Tuesday 8/23, Hung out for the evening. Today I’ve got big plans though…we’ll see how they turn out…

Monday 8/22 Did some grocery shopping after work and hung out for the evening.

Sunday 8/21, I woke up a bit late cause I had to go home and get ready for Chelsea’s wedding, so at about 10:30 or so, I dashed out of B’s and went home, showered, managed to get my black dress on and head out the door to Mom’s. Hitched a ride with them and we got to the wedding about 15 or 30 minutes early. It was such a beautiful setting and there were a ton of people there all dressed to the nines (is that the expression?). I was in tears throughout the entire ceremony, along with everyone else, and it was the perfect day for an outdoor event. It was sunny, but not too hot and there was a nice breeze, it was just gorgeous. So then Alisha Secor from middle school came up to me but I totally didn’t recognize her until she told me who she was, but it was so great cause then we talked for like two and a half hours. It’s interesting because I felt like I could talk to her or tell her about anything cause we go so far back, but really, I don’t know her anymore and she’s more like a stranger than an “old friend”. I would never talk like that to someone else I had just “met” at a wedding, but since we go back to middle school I had no problem chatting with her about anything. It was really great and interesting. And I figured out that it WAS Robby Laurant that I saw at Sephora that one time with Susan, I just knew it. So we talked for a little bit, and can I just say, the boy is Fine. That’s right, with a capital F. Whew. Not too much more, got dragged onto the dance floor by some guy I recognized but had no idea who he was. Finally we left at about 7:30 for the drive home, and there was traffic all the way through Everett, and I had to pee soo bad. By the time we got home I was in bad shape. Called B and told him I was on my way so he met me at my house and we had a discussion that ended ok, not great, not terrible, but ok.

Saturday 8/20, we woke up and romped a little, then left by about 11 or 12 or something for his house. Ate some food there then decided to go try to find him some “new clothes” so we hit Value Village but came up empty then to the store to get a snack then eventually found our way down by Safeco and at some army surplus store where he picked up some new shorts then we went down to Pioneer Square to walk around and we stopped at this Paper Cat store where I got a bunch of stuff, mostly for Auntie Lauryn. Then we went to the U-District to Barnes and Noble cause he wanted to read magazines, but I didn’t really want to so I wandered around and looked in the shops where I knew I couldn’t buy anything cause I’m on a budget, even though I wanted that jewel encrusted turtle from Fireworks for my patio area. Later we were going to see a movie at 9:00 so we went and had some dinner beforehand at the little Japanese place where we had our first “date” then we went to this little park and played on the toys though I had to keep B in line in front of the other kids cause he’s not a very good example. We then headed to the movie at the Crest and it was a great movie (Happy Endings) and I would love to see it again, and will definitely be buying it when it comes out on DVD. It was late by the time we got back to his house so we just crashed.

Umm....wow.

Friday 8/19, Susan came over after work cause the coast was clear and we did some measuring and planning. Later, after a slight nap, B came over and we went to Mom’s for dinner, then back to my place to sleep. We were both exhausted so we didn’t really want to do anything but lie around and go to sleep…so we did.

Thursday 8/18, Was very interesting. I went to B’s as usual and he was making dinner, these corn/zucchini fritters that were fried in a ton of oil, and were delicious. I put tomato on mine, foregoing the avocado and beans. Sat and talked with Chrystol the whole time and I think she’s really fun, I like her a lot. I told her about the bachelorette party and that Kassie wouldn’t tell me what was going to happen, and she was like, I hope you’re going to see male strippers and I said “dear god, please don’t let it be strippers” and she was like “dear god, please let it be strippers” so I told everyone I would fill them in later and took off to Kassie’s. A bunch of the girls were there and we strung up the undies on a line and she had to guess who got her what, she guessed right on all of them and narrowly escaped a spanking with the “LOVE” paddle. Then we played pin the penis on Zach with a huge blown up picture from a gay male smut magazine with about 12 different penises to pin up, with Zack’s face on it. One looked like a gooey duck and grossed us all out. I put mine on his hand and we all had some good laughs, and then the “Party Bus” pulled up, we waited for a few more girls to show up then we left. It was a crazy hectic night to say the least, I’m not even going to go into the details but we hit three bars, some Sea Bar or something right next to Mistral, Cowgirls Inc (a great place if you like a skanky, sweaty, smokey, slutty atmosphere), then to the Ballroom where a magnitude of drama unfolded. More specifically, someone tried to steal Kassie’s purse or stuff from Kassie’s purse…and they were WITH the bachelorette party. Yeah, crazy. I was angry I didn’t get to go to Neighbours, and that it took so long to get everyone rounded up and back to Kassie’s so that I could go home. Didn’t get home until well after 2:00.

