Wednesday 10/25, I still hadn’t heard from Eric as I was driving home regarding our date but I figured I’d get ready for it anyway assuming he’d call. I was talking to Susan about him and lo and behold he called right then. Originally it was supposed to commence at 7:00 but he asked if we could move it to 8ish, I said that was fine and continued to prep. I showered, did my hair, makeup, got dressed and was out the door by 7:30. We went into Seattle and were going to go to Brasa until I got a gander at the menu and everything had fish in it so we decided to walk down to Palace Kitchen instead, because I know the menu and it was close. We were seated in the window which was nice and ordered. Eric ordered the prosciutto with fig for an appetizer which we were munching on when I looked up and saw Frank sitting down a couple tables over, so I thought, how funny there’s Frank, then I lean a little to my right and sure as shit, he’s dining with my sister. So I start laughing and tell Eric, who tells me not to get her attention right away but to wait and see how long it takes her to notice me. It was only a few minutes before Frank looked over and recognized me so they both jump up and come over and Kassie’s in shock which is so funny and the waiter asks if we want them to join us but Kassie says no, sensing that we’re on our date and they go sit back down at their table. Our food came, I got some cheese, sausage and zucchini ravioli and Eric got the whole bass or halibut or something. I ate all mine like a good girl and polished off Eric’s mashed potatoes too. I told him I never have a problem finishing my plate. We sat and talked for a while before getting the bill and saying goodbye to Kassie, Frank and Brett (who joined them at some point) and walking back to the car. When we got back to his house we made out in the car for about 20 minutes before he said good night and I drove home.

Tuesday 10/24, Right from work I headed out to Beacon Hill for Beth and Jason’s baby shower. I got there around 6:15 and didn’t know anyone, and apparently these people all work together so everyone knew everyone…except me. Finally J and B showed up and I got some hugs and Beth is almost at her due date but still getting around ok it seems. I could see Jason conspiring with Jerry because I think he still wants to fix me up with him but I don’t really know, I’m not opposed to going out with him, but I’m still all twitterpated over Sean Light. Jason introduced me to everyone because I told him “I feel sooo out of the club” and he sat me next to a nice woman named Esther so we chatted a little until the presents started being opened. They got some good loot and I think the Star Wars t-shirt went over pretty well and made everyone laugh so that was good. One of the girls there is a pastry chef so she made this fabulous lemon-y multi-layered delight of a cake. A little after 8 I said goodbye and headed home because I still hadn’t packed at all to go to San Diego this weekend and I needed to finish up my laundry. I got a little bit of cleaning and packing done then showered and settled into bed to read Allure and went to bed around 10:30.

Monday 10/23, After work I went home and showered and got ready to go into Seattle to have Sean edit my hair. I talked to Kassie and read magazines until Sean was ready then he got me into the chair and we talked about the fashion show while he snipped for 5 minutes. He was wearing a shirt that said “Sex, Drugs and Christian Rock” with a little halo above the C which I thought was hilarious and Kassie said he wore it just for me. Ha, so then Kassie and some of the other girls were gossiping in the back so I joined them until they all left then Sean came back and Kassie sprayed him with the sage and he later asked how it killed the right guard. I waited around while he washed Kassie’s hair and styled it because she didn’t like that it was poofy. Sean closed up shop and I went and got my car to give Kassie some boxes then I was on my way home. I had the munchies so I made some veggies and ate a cookie then did some laundry and hand washed some stuff then climbed into bed.