Sunday 12/17, I got up around 9 and didn’t want to get out of bed because it was so freezing but forced myself. I went to get gas and there was a line down the street and one of the workers was going to each car and telling people that he only had Supreme and only 500 gallons but that I was welcome to wait and try so I did. I gassed up then headed to Peggy’s because I had called the night before and her voicemail came on so I assumed she had power. I assumed correctly because when I got there it was powered up. I cranked the heat to 73 and turned on the heater in the bathroom to warm it up for my shower. I watched tv and ate Sun Chips and talked to Court for an hour about wedding plans and other things then took a wonderfully long hot shower. I got dressed and watched more tv then headed out to do Christmas shopping. I hit Best Buy then the Christmas House and called Kay-See but she didn’t answer so I headed to Mom’s but I didn’t want to sit around there even though their power had come back on so I called Chrystol hoping that she hadn’t been helping at the Tree Farm and she wasn’t and told me to come over. I unloaded my backseat of about 20 magazines and Jason, Schuyler and Chrystol were delighted. I told them about Eric and we talked and looked at pictures from Kassie’s fashion show and Chrystol’s trip to Portugal and Spain. We watched a little 24 before I left around 5:15 for Mom’s to have dinner. When I got there I became very irritated because it felt like my power would never come back on and everyone else’s was before mine, wah. Why don’t I just cry about it huh? Mom made chicken fettuccini and that was good then we all sat on the couch and watched the second half of the Return of the King but skipping through the Frodo and Sam parts because we all find them kind of boring and I find them to be quite homoerotic. I even piped in at one point “That’s how Eric and I looked at each other across the dance floor” and my mom was like “Really?” and I laughed having just made my point. After it was over I left and hit QFC on my way off the island. I went to Peggy’s because it was warm and I wouldn’t have to deal with driving through Issaquah in the morning with no stop lights. I’ll admit that I almost started crying on my way out there because my power still wasn’t on and I don’t want to deal with the mess that is my refrigerator and freezer after 4 days of no power. Yuck. I told myself to knock it off and get a grip, things could be a lot worse. When I got there I watched some more tv and the news which said that Cougar Mountain – Bellevue and Issaquah would probably be without power for a few more days and I got very mad at the tv and yelled a little bit. Then I went to bed. Brrr Part IV (except I was warm at Peggy’s).
Saturday 12/16, I woke up at 8 and it was freezing so I didn’t want to get out of bed, turned my alarm off and went back to sleep. I got a text from Susan and couldn’t check my voicemails so I got up, dressed, grabbed some stuff and headed to Mom’s. Mom and I drove down to the Int’l District so I could mail something for work then we got back to the house where I ate some cereal and sat by the fire. I knew I needed to take a shower but I was dreading getting out of the shower, especially since I needed to wash my hair. I took a super hot shower and steamed up Mom’s bathroom and by the time I got out in was actually really warm in there. I did my hair and put some makeup on and hung out for a little longer then called Susan to rescue me from coldness. I drove over to her place and we decided to walk down and look in the little shops by her house. A guy we passed smiled and said hi but kind of laughed it, so I asked Susan if she thought he was laughing at my hair. First we went in this little shop where I picked up some salt and pepper shakers for Mom, an elephant tea pot for Grandma and some other little things for myself. We hit this little international store where I got a present for Kassie then to the bookstore. Kassie called and we talked about Christmas presents for the siblings and when she was arriving back. Susan came out and we walked back toward her house but stopped at this little café where I had French onion soup and she had a plate of fries which I helped demolish. Our waiter / bartender was cute but I was worried my hair was a turnoff. Susan told me to let it go. We went back to her house then drove down toward Broadway, parked, hit some stores like Red Light and Urban Outfitters though I didn’t buy anything else until we went to the magazine place so I could pick up a Q, they’re up to 9.25 now, ouch! That’s nuts. We then went to TiB but didn’t buy anything, though there were some interesting looking restraints that mount under your bed, yikes. We hit Trader Joe’s and found a new crush for Susan and I got Australian licorice (thanks to Kay-See I haven’t been able to stop thinking about the deliciousness of it!) and Susan’s crush was going off about it and how much I would love it. We went back to her house to take a nap and watched SatC before turning on Sense and Sensibility. I almost nodded off a few times but ended up making it through the movie and liked it, though those Brits can be sleazy (as British Top Model proved earlier in the week). We got up and headed back down to Broadway to find some Japanese and found a place per Kyle’s suggestion, ate dinner then headed down toward Pacific Place to do some shopping and to see Holiday which was cute but a little long and corny in spots. We got out of there around midnight and headed back to Susan’s. She offered to let me stay but I decided to go home and was disappointed to find my power still not turned back on. Brrr Part III.
