It's been a few days and it's been a whirlwind of activity since I returned from my Seattle vacation, which was amazing by the way.
I returned on Tuesday evening and on Wednesday began preparing once again for the move -- tying up loose ends, running random errands, etc. I FINALLY received my orders first thing Thursday morning in and e-mail and spent all day finding people who could answer my questions, getting my moving date set up, and starting the leasing process for my apartment. I didn't get the exact one I want. It's the same complex and same floor plan but it's up on the top floor, which is going to cost me $20 more a month and it has vaulted ceilings so heating the place will be more challenging, but I can handle it. Thursday night rolled around and so did the NBA Draft. Congratulations to my pal, Courtney Lee, for getting picked up by the Magic on the 22nd pick of the first round!! He's a great player and I'm excited to see what he'll do for them.
Friday was a doozy! Worked from 6 to 2, it wasn't a bad day just a long one. Felt like 2 o'clock would never come! After work I headed back home to prepare for my Friday even plans: dinner at the Melting Pot and Pixar's new flick Wall-E with Rhonda and her awesome daughter Kay. They came to pick me up at 430 and we were off, we had to drop her other daughter Rachel off at a friend's house across town by 5. Right before I was headed out the door Daddy dearest called the house to warn us of the impending doom -- another big storm headed out way -- and encouraged me to check the Weather Channel. So I hopped on good ole www.weather.com and scoped out the problem. "Severe Thunder Warning" it said, so Rhonda and I figured it wasn't anything that we can't handle -- especially after the last few weeks of crazy storms. So we were off. We got no more than 3 miles away from the house and BAM! Torrential down pour, extremely heavy winds were shaking the car, it wasn't fun. We kept on driving (since there really wasn't much else we could do) and by the time we reached Rachel's friend's house it had calmed down well enough so that it was just now just bad rain. We had the radio going to keep us informed about what was going on and we got hit pretty hard. Tornado force winds in the West end of the city. This is probably the most damage that Omaha has actually seen. We've had a lot of storms and a lot of tornadoes but this time the damage was everywhere! Trees were mowed over, some of them falling on houses, cars and on the roads. Fences demolished, some roofs ripped off, several fireworks stands were collapsed -- some with people still in them. As a final finishing touch it also robbed trees of many of their leaves, leaving the city in a kelly green decoupage. Power is still out in a good portion of the city. The annual Memorial Park Concert was also being held on Friday night. People were waiting for the show to start when the sirens sounded and the place was evacuated. And I can't forget about the art festival downtown that was ruined too. I can't imagine how many pieces of art that these artists had worked on were demolished. It was pretty bad. Luckily the storm blew over in about 30 minutes, but it definitely left a mark. After the storm had passed we had to change plans, The Melting Pot turned into Moe's and we had to return to Bellevue to see Wall-E. The movie was amazing so go see it.
Yesterday was my final day of shopping for the apartment so the apartment is now fully furnished, praise the Lord! I never realized how hard shopping for the apartment is. Trying to remember what you already have. Making big purchase decisions about things that you don't really know about in your first apartment. What kind of mattress is best? Is this setting on this washing machine really necessary? Will I actually use this? Etc. But it's done and the moving date is set: July 14th. I'm getting a little nervous, I'm still very excited, but it's weird. I'm leaving home, for good. Sure, there will be visits and they'll be great. But this is it, I'm flying solo now. It's very odd.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Last Day of Vacation
Well, after two rather violent tremors today we decide that it was time to call the front desk and find out what that is. We knew it wasn't an earthquake, but this time, the mirror on the other wall was shaking...we wanted an answer. It was the laundry.
So today was our last day in Seattle, nothing too special. We did go up to the observation deck (floor 73) of the Columbia Center to check out the view and it was amazing. I'd share some pictures, but they didn't come out too great and aren't anywhere near the caliber of the actual view itself. Suffice it to say that it's way higher, way cooler, and way cheaper than the Space Needle.
We also made another run through the market to find something for Dad, I finally found a jar of Sour Red Cherry preserves made here in Washingtion (he looooves Cherry preserves) and some salmon rub for when he grills salmon out.
Well, I'm gonna cut this one short, I'm far too entertained by Jeremy's current aggravating phone call and busy packing to be blogging right now.