Wednesday 8/17, Went straight from work to pick up Susan for more shopping and birthday dinner. We got to the U-Village without much trouble, but stupid Pottery Barn didn’t have any rugs on clearance at that one either…I ALWAYS see them at that one. I was so disappointed, but then we went to Nine West and they had one of the pairs of shoes I wanted to try on in Bellevue, but not the pink heels (boo) so I tried them on and Susan was threatening me if I didn’t buy them, so I did. After hitting a few more stores we decided to head up to the U-District to go to Tower to see RIchrd, found a parking spot and went in, talked with Rich for a while, said hi to Anderson and Sandra then ate some Mexican food, then it got really good. We went up to Toys in Babeland and I found the sex cards I was looking for and really wanted to get a new “toy” but couldn’t commit and decided to do more research before taking the plunge. I have now decided and will plan a trip with Kristel hopefully next week. After that we tried to go to Castle, but it’s closed or something so I took Susan home and then talked with Courtney for a while on the phone…I think there’s something in the water. Got to bed kind of late.

Tuesday 8/16, After work I decided I was going to get some shit done in my room so I consolidated some things, and then I decided to take down my wall of posters because I’m going to be rearranging my room soon and my bed needs to go on that wall. Maybe they’ll make a comeback at some point, but not for a while. So that took me a bit, and I forgot how huge that wall looks without anything on it, good thing it won’t be like that for long. I think I just read Harry Potter for the rest of the night.

Monday 8/15, Susan and I met up at the mall for some light shopping and birthday present exchange after I took a light nap cause Peggy let me leave super early. I went to Victoria Secret to get Chels some stuff for her bachelorette party, then met Susan down by the info center. I wanted a new rug but Pottery Barn didn’t have any on sale, then we ate some pizza at the new place where that shitty Japanese food place used to be, then to Nine West where I wanted to try on two pairs of shoes that were really on sale, but surprise surprise, they didn’t have my size, and I was so bummed because the pink heels were sooo cute. It made me want to cry. Then we went to my car and Susan opened her present and she liked it and now has the complete SatC set.

Sunday 8/14, I woke up, however, in a much better mood. I think my hormones are way off or SOMETHING, cause I’m breaking out, hemorrhaging and having weird mood swings…which I don’t usually get. I made him open his presents and I think he liked them, then we got ready and went down to some bakery and got pastries then drove over to West Seattle to a lookout and ate up there and then just drove around and talked. Finally it was time to head down to Tacoma to meet his parents for a birthday lunch, but we were there early so I showed him where I lived and the houses I liked then we met up with the parents and Grandma, then went to Grazies. I had again, bled through my underwear and onto my pants, it was a nightmare but I made due. We had a very nice lunch and I got to work on my tan by volunteering to sit in the sun (I got burned even!) and then we headed back up to Seattle and picked up a Stranger. Talked to Susan on the way and was going to call her later but I forgot until about 11:15 which did me no good. I cleaned up my feminine mess, to the best of my abilities, and then we decided to go see March of the Penguins, so we walked up to 45th and saw it, it was good, but it made me sad at the same time. After the movie we walked back to his house and then decided to go back to my house. On the way home I picked up some ice cream for his birthday, cause you can’t go through your birthday without getting sung to, so we watched some tv then Love Actually then went to bed.

Saturday 8/13, Woke up at 7:30 but eventually fell back asleep and was awoken at 10:00 by B calling me and laughing that I wasn’t awake yet. So I got up, showered, wrapped presents, packed clothes and took off…by about 11:00, got to his house and we decided to go do our birthday lunch and went to Belltown and ate at the Virginia Inn, it was ok, nothing fancy at all, but it worked. After that we walked to Ann Sachs to look at tile and both pointed out what we liked and didn’t like which isn’t always the same for both of us. Then we walked back to the car and decided to go for dessert, tried to find Il Fournil but were unsuccessful, so we went into Fremont and went to Simply Desserts, while passing reliefs of naked men, and I got a blueberry cheesecake, while B got a caramel chocolate cake. Went to the liquor store and then back to his house and laid down and talked, but then he noticed I had blood on my pants and had bled through my underwear onto my white pants. Terrific. And I didn’t bring any other pants. Again, terrific. So we drove back to my house so I could throw them in the laundry and I could change. Finally went back to his house and laid down again since I’ve just been exhausted lately, I don’t know what’s going on with my body, but something’s up. Then he says that Mildred might come to his birthday party, so that kind of puts me in a “whatever” mood. I read a chapter of Harry Potter and since he’s working in the basement with Jason I decided to go for a short walk around the block, except that it turned into a 40 minute walk and I felt sad and sort of depressed or something and like I was about to start crying so I didn’t want to go back to his house so I went and sat at these little benches at a look out point and sat there until it was dark. I didn’t even think he would notice I was gone or for how long, so I just went back upstairs and laid on his bed and was thinking, then he came in and was like “that wasn’t just a walk around the block, is everything ok?” so I lied and said I was fine and just thinking about stuff and he wanted to know if it had to do with us and I said no so he hugged me and said that he wants me to tell him if something is bothering me, then we went downstairs and Diana was there and we all eventually ended up outside around a fire pit talking forever but I was freezing and feeling sad still so after most of the people had gone I went up and closed my eyes. After we got ready for bed I told him that I had lied earlier, and he said he figured I was, and we talked and I cried and he told me it was ok and just held me and told me to cry if I needed to. But I pulled it together and apologized and we eventually fell asleep.