Friday 12/15, I called Peggy first thing to see if she had power and she told me from the airport that she didn’t so I said I wasn’t going to go in until later because there would be no point and went back to sleep. Then Jake called but I didn’t pick it up because I was tired, and he didn’t leave a message, hmm. I finally got up and went in because Peggy wanted me to make copies of some stuff and mail it but she didn’t realize that everything in Issaquah is shut down so at 12:30 I left and went home. I ate some lunch then climbed into bed to get warm and start reading Lord of the Rings. I didn’t make it very far before falling asleep at like 2:30 and staying that way until about 6. I called Mom and she told me to come over and she would make me dinner and I could sit in front of the fire with her and Dad. I went over and we all sat there talking for hours. Dad went out to QFC to get some more Duraflames and had to unload them off the truck himself and bought a couple boxes and got the latest gossip on the power outage. Mom made me a grilled cheese sandwich and I eventually went home around 11:30. Factoria had power restored when I was going home, but I was not as lucky when I arrived. Brrr Part II.
Thursday 12/14, We had our employee lunch and at Serafina and ended up leaving the office early because of the shitty weather that was coming in and going to bring 40-60 mph winds with it. Lunch was fantastic and it’s such a charming little restaurant. Everyone always raves about it and now I can proudly say I know why. During lunch Peggy and Jim were discussing fixing me up which I said would be totally fine with me. Then Peggy said she may have to get me an assistant and I said that as long as he’s 23-25 and cute that that would be fine with me. After lunch I called Eric to see if we could meet up so I could “Get rid of this stuff” and he said he was too ashamed to tell me where he was and that he had to call me right back. I knew what that meant (I assumed he was buying drugs or something and that it would be awhile before I’d hear back from him) so I headed into Fremont to go to Trofeo to get the pictures of Kassie and I framed by her friend Sarah. He called while I was en route and I told him hopefully it would only take about 10 minutes in the frame shop and we could meet up in Fremont and to head over from Northgate. It took a little longer than expected in Trofeo but I’m really excited about what we’re doing with the pictures. He called while I was in there so I told him to come over and he gave me a wet hug when he came in and looked so cute in his little green hat. He hung out while I finished up there then we headed out to my car so I could give him the stuff. He said he couldn’t take it and I told him yes because otherwise it’s going to continue to mock me if I had to look at any of it. We talked for a long time and it was wonderful, even though I knew it would probably be the last time or at least for a long time because I need to get over him. He kept saying he should probably go but wouldn’t, then kissed my hand and gave me a hug and suggested a good-bye kiss so we did but it was essentially a peck, but then he kind of just grabbed me and we started making out…a lot. While he was kissing me he would touch my face then my neck then pretended to strangle me, how adorable! Ha, no it was a joke, not scary or anything. In between making out I told him how great I think he is and that there will always be a special place for him in my heart, and in my panties, which made him totally blush and cover his face. He kept saying “Stop it, you’re making me blush” because I was being dirtier than that and I asked him “What, are you a prude now?” and was like “Yeah, actually, pretty much.” So that made me happy. I was trying to keep it light like “I’m glad I met you blah blah blah” and he was like “Why are you talking like that? We can still see each other, it doesn’t have to be like that” but he knows I need to get over him and I know he needs time to just be him and not have someone acting like a girl friend. We kissed some more and the windows were totally steamed up then he really was going to go but kept leaning back and kissing me. I’m glad I at least have that memory because it makes me smile. A lot. Ha, so anyway, he left and I drove home where I wanted to semi-sleep but ended up talking to Susan then John then Susan again for like an hour, then Mom so I didn’t really get to sleep. I got up and got ready and talked to Kay-See who told me she wasn’t going to be dancing but that some of the other boys should be there. Richie sent me a funny text earlier in the day saying he was glad he was going to get a little dose of his make shift virgin so that made me laugh. I left for Susan’s at 9 and still had power though the wind was really blowing and called Jake on the way and left a message. When I got to Susan’s we watched a little Sex and the City until Kyle called saying “Where are you?!” I told him we’d head down, I found great parking and headed in and avoided getting hit with stuff falling off the building in the alley. We chatted with the boys before heading in and seeing Richie and Kyle and getting big hugs and kisses. Kyle asked how it went with Eric and I told him that we made out for 20 minutes and he’s like “WHAT?! Richie, did you hear this?” it was fantastic, and then we went out on the floor to dance. Susan was taking lots of pictures and some of them turned out really bad but there are a few good ones in there. Kyle and I mostly danced together and he asked me if I was going to Prom and then I told him we should open a club called Prom and every night could be a different theme or like type of dance like Tolo or Homecoming. Then he humped me against one of the mirrored pillars. Kyle needed some air so he went outside and I danced with Richie and we were getting down for a while and it was a lot of fun. Teal came over and introduced his bf and Tye came over and said hi. The music was pretty good and I was getting all hot and sweaty so I told Susan I was going to go outside to get some air with the boys but Kyle had left so I stood out with Richie who gave me his coat and said so many nice things to me like “I have such a big heart for you” and “I’m like, obsessed with you” then he said some not very nice things about Eric and I was defending him saying that he really is a nice guy and he goes “No, he really isn’t.” Oh. I’m conflicted and biased though. Anyway, Richie said he can’t wait to see who I end up with because he’s going to be so fantastic. Then we talked about me procreating with Neil. We headed back in and found Susan and started dancing again and it was so fun and I was trying to look super flirty with Richie because Derek showed up and I didn’t want him talking to me even though his friend made eye contact and I said hi. Richie left not too much later and then Teal slapped my butt and I decided to take off around 1:00. Said bye to the bouncer and ran to my car because it was freezing. On the way home all the lights were off on I-90 and all of Mercer Island and Bellevue but when I got up to Eastgate they had power so I as hoping I would have power since I’m only 2 minutes down, but I totally didn’t when I got there. It’s hard getting ready for bed in the dark but luckily I found a flashlight that worked. Brr Part I!