So today was our last day in Seattle, nothing too special. We did go up to the observation deck (floor 73) of the Columbia Center to check out the view and it was amazing. I'd share some pictures, but they didn't come out too great and aren't anywhere near the caliber of the actual view itself. Suffice it to say that it's way higher, way cooler, and way cheaper than the Space Needle.
We also made another run through the market to find something for Dad, I finally found a jar of Sour Red Cherry preserves made here in Washingtion (he looooves Cherry preserves) and some salmon rub for when he grills salmon out.
Well, I'm gonna cut this one short, I'm far too entertained by Jeremy's current aggravating phone call and busy packing to be blogging right now.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Seattle Day Three
Since our hotel internet was being shady last night I suppose I have two days worth of blogging to do this evening. Yesterday was awesome. We started off our second day with some coffee from Seattle's Best which, I dare say is better than Starbucks! *Gasp* Blasphemy, I know! After grabbing our coffee we walked over to the market and realized that we were still too early as a good portion of the vendors were still in setup mode. So we walked around for a bit and ran into The Race for the Cure in Seattle. We watched the walk for quite a while...it was absolutely amazing to see all of the people who were out walking, just an enormous amount of people. A flood. The picture below is one of my favorites from the walk, there is a woman carrying a sign that reads "Cancer Sucks" it's not the best quality, frankly, I'm really tired and don't want to sharpen it. Sorry :)
When we had had enough of the sea of people we headed back to the Pike Place Market and decided to start gathering things for lunch (and look around for some more goodies to bring home). We enjoyed a super yummy picnic of fresh french bread, salami and ham, garlic and dill chevre goat cheese, lychees, kiwi and strawberries (pictured below). It was lovely.
After lunch we headed to the Underground Tour of Seattle. And it was awesome. Got to hear all about how historic Seattle is underground and why it's underground, a definite must-see if you ever visit the city. Then it was off to a pretty rad toy store and then we hopped on the monorail and headed to the Space Needle. And no, we did not go up the Space Needle. Honestly, it seemed a little gimicky and quite frankly neither of us were interested. Jeremy has been up it before and he wasn't too impressed. Besides, there is a building down town that is way higher that you can go up in for a few bucks during the week and I'm looking forward to it. The Space Needle just didn't do anything for me, regardless of its fame. But here's a picture of the space needle anyway.
After The Space Needle it was back to the hotel in search of an Outback Steakhouse we both needed some protein and it was well worth it. Then, being the lame kids that we are, we went to sleep -- hey, it was a lot of walking.
This morning we hit the road at nine and headed to Mt. St. Helen's. I was initially super excited to go, but when I woke up this morning not feeling so well my enthusiasm faded. Luckily, about 1/2 way through the ride there I felt much much better and was able to enjoy the ride and the views.
The ride there was pretty slow, but once we hit the mountains it was gorgeous, very green and we even saw some snow. We continued up the mountain and were on our way to 99 to get on the road up to the observatory. We drove and drove and finally were greeted by a road closed sign. Epic fail. It would have been nice of the website for Mt. St. Helen's to tell us that the effin' road was closed, but hey we made the best out of it. So we took our time down the mountain, stopping where we wanted to explore and snap photos. I've put the best shots of the day down below.
We returned back to Seattle defeated but hungry so we stopped at Applebee's for some dinner. We had intentions of going to see Kung Fu Panda after lunch, but both of us were so tired we chose the nap option. I slept for three hours. He didn't get any sleep because his bed kept shaking. After doing a little bit of research and discussion we realized that every few minutes our beds (and the wall behind them) shake. Sometimes very softly and sometimes pretty vigorously, but it's always rhythmic. This is both settling and unsettling. Settling because I felt it last night and having the back problems that I do I thought my back was freaking out because the shaking is harsh enough to feel but subtle enough to make it feel like it's you and not what you're sitting on. Unsettling because we have no idea why our freakin' room is shaking. It's like our own personal passive earthquake. Now it's just annoying me and killing my balance.
Picture time :)
The view from the sun roof.
Me hanging out of the sun roof.
View from one of our road side stops on the mountain.
Flower child.
Huggin' trees.
On the pavement.
And I always thought Washington was one of the more progressive states...hrmmm....