Friday 8/12, Kristel and I had planned to hang out and make brownies or something, because originally she had wanted to do a girls night out with Michelle and Coleen (sp?) but it wasn’t going to work, but then it was going to work so we changed plans to do Moroccan downtown. After work I went home and RELAXED cause I was tired, then showered and got ready and drove over to Kristel’s. We hung out there for a little bit and talked then took off, cause let’s face it, 8:30 reservations on a Friday night was going to require much time and patience as far as parking goes…especially in Belltown. It didn’t take us too long and Kristel made friends with this girl so that we could get her spot. Worked perfectly. Then we walked over to Marekesh (sp?) but our table wasn’t ready so we’re waiting outside (for Michelle and Co.) just chatting, when up walks…dum dum dummmmm….PETER! AUGH! I talked to him for a few minutes but the girl called us in to look at another table so we left him, but then came back out cause we didn’t like that table, then I told Kristel who that was and we laughed and make “yikes!” faces. Um…then Michelle, Nicole, and um…I forgot the cousins name, all arrived so we were seated and the fun began. I really wasn’t expecting to like most of it, but it was all soo good, I was very impressed. So we had girl talk and ate lots of food and at some point decided it would be a good idea to go to a sex shop afterward, I needed those sex cards dammit! So after the 5 course meal, complete with belly dancer and two tables of drunk girls, we headed out and caravanned down to Tukwila to “Amour on the Boulevard” and I was so impressed, it wasn’t seedy or icky at all, it was nice and romantic even. We looked around at all of the cute underwear and other fun things and then went downstairs to where the “toys” are but they didn’t have my cards, boo. Didn’t buy anything and eventually left after midnight and drove back to Kristel’s then I had to drive home (cause B didn’t want to wait up for me) and try to stay awake doing it. Made it and wrote to Susan about Peter, then went to bed.

Thursday 8/11, Is always exciting, and since B had the day off I went straight to his house after work to hang out for the afternoon and to get ready over there. When I got there he gave me my birthday present, which he made all by himself, and was an old window that he fashioned into a kind of frame that I can put 3 cd cases in, as a form of art. So I can switch them out when I want and have fun with, but it’s cool cause the window is old and even has some of the old hardware stuff on the inside of the frame. Plus he got me 3 new cds to put inside of it to demonstrate the use. Belle and Sebastian, Wrens and Sufjan Stevens (which so far, is very good!). Later, Chrystol and Sky made dinner, which was mostly good except for the weird soy product that I can’t remember the name of, but I ate my whole piece and taught everyone some table manners. I took a card from Sky to give to Peggy about his Landscaping business and apparently she’s already called him, so that’s good. After dinner I started to get ready to go dancing and I ended up leaving at about 9:45 or something and getting to the lot and reading a magazine. My bf flirted with me a little then we went in and sat upstairs, but then hit the floor though it was kind of a weird crowd especially with this stupid guy with white leather golf shoes and his really cool sunglasses on, he was flipping this girl and twirling her all over the place and like taking up the whole floor, but then at some point he like hoisted her way up in the air but couldn’t handle the weight of her and they both totally fell over and hit all of these people on the way down. I laughed for like 20 minutes, I’m still having flashbacks that make me laugh. I tried to go outside to get some fresh air but this new guy was being trained and getting in the way and then some bs bachelorette party with some stupid girls with light up shoes and a video camera rolling out of a huge ass SUV limo. Bleh. So I went back in without much to report, and Kyle was there though he kind of dissed us cause he’ll dance with us for like 5 minutes then disappears and we never see him again, or he’s dancing with his fat fag hag. I hate that girl. Whatever, some other guy tried to dance with me but he was all weird and I thought he was going to hit me or something for not dancing with him, and then another guy “Boa” tried to dance with Susan so we ran to the bar for some water until he left. Went outside again with Susan and the trainee was like, “You’re out here again?!” yeah, stupid ass I am. I have to get some fresh air. Stop trying to make me look like a stalker. Stupid ass. So Susan asked him about Tuesdays and he said they weren’t very good, and I found out he’s 25, but other than that, the night was kind of a bust as far as that goes. But as we were out there Corey walked up and we chatted with him for a while and he went in and appeared to be having a good time against all of his better judgement. Finally it was time for me to go home, though I stayed a little later than 12:30 at the request of bf so Susan walked me to my car and we chatted with bf for a little bit and he kind of touched my arm or something, but then we left and I drove Susan back and I have decided I won’t take the back way to the freeway anymore, those bullshit lights piss me off too much. It adds like 20 minutes onto my trip when it should really be faster than the freeway if the sensors on the lights worked. Got home a little later than usual.

Wednesday 8/10, I went and signed new loan documents on MI with WaMu so that was good cause my payments are going to go down by $50 a month, every little bit helps. Then I met Nic at Starbucks so we could catch up and chat and that was really nice and fun and not weird at all. He gave me some cute salt and pepper shakers from Mexico that he bargained for though one of the shakers doesn’t have a plastic thing on the bottom to hold the stuff in, so Nic suggested I make B steal one for me from Target or something. I’m pissed cause I lost my sunglasses at some point, maybe I need to look better in my car or at Mom’s or something. Then I went over to Mom’s and gave Dad a gift card to give to Jen for helping me with my loan stuff. Went home not too much later, though I think I left the glasses somewhere at the house. Dammit, I hate my other ones.

