo, and then tobogganed out to a Rock Band Party in Redmond. Numerous awesome people in attendance, including Chris, Mike, and Jeannine.

Good times where had.

Spoke with Mom.

Today was a good day.

Day 100

Ran to the house to feed the dogs and then met up with some folks for Angie's birthday party. Had to send back a drink. Always awkward.

Was pretty pooped, so I went back to the house and read some of Bone (the full collection) by Jeff Smith. I had started it on my weekend away, but hadn't gotten very far. It is quite good.

Spoke with Mom, Steve, and Burke.

Day 99

Met with new tutoring student and she is fantastic.

Chatted with Steve. Packed for dog-sitting. Watched Reaper (which is becoming more interesting and complex).

Read more Adrian Mole.

Spoke with Paul.

Day 98

Had lunch with Steve. He brought me presents from Philly.

Dropped by The Stop and Jim(s), and Paul were there so I loitered for a while.

Rode my bike and watched Good Eats.

Had dinner and finished stuffing envelopes and watched Law and Order and Men in Trees.

Read more Adrian Mole.

Spoke with Czabrina and Grandma.

Day 97

Tidied and did some work for the Comicon for Jim.

Had dinner with Andy replete with awkward conversation.

Read more Adrian Mole.

Spoke to Steve, Monica, and Amber.

Day 96

Watched Discovery Channel while stuffing envelopes for the Emerald City Comicon. Met up with Jim for dinner at The Ram. Had a garlic swiss burger which I DEEPLY regretted later- thanks, reflux!

Jim and I were supposed to watch a movie but Jeanine convinced us to come to the Stube instead.

Read more Adrian Mole.

Spoke with Chris & Burke.

Day 95

Had a very slow start again after some fitful sleep. Ate a croissant for breakfast, tidied the cabin and departed just ahead of serious snow. It was sad to leave such a scenic place.

Tidied and swept before rushing to the Family Homestead for Easter- all present except Kyler with bonus Great Grandma. Had yummy ham and a cake covered in Jelly Beans.

Came home nice and early to finish cleaning and preparing for the week.

Watched Law & Order (with Jeremy Sisto) (Rawr).

Read more Adrian Mole.

Spoke with Amber and Mom.

Day 94

Had a slow morning attempting to wake up. Had a pancake breakfast and spent the morning with Karen and Andrea, while the others went hiking.

Jess and Shawn arrived as Andrea and Matt departed. We had a post lunch walk to the freezing cold lake (Karen and Jess). Read a little and started Happy Hour when Leigh arrived in the early evening.

Had delicious lasagna, made brownies and horsed around with Janine. Had cocktails in the hot tub. Chris was in a crazy mood.

Finished off the Christmas Tequila.

Today was a good day.

Day 93

Got Sean to school and rushed home to pack.

Chris and Andy picked me up and we drove to a cabin in Cle Elum. It was really nice. We drove into Roslyn and had lunch at The Brick (where, according to Andy, Northern Exposure was filmed). The potato salad was awful but the burger was great- which should teach you a valuable lesson about ordering salads in bars.

We returned to the house and made cookies. Andrea, Matt, Janine and Mike arrived. Karen shortly after. We had pizza, booze, and played Rock Band.

Today was a very good day.

Day 92

Was excused from tutoring and spent the evening with Sean. We ordered pizza and I read Real Simple and watched trash TV.

Day 91

I somehow allowed myself to get mixed up in child care giving and it was 50% awesome and 50% Lord of the Flies. That being said I did secretly enjoy it. Even though I didn't get dinner until 9.

Watched Men in Trees and halfheartedly attempted to prepare for my weekend jaunt.

Spoke with Czabrina, Jim, Andy, and Auntie.

Day 90

Made some snacks for the weekend. Watched Miss Guided (funny). Started to get things organized for the weekend. Made a HUGE mess and did not clean it up. I guess it was Shirk Your Responsibilities Tuesday!

Read more of The Diary of Adrian Mole.

Spoke with Steve, Burke, Bonnie, Jackie, and Mebbie.

Day 89

Dropped by the grocery store and the library.

Went to the Stube with Chris to find it incredibly crowded with rowdy young'ns. Had a lively discussion about religion. Forgive me for blogging this, but (1) Chris is totally bitter about religion in a way that I can't understand, I guess because I wasn't raised Catholic and (2) for having gone to parochial school he does not seem to know much about religious debate. I've always felt that evangelical atheists and evangelical Christians feed each other through hilariously improbable demands of evidence and declarations of foolish mutual exclusivity.

I'm still reading The Meaning of Night, but also started The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Age 13 3/4. It is quite cute.

Spoke with Mom, Steve, Burke, and Jim.

Day 88

Went with Mel and her friend Valerie to the St. Patrick's Day Dash. They had some trouble getting people to the start line on time, but it is was fun to walk on car-oriented spaces. We walked from Seattle Center to Qwest Field and the weather was pretty good.

Came home and fell asleep for a few hours. Had to ice my hurty foot. I was especially sore from scrubbing the floors yesterday, and a nice bruise is blooming from where I slipped while cleaning my shower.

Watched Logan's Run after Sunday Family Dinner. Sean was very moody and was sent to his room. I think he is coming to the place in life where he is angry and can't understand doing things that are not directly linked to his specific joy. I hope his stay there is shorter than mine was.

Spoke with Steve, Andy, and Jannette. Monica texted with her wedding date and location- September 13.

Day 87

Watched cartoons and the schedule was all jacked up.