When we had had enough of the sea of people we headed back to the Pike Place Market and decided to start gathering things for lunch (and look around for some more goodies to bring home). We enjoyed a super yummy picnic of fresh french bread, salami and ham, garlic and dill chevre goat cheese, lychees, kiwi and strawberries (pictured below). It was lovely.
After lunch we headed to the Underground Tour of Seattle. And it was awesome. Got to hear all about how historic Seattle is underground and why it's underground, a definite must-see if you ever visit the city. Then it was off to a pretty rad toy store and then we hopped on the monorail and headed to the Space Needle. And no, we did not go up the Space Needle. Honestly, it seemed a little gimicky and quite frankly neither of us were interested. Jeremy has been up it before and he wasn't too impressed. Besides, there is a building down town that is way higher that you can go up in for a few bucks during the week and I'm looking forward to it. The Space Needle just didn't do anything for me, regardless of its fame. But here's a picture of the space needle anyway.
After The Space Needle it was back to the hotel in search of an Outback Steakhouse we both needed some protein and it was well worth it. Then, being the lame kids that we are, we went to sleep -- hey, it was a lot of walking.
This morning we hit the road at nine and headed to Mt. St. Helen's. I was initially super excited to go, but when I woke up this morning not feeling so well my enthusiasm faded. Luckily, about 1/2 way through the ride there I felt much much better and was able to enjoy the ride and the views.
The ride there was pretty slow, but once we hit the mountains it was gorgeous, very green and we even saw some snow. We continued up the mountain and were on our way to 99 to get on the road up to the observatory. We drove and drove and finally were greeted by a road closed sign. Epic fail. It would have been nice of the website for Mt. St. Helen's to tell us that the effin' road was closed, but hey we made the best out of it. So we took our time down the mountain, stopping where we wanted to explore and snap photos. I've put the best shots of the day down below.
We returned back to Seattle defeated but hungry so we stopped at Applebee's for some dinner. We had intentions of going to see Kung Fu Panda after lunch, but both of us were so tired we chose the nap option. I slept for three hours. He didn't get any sleep because his bed kept shaking. After doing a little bit of research and discussion we realized that every few minutes our beds (and the wall behind them) shake. Sometimes very softly and sometimes pretty vigorously, but it's always rhythmic. This is both settling and unsettling. Settling because I felt it last night and having the back problems that I do I thought my back was freaking out because the shaking is harsh enough to feel but subtle enough to make it feel like it's you and not what you're sitting on. Unsettling because we have no idea why our freakin' room is shaking. It's like our own personal passive earthquake. Now it's just annoying me and killing my balance.
Picture time :)
The view from the sun roof.
Me hanging out of the sun roof.
View from one of our road side stops on the mountain.
Flower child.
Huggin' trees.
On the pavement.
And I always thought Washington was one of the more progressive states...hrmmm....
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Wet T-Shirt Contest!!!
After I crawled out of my surprisingly comfortable hotel bed I found my suitcase in the dark (Jeremy wasn't up yet so I didn't want to turn on the lights) and found my clothes for the day: jeans, white Old Navy t-shirt, socks, underwear the whole bit and I head to the bathroom.
I turned on the shower because it takes a minute to get warm and I removed Jeremy's swim trunks from the shower rod and placed them on the towel rack and as I went to place my clothes there something fell. And I immediately felt a little proud because you know, you always pack extra underwear because something like this is bound to happen, you drop them in the toilet, you get soaked in the rain and you need a change of clothes, you spill orange juice on your pants, etc. So I thought to myself, "Ha! I packed extra, I am so prepared, go me!" Well folks, it wasn't my underwear, it was my t-shirt. And while I'm smart enough to pack extra underwear I was not smart enough to pack an extra t-shirt.
And so my 5th t-shirt is hanging on the shower rod waiting to dry. Thank goodness there's a mall downtown, because Lord knows I am not wearing that t-shirt again until it's washed.
Moral of the story: Always pack an extra shirt or two too.