Tuesday 8/9, Jan called me and he planned to meet me at my house after work, so Mom came over as well with Fritz and we talked about the kitchen which is very exciting, though he still hasn’t gotten back to me.

Monday 8/8, Jan was supposed to come over and look at my kitchen but I couldn’t get a hold of him. Oh well. Went over to Mom’s for some dinner and because she bought me a skirt and wanted me to try it on. She thinks I looked great in it, “sexy” even. But I felt not so much and told her if she wanted to get me into a skirt it shouldn’t be above my knee with a big slit up the leg. Yeah, no.

Sunday 8/7, We woke up kind of early…like 9:00 or so and decided to go over to Mom’s for the Blue Angels so we got up and ready and drove out there and watched the show and ate some food. We left a little before the show was over but still hit a ton of traffic on the island but were soon on our way to Bremerton for B’s cousin’s graduation party in Seabeck. First we went to his parents house and I met his little brother, then we were off to the party where we had Russian themed everything. The party was fun and we drove back to Seattle and hung out at B’s house until it was time for me to get ready and leave to go to R Place for the new Rock n Roll Fag Bar night cause “Grandma Hair” Mike was going to be there and I was hoping for a sighting of Neil as well. Met Susan on the street cause our garage was closed but parking was easy, then we went in and up to the top and found a seat and people watched for a while…saw GH, then Corey, which was surprising but he left pretty quickly, and since I wasn’t really into it, we ended up leaving by 10:45 or so. I think I was still exhausted from the previous 3 days.

Suck it, it's my birthday!

Saturday 8/6, I woke up rested and just lounged in bed for a little while then got ready and hit the road to go to Mom’s cause I forgot my rooster and leftovers from lunch the day before, though I forgot that they close the bridge so I ended up sitting on I-90 for 25 minutes trying to get onto MI, finally did and grabbed my stuff and took off so I wouldn’t get blocked in. Called Kristel and she said she needed an hour to get ready so I went to Best Buy to do some shopping but they suck so then I went to Lamps Plus to check out the supplies there, and then onto Dania, I just love their stuff, but then Kristel called and said I could come over so I left and went to her house. Ate my leftovers and then we decided that we would go up to the Outlets in Marysville, there was all kinds of stupid traffic, but we took a detour through Everett so Kristel got to see some of it’s ghetto-ness. Finally we get there and the shopping begins. I bought some stuff for B and some new purple Adidas slippers for myself, had to restrain myself from buying a Calvin Klein sweater that I don’t really need among other things. We had fun though Kristel didn’t find anything she liked, booo, then we stopped at Starbucks for a much needed shopping-break. Jessica called me while we were in Banana Republic which was so great cause I haven’t talked to her since she left, and while I was doing that Kristel broke the buckle off of one of the purses, and it was so hard not to start laughing while I was on the phone with Jess. Stupid Fossil went to change my watch battery, but said that instead, my watch is just broken, fuckers…then the girl tried to sell me another one. Yeah, sure, this one stopped working after a year and a half, the warranty only covers it for a year, yeah, I want to buy another one. Bitches. Finally it was time to go home, but we got stuck in stupid traffic AGAIN, people are dumb. Got back to Kristel’s and then I left to go home with all of my goods, but packed up again and went over to B’s cause Diana wanted to go out to dinner. I got to B’s after I finished my laundry and he was out in the hammock so he changed quickly and we left to go pick her up. Went to Hattie’s Hat for dinner and that was good though I wasn’t that hungry…still ate most of my burger and fries surprisingly. Dropped Diana off and went back to B’s where we just laid and talked and eventually went to bed, but it was weird cause none of his roommates were there…what are the chances? Crazy.