Thoroughly cleaned the apartment. Watched the final disk of Numb3rs, season 3.

Addy, Ron, and Czabrina joined me for dinner at the Green Lake B&G.

Spoke with Burke, Mom, Mel, and Andy.

Day 86

Went to Happy Hour at Johnny's Sports Bar with Kieran, Sarah, Angie, Diane, Kevin, and Melody to celebrate her promotion.

Went to Paul's to watch New Frontier and got all caught up hunting down pie for Pi Day. Finally watched New Frontier and it was absolutely amazing.

Read comics.

Spoke with Steve, Amber, and Burke.

Day 85

Worked late and headed to Chris and Andy's. We watched Death at a Funeral, which was pretty funny.

Spoke with Steve, Burke, and Paul.

Day 84

Spoke with Grandma, Mebbie, Jim, and Amber. Spent some time chatting with Czar.

Watched Men in Trees and Law & Order, read comics, cleaned my closet and tidied the kitchen.

Dishsoap bottle refused to function. Stupid environmental dishsoap with the neat bottle that looks cool but apparently does not work. RUDE. And wasteful. The bottle was so hard I couldn't even slice my way in. Maybe I will bring it to Family Sunday Dinner and have Brad drill a nice big hole in the top. Take that, Environments!

It was nice to just veg out and chat with friends.

And I actually fell right asleep, putting and end to the trend of laying around not sleeping till the wee hours.

Day 83

Came into work early and left early.

Watched an episode of Big Love.

Tidied up a bit. Realized that some heavy duty cleaning is needed for the weekend.

Read some comics and finally gave up on Dragon Sea. I usually try to power through to the end, but having to face Dragon Sea and the World Without Us was putting me off of reading. I started The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox, which I've been told is quite good.

Spoke with Paul, Steve, and Burke.

Day 82

Got into the office at a bit before 6:30am so I cut out early to buy new cell phone.

Dropped by the library to see Dawn and pick up some holds.

Had dinner with Monica, Gordy, & Randy (G's friend from HS) at the Green Lake.

Met up with Jennifer, Andrew, Andy, and two of Jennifer's friends at the Stube.

Read a few comics and watched some Big Love.

Day 81

Had breakfast with Andy. We were both kind of dragging between Saturday's drinking and the time change.

Visited with Bonnie & Jeff and looked at wedding pics.

Had dinner at Sparta's with the entire family (minus James and Kyler) to celebrate Brad & Grandma's birthdays. Went back to Brad's for cake & presents. Brad & I watched the first disk of The Ruth Rendell's Mysteries. It was pretty good.

Today was my last day on contract with Verizon. (Hooray!)

Spoke with Mebbie, Steve, Paul and Monica, who called to tell me Gordy proposed Friday and she accepted.

Today would have been better if Saturday had been less fun....

Day 80

Watched cartoons all morning.

Got a pedicure with Czabrina, and Angie & her niece. Did some shopping and bought a few more things.

Went to dinner at Hi-Life with Andy, Shawn and his girlfriend (whose name I've already forgotten), Chris, and Leigh. Then joined a larger group for cocktails at the Bal-Mar. Very fun.

Spoke with Grammy.

Today was pretty awesome.

Day 79

Went to see Die Fälscher (The Counterfeiters) at the Egyptian with Nick C. and his friends Tom & Audry. It was fantastic in every way.

Stopped by Zao for tea and fried tofu.

Spoke with Steve, Czabrina, and Grandma.

Day 78

Tutoring kid canceled on me so I spent time being girly and beautifying myself.

Steve stopped by for cookies.

Read some comics.

Spoke with Mom, Steve, Addy, Mebbie, and Czabrina.

Day 77

Had sushi and hung out with Jim at The Stop.

Went to book club. Discussed Kabul Beauty School and dating. It was really fun.

Watched Men in Trees and read more Dragon Sea.

Day 76

Went grocery shopping.

Tidied, cooked dinner and (get this) took a bath. Weird. It gave me a nice opportunity to use sugar scrub and now my legs are ridiculously soft. This is making me ridiculously gleeful.

Watched the last half of New Amsterdam and can't decide if I liked it at all.

Read a little more Dragon Seas.

Spoke with Steve, Jim, and Bonnie.

Day 75

My computer was on the fritz at work today.

Went to the Stube with Chris & Andy.

Came home early and fell immediately asleep.

Spoke with Steve, Paul, Grandma, and Amber.

Day 74

Had breakfast with the fam and ran out with Mel for a brief shopping trip. She and I need to hang out more. She got a new car... but so did Jess. Consequently, I decided that it would be more prudent to skip Family Sunday Dinner this week. So I went to Discovery Park with Andy. The weather was fantastic and I have never found so much beach glass. Too much really.

Had dinner at Rositas and watched Persuasion with Andy. Who snickered the whole time, but didn't turn the channel thus showing that he secretly enjoyed it.

Did not sleep well at all- I don't know what the deal is.

Spoke with Czabrina.

Day 73

Got up early and watched cartoons. Made pancakes and bacon for Sean and Kim.

Caught Charlie Bartlet, which was wonderful. I loved it.

Took a field trip to Uwajimaya for Samurai Noodles and cream puffs. Samurai Noodles is very good; the best ramen I've had in a long time.

Came home and listened to/attempted to translate Jpop with Kim until Brad & Cynthia returned home.

Read more Dragon Sea.

Dodged phone call from unwanted gentleman caller. BLECH.