I turned on the shower because it takes a minute to get warm and I removed Jeremy's swim trunks from the shower rod and placed them on the towel rack and as I went to place my clothes there something fell. And I immediately felt a little proud because you know, you always pack extra underwear because something like this is bound to happen, you drop them in the toilet, you get soaked in the rain and you need a change of clothes, you spill orange juice on your pants, etc. So I thought to myself, "Ha! I packed extra, I am so prepared, go me!" Well folks, it wasn't my underwear, it was my t-shirt. And while I'm smart enough to pack extra underwear I was not smart enough to pack an extra t-shirt.
And so my 5th t-shirt is hanging on the shower rod waiting to dry. Thank goodness there's a mall downtown, because Lord knows I am not wearing that t-shirt again until it's washed.
Moral of the story: Always pack an extra shirt or two too.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Pictures, finally!
The internet finally stabilized enough to upload pictures now let's see if I can get Photobucket to cooperate
One of the beautiful skies I was telling you all about.
Bored in the car.
Meandering in Seattle.
A sampling of the many beautiful flowers in the Pike Place Market.
One of the beautiful skies I was telling you all about.
Bored in the car.
Meandering in Seattle.
A sampling of the many beautiful flowers in the Pike Place Market.
Seattle Day One
I'm writing to you poolside after some amazing Olive Garden salad and soup. Jeremy is swimming and I'm sitting on the sidelines because I didn't bring my bathing suit, it's not warm enough for swimming (at least for me) and when I looked at weather last week it was supposed to be in the 50s with some rain.
Well it's been an interesting first day in Seattle. First and foremost, this city is absolutely beautiful. The traffic SUCKS but that's the same in any city you go to. We headed downtown first thing this morning for some coffee, I got an Americano at an organic french bakery downtown, the name of which escapes me at the moment, and Jeremy picked up his white mocha at the first Starbucks we saw. Then it was off to the Pike Place Market where I picked up some great finds for some great people back home including beautiful handmade rings with handmade glass stones in them for Mom and Jen and then some Rooibos tea for my good pal Jake. And yes, I realized that I'm spoiling the surprise since I know at least one of them reads this blog, too bad so sad, no surprise for you. I'm still looking for the perfect thing for Dad.
We did get lost for a while and made some extra unnecessary miles but hey it's a pretty city so it didn't all go to waste, we got some good pictures and had a good time. My feet, however, did not enjoy the journey too much. I wore black Old Navy flip flops, which I'm sure creates the reaction of "Bekah, duh, why would you walk around downtown Seattle all day in flip flops? You moron." But here's the thing. Old Navy flip flops and I are like best friends, we do everything together, including walking around new cities for hours on end and until today we have never had an issue. I blame Old Navy's new flip flops design this year, they just don't break in like they used to, and I think the straps go further down your foot, either way, I was disappointed. It's the Pumas from here on out.
Around 3 or 4 PM Jeremy and I both realized that we were zonked so we headed back to the hotel where I nursed my screaming feet for a little bit and then took a quick nap, then it was up at 6 and off for dinner. We arrive at Olive Garden and find a parking space and Jeremy decides to back in. So we're backing in, no problems -- or so we thought. We get in and this woman screams "OH MY GOD!!! STOP STOP STOP STOP!!!!" and I immediately think "Oh my God, we've hit her child, oh my God." And I start mentally freaking out. And so I look at Jeremy and I'm like "What happened?" To which he replies "I think I hit a little bit of the curb?" Are you kidding me?! She freaked out because we hit a little bit of the curb? Come on! Jeremy, being smarter than I, got quietly out of the car and we walked into the restaurant. Quite frankly, had it been me I probably would have given the lady a piece of my mind for freaking me out so badly, but that's just me. We walk out of the restaurant after dinner and inspect the back end of the car....nothing, not a thing. Uy mio.
Now we're back at the hotel, he's swimming, I'm sitting on the chair with my feet up. (Feet, please forgive me?) Soon we'll head back inside for some mind-numbing evening television and some Ben & Jerry's that we picked up from the 7-11 (Oh thank heaven!) down the street from the hotel. Still working on the pictures, our internet connection at the hotel isn't stable enough to allow me to upload any today. Maybe later tonight?