Friday 8/5 (MY BIRTHDAY!), Woke up at 7:30. 7:30! Are you kidding me?? I go to bed around 3:30 and I can’t sleep past 7:30. Stupid ass garbage truck. Susan woke up early too and saw me on myspace so she called me and we discussed plans for the day. Dad called to sing to me, then I got up, showered, got ready and headed out the door by 9:20 or so. Got to Susan’s and we took off via 520 and got to my appt pretty easily. Parked, and went up, had my appt with the funniest woman and everything looks good and she wanted to give me something cause it was my birthday but couldn’t find anything in the closet so then Susan and I left and headed down to Greenlake for some roller skating excitement. Too bad no one rents roller skates, only blades, who wants stupid blades? Not us, so we decided to park at the park and checked out paddle boats and then walked to have lunch, went to a little grill place where there was a cute gay boy for Susan to watch. So both Moms called to wish me a happy birthday and we get our lunch and it is very good, but my lemonade is sooo tart that I add 3 sugars and was still wincing when I drank it. My motto for the day was “suck it, it’s my birthday” which I said to everyone in order to get my way, ie crossing the street, getting the good paddle boat, running over the swimmer in the lake, many other instances. After lunch we went over to the park and rented our paddle boat but the girl gave us the ugly life jackets, but we got the cute boat guy to help us in, so Susan bought a water and we loaded into the boat while casually talking with our boat master and he said I had to leave with my jacket on, but after that there is nothing in the rule books, so we took off for the island but about half way there we got tired and just ended up sitting in the middle of the lake taking pictures and getting closer to the island but didn’t want to get run over by the sail boats in the race so we stayed clear of the multi-colored buoys. Eventually we decided to head back cause we weren’t sure how long it was going to take us to paddle back and at this point my thighs were hurting so bad, but we did it, even though we drifted way off course, our boat master helped us out and we returned our stuff and then we got back in the car (about 2:00 at this point) and decide to head back. So we take 520 which sucks from the Blue Angels practice, and then I drop Susan off and go to Mom’s and start to take a nap cause the tiredness is catching up to me at this point. I sleep for a little while then Court calls but I couldn’t answer it, so I get up and start helping Mom with dinner, Dad and Alix helped too, but then Court called again and I talked with her for a little while. Auntie Lauryn tried to call me but I hung up on her and was so pissed at myself and my stupid-ass phone, it made me so sad that I missed it. Then people started showing up around 7 or so and everyone was socializing so it was fun, but it was so hot in the kitchen that some of us went into the living room where it was cooler. Then it was time for dinner so everyone dished up and the conversation was interesting to say the least…from all ends of the table. Kassie and Chels found some of Peggy’s give-away couture and modeled it for the group and everyone got a good laugh. Mom found a turtle balloon for me and Chels and Zack brought a hippo in an intertube balloon for me along with some pretty flowers. It was a really fun night and Kristel and Susan and I got some girl talk in which was nice and I eventually drove home around 10:30-11:00 and totally crashed. Great birthday even though we didn’t go back to Neighbours…that would have been funny…I could have been like, It’s still my birthday! Had a great time!

Big birthday events

Thursday 8/4, Ok, onto more exciting news: Thursday’s “80’s Night.” I got off of work early, but not as early as I’m supposed to, oh well. So I go home and relax for a little bit cause I know it’s going to be a looong night, then I take a shower and get ready, eat, and I’m out the door by 7:00 or so. I get to B’s and him, Schuyler and Jen are making kabobs with shrimp and scallops so I pass but it’s fun to chat with everyone and eventually we were all gathered around the barbeque cause they put wood in it and it started flaming up. Yikes. B and I didn’t get to spend too much time alone cause dinner and cleanup took so long but at least we got a little, then I left at like 10:15 or so. Got up to the lot and waited for Susan to get there and when she did we hung out for a few minutes and then made our way up to Neighbours. My bf was working the door and was all, “Do you remember what you promised me last week?” and I played coy like, “What did I promise?” and he was like, “That you were going to stay late until close” and I was all “Did I promise that?” it was fun. Susan was all, “Oh, she’s staying!” so we went upstairs first to watch and Susan went to conspire with bf about Duran Duran and a birthday message for "Hannah", then went back down and got into our corner. This fucking drunk ass guy tried to grab Susan and dance with her but she was like “NO!” and shook him off then he became a real prick, flipping her off, hitting her with his coat and mocking her. The whole night was crazy and the order of events is a little fuzzy, so I’ll try my best. There were a couple of really hilarious guys dancing, one with big black pants with some skanky girl and they were all goth hip or something, then there was this guy wearing all white, like a sultan’s outfit or something and he kept running up and down the stairs and all over, really hilarious. Craig showed up not too late and came over and talked to me and I congratulated him on his band stuff and told him it was my birthday, then he talked to Susan and she told him it was my birthday and they were talking FOREVER and she asked him about T&S and he said his name is Thomas, but then Craig left (to go find that drunk guy who was harassing Susan apparently, but he couldn’t find him), so then I went outside to get some fresh air (saw that they had kicked that drunk guy out) and Craig came out and said he was going to go somewhere else, and then Bouncer bf was like, “It’s her birthday” and Craig was like, “I know.” So then Craig left and I talked to bf then Susan came out beaming cause she’d introduced herself to T&S so we went back in and she introduced me and he’s so cute but then left us not too much later. So then Susan and I are in our corner but this guy is standing right by us FOREVER while we dance but eventually we go to another part of the floor cause of rowdy lesbians and to cool off by the fan. So we go over by the stage and these people are totally grinding on each other, then this gay guy (we think?) was trying to get with me then Susan and was grinding on her butt but she was like, dance with her, it’s her birthday! Then the guy from the stairs started trying to dance with Susan and again she was like, dance with her, it’s her birthday! So he starts talking to me and he has an accent and asks if he can buy me a drink, but surprise surprise I never get my drink (ie water) and he tells me he’s from Italy (Venice to be exact) but then Susan manages to pull me away from him and we decide to split up, she wants to go find T&S again and I go outside to escape. So I go out and tell bf about the Italian and then lo and behold out he comes and bf was like “Yeah?” and I was like “Yeah” so he kind of smiled and laughed a little. The Italian guy is asking me all kinds of questions and said he came out to relax but he wasn’t having much luck relaxing…well duh, you’re at a gay club on 80’s Night, or maybe he didn’t know. Finally he was like, so you’re 25 and I was like how old are you? And he wanted me to guess but I wasn’t about to, then he told me he was 23 and I was like “That’s how old my boyfriend is!" That got rid of him. So after he left I was asking bf, “What do you do? The guy was nice and all but I’m just not interested” so he was like, “You can do one of two things. First, I know you’re not, but tell him you’re a lesbian” so I’m like, ok done that one. Then he’s like (as he’s nonchalantly checking ids) “Second, your boyfriend’s the bouncer,” so I was like, (with a smile) well if I know I can use that as an excuse I will, and he was like, yes you can. So then I was like, I don’t know if we’ve (and I stuck out my hand for a handshake) I’m Karrah, he’s Andy, then I’m like, well I better get back in there and try to avoid getting hit on, and he was all “Remember” and pointed to himself, so I was like (coyly looking over my shoulder) “Thank you Andy” and he was like “You’re welcome Karrah.” Ha, then I was all giddy. So I’m doing laps trying to find Susan and looking and looking but can’t seem to find her, so finally I just stand on the side of the dance floor and figure I’ll see her eventually, or she’ll see me. So then this black guy taps me on the shoulder, and I’m like oh great, I don’t want to dance with you! But he was like, “I found your friend” and I’m like, “Yay, Susan!” so then we go off and start dancing again in our corner. Then later she was like “So why did you have that guy looking for me?” and I was like “What? I thought you told him what I looked like and he was helping you find me” she was like “No, he just came up to me and said “Your friend is looking for you” and then took me over to you” AUGGHHH, weeeeiiird! So then a few minutes later (after he watched some guy try to dance with us) the same guy grabs me and is like “Why is it that all the guys are trying to get with you two?” and I told him I didn’t know and that I just tell them that I’m not interested and that I’m just here to have fun with my friend and he goes “Yeah, I tell the guys that hit on me that I’m strictly a pussy cat man” ewwwwww, so I patted him on the shoulder and was like, “Buh-bye” but he managed to find me later and introduce himself and give me a napkin with all of his vital statistics on it (ie phone, place of employment (Club Medusa) and email). Yuck he had been like watching us all night. Creepy. At this point it was getting late and I needed another glass of water but the bar tender said I could only have bottled for $3, so I didn’t get one but eventually I found bf and asked him why they do that and he was like, “Oh, you can get a glass of water, it just has to be in a paper/plastic cup” but I told him what happened and he was like, “Well are you still thirsty?” I was, so he was like, I’ll get you some water and I offered to give him the dollar that it costs and was like “I’ll pay for it”, and he was like “Not on your birthday” so then he brought me a bottled one and I was happy. Pretty soon it was almost 3:00 and Susan was like, “You do not want to be here when the lights go on” so we found T&S and said good bye, but had to dance to one last song and “Bun” was looking for a good time with Susan or something but she denied him, and this other guy, just flat out…it was hilarious. Then we found bf and he was surprised I lasted as long as I did, but then kissed my hand and claims that the dj played the song and gave me a shout out at 12:20 but Susan and I know that the dj lied, so then we said good bye and walked to the lot and both went home. Big night, whew.