Well it's been an interesting first day in Seattle. First and foremost, this city is absolutely beautiful. The traffic SUCKS but that's the same in any city you go to. We headed downtown first thing this morning for some coffee, I got an Americano at an organic french bakery downtown, the name of which escapes me at the moment, and Jeremy picked up his white mocha at the first Starbucks we saw. Then it was off to the Pike Place Market where I picked up some great finds for some great people back home including beautiful handmade rings with handmade glass stones in them for Mom and Jen and then some Rooibos tea for my good pal Jake. And yes, I realized that I'm spoiling the surprise since I know at least one of them reads this blog, too bad so sad, no surprise for you. I'm still looking for the perfect thing for Dad.
We did get lost for a while and made some extra unnecessary miles but hey it's a pretty city so it didn't all go to waste, we got some good pictures and had a good time. My feet, however, did not enjoy the journey too much. I wore black Old Navy flip flops, which I'm sure creates the reaction of "Bekah, duh, why would you walk around downtown Seattle all day in flip flops? You moron." But here's the thing. Old Navy flip flops and I are like best friends, we do everything together, including walking around new cities for hours on end and until today we have never had an issue. I blame Old Navy's new flip flops design this year, they just don't break in like they used to, and I think the straps go further down your foot, either way, I was disappointed. It's the Pumas from here on out.
Around 3 or 4 PM Jeremy and I both realized that we were zonked so we headed back to the hotel where I nursed my screaming feet for a little bit and then took a quick nap, then it was up at 6 and off for dinner. We arrive at Olive Garden and find a parking space and Jeremy decides to back in. So we're backing in, no problems -- or so we thought. We get in and this woman screams "OH MY GOD!!! STOP STOP STOP STOP!!!!" and I immediately think "Oh my God, we've hit her child, oh my God." And I start mentally freaking out. And so I look at Jeremy and I'm like "What happened?" To which he replies "I think I hit a little bit of the curb?" Are you kidding me?! She freaked out because we hit a little bit of the curb? Come on! Jeremy, being smarter than I, got quietly out of the car and we walked into the restaurant. Quite frankly, had it been me I probably would have given the lady a piece of my mind for freaking me out so badly, but that's just me. We walk out of the restaurant after dinner and inspect the back end of the car....nothing, not a thing. Uy mio.
Now we're back at the hotel, he's swimming, I'm sitting on the chair with my feet up. (Feet, please forgive me?) Soon we'll head back inside for some mind-numbing evening television and some Ben & Jerry's that we picked up from the 7-11 (Oh thank heaven!) down the street from the hotel. Still working on the pictures, our internet connection at the hotel isn't stable enough to allow me to upload any today. Maybe later tonight?
Road Trippin' Day 1 & 2 (and part of day 3 technically, but since I just woke up and am still in bed it's not really day 3)
Well, hallelujah, praise the Lord, and pass the ammunition, folks!!! We are finally in Seattle after two loooooooong 13 hour days in the car and I finally have what seems to be a solid internet connection -- at least until I said that and my bars all disappeared. I guess I'll just keep typing and then when I get a full signal I'll copy all my words to make sure I don't lose them and then post them...argh crappy hotel wireless. I've noticed that hotels either have super great internet or internet that makes you want to launch your computer into tomorrow and more often than not it's the latter of those two.
We started out on Wednesday morning around 7:30 and plowed through western Nebraska - well actually almost all of Nebraska since I live in Omaha which is right on the Eastern border and oh. my. gosh. there is NOTHING there. I always knew that there was nothing in western Nebraska, but now that I've experienced it myself I KNOW.
I suppose I should also tell you before I go any further that I'm traveling with my dear friend, Jeremy, who is in the Coast Guard and is on his way to Alaska right now and I'm just along to keep him sane and hang out for a few days in Seattle before he catches his ferry to Ketchikan, Alaska. It's also important to mention that I have absolutely no idea whatsoever how he's made this trip at least three times without running himself and his vehicle off the side of the side of the road -- yeah it's that bad. It's pretty, but pretty is only entertaining for so long.
Ok, so we got through Nebraska in all of it's flat, non-hilled existence and then into Wyoming. It was not until this trip that I actually believed Wyoming existed -- I mean, think about it, what comes out of Wyoming???? Noooooothing. Wyoming had hills and rock formations which were quite drastic changes from the flat landscape of Nebraska, but I was left with one burning question: Why do people live there?!?! WHY?! Granted, I think there's only about 22 of those people, but why subject yourself to that?! Uy mio!
After Wyoming it was on to Utah. A very pretty state, but I still don't like it. I visited Salt Lake City with some friends in late 2006 and basically wanted to gouge my own eyes out. It's pretty, sure, but we just flat out did not like it, we didn't find the people very hospitable nor did we find any that had much personality -- we went to find something to eat at 8 o'clock downtown and nothing was open -- that's weird. So I've never been too fond of Utah, it's similar to my distaste of Evansville, IN -- I've just never had a pleasant experience there. So we arrived in Ogden, Utah around 7 or 8 o'clock on Wednesday night and after getting settled in our hotel we hit the local Olive Garden for some amazing salad and lots of pasta and after feeling like we hadn't ate in days it certainly hit the spot. Utah, this time, wasn't that bad, far better than my previous experience but I still can't say I like the state, but I do still think it's pretty.
After some good sleep we woke up on Thursday morning around 6:30 to grab breakfast, pack up and then head out again. The day's task: plug through the rest of Utah, across Idaho, through a part of Oregon and then for the looong stretch across Washington. We started off with a hearty breakfast of waffles and then filled up on gas to the tune of over $4 a gallon!!!! Ridiculous and we set off. The scenes were beautiful, even Idaho was fairly fun to look at. It started to get very green when we got into Oregon and by Washington there were only three color grey/black on the road, blue in the sky and green everywhere else. It was gorgeous! We got some amazing sky views on our trip -- absolutely beautiful clouds.
We finally got to Seattle at 6:30 pm last night. Just in time for rush hour!!!! After fighting Seattle traffic, we reached our hotel at 7, I don't think either of us have been happier to reach a hotel ever. We discussed dinner options and both agreed that neither of us wanted to see that car again for at least 12 hours so we found ourselves desperately finding any restaurant that would deliver to our hotel finally finding a Dominos. Dinner was filling, it certainly beat the Slim Jim, Riesen, and Oreo Cakester diet in the car. After the pizza, it was a Jeff Dunham DVD and SLEEP!
So, here I am, day 3 and finally in Seattle. We've got a few more things to do before we head out for a day of exploring. Can't wait. That all being said, it's important to give credit to those responsible for helping us get to Seattle they include: Margaret Cho, Chris Titus, Pablo Francisco, Mitch Hedberg, Dane Cook as well as our iPods.
Pictures to come soon as soon as my Photobucket decides to not be moronic.
We started out on Wednesday morning around 7:30 and plowed through western Nebraska - well actually almost all of Nebraska since I live in Omaha which is right on the Eastern border and oh. my. gosh. there is NOTHING there. I always knew that there was nothing in western Nebraska, but now that I've experienced it myself I KNOW.
I suppose I should also tell you before I go any further that I'm traveling with my dear friend, Jeremy, who is in the Coast Guard and is on his way to Alaska right now and I'm just along to keep him sane and hang out for a few days in Seattle before he catches his ferry to Ketchikan, Alaska. It's also important to mention that I have absolutely no idea whatsoever how he's made this trip at least three times without running himself and his vehicle off the side of the side of the road -- yeah it's that bad. It's pretty, but pretty is only entertaining for so long.
Ok, so we got through Nebraska in all of it's flat, non-hilled existence and then into Wyoming. It was not until this trip that I actually believed Wyoming existed -- I mean, think about it, what comes out of Wyoming???? Noooooothing. Wyoming had hills and rock formations which were quite drastic changes from the flat landscape of Nebraska, but I was left with one burning question: Why do people live there?!?! WHY?! Granted, I think there's only about 22 of those people, but why subject yourself to that?! Uy mio!
After Wyoming it was on to Utah. A very pretty state, but I still don't like it. I visited Salt Lake City with some friends in late 2006 and basically wanted to gouge my own eyes out. It's pretty, sure, but we just flat out did not like it, we didn't find the people very hospitable nor did we find any that had much personality -- we went to find something to eat at 8 o'clock downtown and nothing was open -- that's weird. So I've never been too fond of Utah, it's similar to my distaste of Evansville, IN -- I've just never had a pleasant experience there. So we arrived in Ogden, Utah around 7 or 8 o'clock on Wednesday night and after getting settled in our hotel we hit the local Olive Garden for some amazing salad and lots of pasta and after feeling like we hadn't ate in days it certainly hit the spot. Utah, this time, wasn't that bad, far better than my previous experience but I still can't say I like the state, but I do still think it's pretty.