Wednesday 8/3, I didn’t do anything but sit at home and relax. Maybe I cleaned some stuff too, but not too much cause my room still looks atrocious. I can’t wait to rearrange it, but I want to wait until roomie moves out before I do, so then I can put stuff in the second bedroom while I get organized.

Tuesday 8/2, Peggy decided that she’s going to let me leave at 3:30 every day for the rest of August, so I left work and went home quickly and grabbed my roller-gear and some home décor stuff and headed over to Mom’s. We discussed house plans and menu selections for my birthday then it was time for me to go over to Susan’s. Got ready over at her house and we chatted a bit then we took off for the roller rink “Skate King.” One of the bands was already playing when we got there, so we paid our fee and got our skates and Corey came up and chatted with us for a few minutes then we boned up and I noticed that my skate bumper matched my shirt…I looked so coordinated! The initial skating was not pretty, we were both so uneasy on our skates but we managed to get over to the wall and watch the more talented (and some not so talented) skaters make their way around the rink. We did some test runs up and down the carpet where we could hold onto the wall and finally did one 25 foot span on the floor to get a feel for it and then eventually we got out on the floor. There was this one girl who could do all these fancy tricks on her skates and she’s dating the dj (who played awful music, with one or two exceptions for the whole night) but Susan’s going to steal him away so that she can play good music and get to skate for free. I thought about challenging him and trying to steal his job, but I don’t really want to deal with the roller-skating politics at that place. There was also this gang of quadriplegics that was weirding us out…just something you don’t expect to see at Skate King I suppose. There was one cute guy but we weren’t sure if he was a baby-daddy or not, but at one point walked into the girls bathroom when Susan and I were in there, and he was like “oh, sorry” but I was like “oh, that’s ok” with a wink. Ok not really, but I did tell him it was ok. There was no tp in Susan’s stall so I had to drop some in, but apparently it isn’t easy to hover when you’re wearing roller skates, luckily I held it and didn’t have to find out. Anyway, back to the skating…this one band went on Mono VCF or something and as I took a lap around by myself I glanced up at the bass player and he smiled at me, so then I considered him my bf and showed Susan and I kept smiling at him when I would go by. The singer looked like some random guy just hanging out up there and would like sit down and looked very disinterested, weird, but then they were done and we were resting, but my bf was out skating and like pushing people over so that they would fall, so he appeared to be kind of mean, but then I saw him and this girl with huge boobs but a big belly as well, like holding hands and kissing and stuff, so then he became my ex-bf. Susan and I were sitting on this carpet stool thing and my ex-bf came flying off the floor and almost right into her, she was all, “I should have kicked him in the head” it was sooo funny, it still makes me laugh, he flew like 10 feet and must’ve gotten wicked carpet burns on his elbows. Finally the Turn-Ons took the stage so we pretty much just watched them, but skated a little bit, and by this time we were really doing well, no fancy tricks or anything, but we were cruising around and I could read almost the whole menu while skating by. We didn’t fall once, we were both so proud of ourselves, but then it was getting late and I traded my skates in cause my feet were starting to hurt, then the Turn-Ons finished so we got out of there and drove back so Susan’s then I went home and looked up my ex-bf on myspace…he’s 21, an avid Beatles fan, and his gf is from NJ (yikes) which explains why Susan saw them making out in the photo booth. He looks a lot better on his profile.