After some good sleep we woke up on Thursday morning around 6:30 to grab breakfast, pack up and then head out again. The day's task: plug through the rest of Utah, across Idaho, through a part of Oregon and then for the looong stretch across Washington. We started off with a hearty breakfast of waffles and then filled up on gas to the tune of over $4 a gallon!!!! Ridiculous and we set off. The scenes were beautiful, even Idaho was fairly fun to look at. It started to get very green when we got into Oregon and by Washington there were only three color grey/black on the road, blue in the sky and green everywhere else. It was gorgeous! We got some amazing sky views on our trip -- absolutely beautiful clouds.
We finally got to Seattle at 6:30 pm last night. Just in time for rush hour!!!! After fighting Seattle traffic, we reached our hotel at 7, I don't think either of us have been happier to reach a hotel ever. We discussed dinner options and both agreed that neither of us wanted to see that car again for at least 12 hours so we found ourselves desperately finding any restaurant that would deliver to our hotel finally finding a Dominos. Dinner was filling, it certainly beat the Slim Jim, Riesen, and Oreo Cakester diet in the car. After the pizza, it was a Jeff Dunham DVD and SLEEP!
So, here I am, day 3 and finally in Seattle. We've got a few more things to do before we head out for a day of exploring. Can't wait. That all being said, it's important to give credit to those responsible for helping us get to Seattle they include: Margaret Cho, Chris Titus, Pablo Francisco, Mitch Hedberg, Dane Cook as well as our iPods.
Pictures to come soon as soon as my Photobucket decides to not be moronic.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
It's 6 PM...
....and I'm brewing a pot of coffee and preparing for a night of thunderstorms and "tornadic activity."
I'm still holding it down on the homefront and am enjoying every moment of it...for the most part. I could do with going to work but hey even that's not that bad knowing that I get to leave in just a few weeks since I should be leaving for my "real job" in July. {I put "real job" in quotes because I feel that it's fairly offensive to call Panera an "unreal job" as the people I work with there do work, very hard each day.} I cannot believe it's already June. I'm headed to Seattle for vacation with one of my favorite people, Jeremy, in less than 2 weeks and it still feels like it should be over a month away. And after my return from Seattle it will be a matter of days (maybe a week or two) until I leave for good. Crazy!
I spent yesterday at the hospital with one of my favorite couples, Eriq and Sara, waiting for their new addition to arrive. Eriq Scott Herman II joined the party yesterday at 11:59 AM and I could not be more excited for them. He is absolutely beautiful and the labor and delivery went unbelievably well. He is the first baby to join our little family of old friends, Felica's baby boy will join us in October. It's so weird that we're old enough to have friends that are having kids and having kids because they're starting a family and not just because they got accidentally impregnated in high school.
Well I need to charge the laptop before it has a change to die and more importantly before our power has the chance to go out.
I'm still holding it down on the homefront and am enjoying every moment of it...for the most part. I could do with going to work but hey even that's not that bad knowing that I get to leave in just a few weeks since I should be leaving for my "real job" in July. {I put "real job" in quotes because I feel that it's fairly offensive to call Panera an "unreal job" as the people I work with there do work, very hard each day.} I cannot believe it's already June. I'm headed to Seattle for vacation with one of my favorite people, Jeremy, in less than 2 weeks and it still feels like it should be over a month away. And after my return from Seattle it will be a matter of days (maybe a week or two) until I leave for good. Crazy!
I spent yesterday at the hospital with one of my favorite couples, Eriq and Sara, waiting for their new addition to arrive. Eriq Scott Herman II joined the party yesterday at 11:59 AM and I could not be more excited for them. He is absolutely beautiful and the labor and delivery went unbelievably well. He is the first baby to join our little family of old friends, Felica's baby boy will join us in October. It's so weird that we're old enough to have friends that are having kids and having kids because they're starting a family and not just because they got accidentally impregnated in high school.
Well I need to charge the laptop before it has a change to die and more importantly before our power has the chance to go out.
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