Monday 8/1, after work I went to the bank, Bed Bath and Beyond for a squeegee thing, then over to Costco for some household items, including the new Harry Potter. After that I went home and made some dinner and just hung out for the evening by my lonesome.

Sunday 7/31, we woke up early and went down to Grease Monkey so that I could get my oil changed…which I did, and they did it in record time, sweet! Then we went downtown to some bakery and got treats then went back to his house. We decided to go down to the locks so we parked and walked to 7-11 and he got some sort of slurpee and we walked on over. Watched the boats for a while then went down and watched the salmon going up the ladder then we took a walk down the canal and found some grass to sit on and relax. We saw a seal eating the fish, there were tons of them, then we hung out by the railing and watched the fish jump. Eventually we walked back but then saw this huge school of salmon and one had a spot and they were heading straight for the ladder, so I ran inside to see if I could see “Spot” going up, but I couldn’t, however, this other ENORMOUS one came through…that guy must’ve been 40 pounds or something, it was the size of a small child, not even kidding. It was getting hot so we started to head back and took breaks in the shade. We drove around a little bit and then went back to the house and he almost backed into the Lexus on the street cause he was too busy watching me. Showered and then decided to go to Trader Joe’s for some dessert and we got some Lemon Raspberry thing that didn’t turn out to be all that good, too tart for a tarte, but the guy who rang us up was like, “Let me guess, you’re going to a barbeque and you’re in charge of bringing dessert” and we were like, no, we just want to eat some dessert. Eventually we went back to my house, though I went first cause B had to get gas, so when I got home roomie was there and we talked about the agreement and he signed it so he’ll be out by the end of the month, if not sooner. Then I made B a pizza and we just hung out in my room though it was soooo hot, then the ac broke and started blowing out hot air, so we just cooked. Then after he fell asleep he put the washcloth on my legs, which made me laugh.

Saturday 7/30, we woke up kind of late and ate some pasta for breakfast (?) then went for a walk up to Harold’s and then we went to the store for some refreshments. Then we walked back and hung out at his house but decided to go look for some new Reefs for him. So we went to the Northgate Mall and hit some places there but ended up at Nordstroms where they were the cheapest so he bought them there. Then we went to Target so he could get some new panties, they’re very soft, and he tried on some bad hats. After that I think we went up to Lynnwood to go to Old Navy so he could find some shorts, but we came up empty, so then we went to Nordstrom Rack and same there…nothing. We drove to Gorditos (sp?) and had some kind of dinner, it was only 5:00 at this time, and I got a veggie quesadilla that was good then we went back to his house. I finally left to go home and change and to pack for the next day since I was going to stay at B’s again. So I ran home, did my stuff really quickly, then went over to Susan’s house so we could go to Craig’s show (Izabelle). We got down there and Susan’s like, “Isn’t that Craig?!” and he was sitting on the side of the road, on the freeway side, and just sitting there! Um…ok. So we went down further and parked on the street, though I fucked my tire up trying to park…way to go Karrah! We went in and they were already playing so we went in and watched the show, it was pretty good and the singer has such a great voice, but then they had one more song but the sound/lighting guy turned the lights up and music on, so then Craig storms over and starts yelling at the guy to everyone’s shock. Then the guy is like “fuck you!” and Craig was like, “I didn’t swear at you!” and then stormed back onstage to put his stuff away then the guys who work there were like, “I want him out of here now!” (Susan saw that part, I saw the Craig drama) so then Craig comes up to us and is like, sorry to be like this and blah blah blah, I don’t remember, but then he was like, I’ve gotta go. So we’re standing there like, ok…now what. So I tell Tim the singer that they had a good show and he has a beautiful voice and he was like, oh thanks, but we have to leave now. So Susan and I take off and Craig is still arguing with the guy when we walk by outside. We laughed all the way back to Susan’s house. Then I went back to B’s and hung out there and looked at my "Islands Special" Conde Nast. Yay. Lots for sale, but nothing that really got my motor running too much. I started watching SNL but B turned it off and informed me that it was time for bed. So we did.

Friday 7/29, um…don’t really remember…I went over to B’s and we went up to Wallingford and ate at some Japanese place and it was ok but smelled kind of weird. Then we went to the store so I could get an apple, but when we got back to his place and I had taken like 3 bites I realized that most of it was like rotten or something or had been dropped. I wanted to cry…I had been looking forward to that damn apple for like a week. Then we watched 48 hours or something about this kid whose dad made him lift weights and stuff starting at age 3 and it was sick, I couldn’t really watch it so I mostly read my book while B and Sky did. We went to bed not too much later.

Thursday 7/28, however, was much more eventful. I got to leave work a little early I think and went home and got ready for the evening’s events. Though I was going to go more casual so it wasn’t as much of an effort. Wore flats and a simple tank and my jeans rolled up, no fuss, no muss. So I left to go to B’s and we hung out there and didn’t really do anything, except I watched him hang his laundry out and that was pretty entertaining. Julien texted me that he was in a movie but he would see me later in the evening. After I left B’s I went to the garage and waited for Susan and when she got there we sat for a little bit then went up. My bouncer bf was working the door and was like, “Nice to have you back” and then did some thing with my wrists before putting the stamp on, so we went upstairs and hung out up there for a little while then eventually went back down and back up again, but eventually we were back down and ran into Kyle, then S showed up, bleh, then Susan and I hit the dance floor. I think they played some decent songs in a row but then I went and did a lap to look for Julien, didn’t see him so I kept dancing. Then around 11:45 I went to go “look” for Julien outside and my bf was out there so we talked for a while but J never came, so I went back inside and danced some more…around 12:30 it was time to leave so Susan walked me out and bf was like, “Again, good to have you back” Susan thinks he’s smitten. So we walk back to my car and then I give her a ride and drop her off and go home.

Tuesday 7/26, I don’t remember what I did. Nothing of much importance probably. Same goes for Wednesday 7/27.

Monday 7/25, after work Susan called and wanted to hang out, so I went over to her house and we gossiped there for a bit then went to the mall for some food…went to Pallino Pastaria and though I like the décor and such, the food wasn’t great, but I would give it another chance if necessary. Then to work off some calories we walked over to Barnes and Noble but I got a cookie so I added more calories on than I took off. We looked at mags and other books, and then we tried to find some kids books but weren’t having a very easy time, so finally we left the kids section and found all of the books we were looking for in the adult section, sitting on a table, so Susan showed me the tattoo she wants and it’s cute, then we walked back over to the mall and over to Nordstrom’s to check out cute guys who work in the shoe department. I found some new Reef slippers I want and Susan said “How Gwen Stefani of you” then I didn’t like them as much. After that we went back to her house and then I went home I think and it was pretty late, like 10 or so so I called B and went to bed.

Sunday 7/24, Woke up and Kassie had to take off right away, though not before she got a piece of Dad’s French Toast. Then B and I got ready and packed up and I went and got some of my rocks from down by the river and lined them up under the bench, then we took off and said bye to Mom, Dad, Aubs and Kimmy cause they were getting ready to leave too. Drove back without incident and got to my house. We decided to go get something to eat, so we got sandwiches, and then we went and saw Wedding Crashers and both really liked that…I love Owen, he’s funnier than Luke. After that we went back to my house I believe and just hung out and went to bed, I think…

Saturday 7/23, the Andersons and Rose were planning their leave. We had the “big breakfast” complete with eggs, ham, blueberry muffins and potatoes. Yum. Then Hailey and Rose left, then a little while after Heidi and Brad left so then it was just the fam left. B and I went down to the river for a good part of the morning/early afternoon and though we put sunblock on, he burned kind of badly on his shoulder (only the right) and his feet. Brandon took the tube down, but we mostly just talked and put our feet in, found pretty rocks for the new outdoor shower. Then we went up and did something, but I can’t remember…Kassie and the girls went into town to check out the deal with Auntie Lauryn’s house, so it was a pretty quiet morning. I think B and I went upstairs and laid down for a little while, but then Dad wanted to go down to the river so we all went down again and B continued on his rock pile and Dad and I hung out and talked, then Mom came down so we all just relaxed down there and then the girls got back and gave the good news that AL’s house had been saved…but for $1.6 million…ouch. So John and his family are going to move in and then we’ll see what happens after she gets out. Then the girls came down in their swimsuits and everyone was playing and hanging out. Mom and Dad left to go get ready for dinner and told us to come into town about an hour later and they would get a table for us at Gustav’s. So B and I headed up to start getting ready and shower off then the girls came up and after we were all ready we headed in in Kassie’s car. Got there and found Mom and Dad and had a nice dinner. After dinner we went on a hunt for ice cream but Kassie is the only one who got any, then we found an old timer picture place so we’ll have to do that one at some point. Finally we headed home and hung out on the trampoline and compared different cheers while B just laughed and was entertained by us. Then we went to go play Scattegories in the loft, did that for a while, though I fell asleep a little bit, then they went out to go sit by the fire with Mom, but they’d already gone to bed…so that’s what we did too. Just kind of went to bed, though it was only 10:30 or so.