Wednesday 12/13, I had to leave work early to go sign my mortgage docs in Bellevue with a very nice man named Jeremy. He asked me if I was wearing amber and I assumed he smelled the sage deodorant then he compared it to patchouli, ouch. Then at the end he gave me a backhanded compliment when he looked at my driver’s license by saying I looked “sooo much better now” hm, wow, thanks. But I think my 22 year-old self just got majorly dissed. Like for sure. Anyway, I got out of there a little before six but not before Jeremy asked me for my phone number, though I think he was playing it off like he was kidding when I just laughed nervously and didn’t respond. I called Chrystol on the way to tell them I didn’t really have food in the house and was just going to eat salad and rice for dinner so they may want to grab something. They showed up around 7:30 with pizza making provisions, yum! I made a salad and I think they both liked the dressing. They oooh-d and ahhh-d at the new rug then we made dinner and I told them the story from the night before with Eric and she was like “Stop! Are you telling me you and Eric had sex on this very counter that I’m making the pizza on?” I told her no and the rest of the story then we watched the British Top Model and it was so bad but so good at the same time. It was super trashy, which Schuyler totally loved, and all the girls were a little slutty. Chrystol was being “high-maintenance” by asking if we could change the color on the tv then saying that “Brownie should go home” and asking for not so many tomatoes in the salad so Schuyler and I kept laughing at that. We watched a good portion of BTM but I was also telling stories and showing off murder mystery pictures while it was on. I was telling them a story about Jake and like 2 minutes later I get a text from him apologizing and I was like “OH MY GOD! He just sent me a text! Bah!” Then they wanted to see him so I showed them his myspace but they weren’t entirely supportive which led to Chrystol scouring her high school alumni to find me a suitable mate. We did that for about 45 minutes and it was so fun because we just ended up laughing for most of it. After they left I cleaned up a little more then went upstairs to bed.
Saturday 12/16, I woke up at 8 and it was freezing so I didn’t want to get out of bed, turned my alarm off and went back to sleep. I got a text from Susan and couldn’t check my voicemails so I got up, dressed, grabbed some stuff and headed to Mom’s. Mom and I drove down to the Int’l District so I could mail something for work then we got back to the house where I ate some cereal and sat by the fire. I knew I needed to take a shower but I was dreading getting out of the shower, especially since I needed to wash my hair. I took a super hot shower and steamed up Mom’s bathroom and by the time I got out in was actually really warm in there. I did my hair and put some makeup on and hung out for a little longer then called Susan to rescue me from coldness. I drove over to her place and we decided to walk down and look in the little shops by her house. A guy we passed smiled and said hi but kind of laughed it, so I asked Susan if she thought he was laughing at my hair. First we went in this little shop where I picked up some salt and pepper shakers for Mom, an elephant tea pot for Grandma and some other little things for myself. We hit this little international store where I got a present for Kassie then to the bookstore. Kassie called and we talked about Christmas presents for the siblings and when she was arriving back. Susan came out and we walked back toward her house but stopped at this little café where I had French onion soup and she had a plate of fries which I helped demolish. Our waiter / bartender was cute but I was worried my hair was a turnoff. Susan told me to let it go. We went back to her house then drove down toward Broadway, parked, hit some stores like Red Light and Urban Outfitters though I didn’t buy anything else until we went to the magazine place so I could pick up a Q, they’re up to 9.25 now, ouch! That’s nuts. We then went to TiB but didn’t buy anything, though there were some interesting looking restraints that mount under your bed, yikes. We hit Trader Joe’s and found a new crush for Susan and I got Australian licorice (thanks to Kay-See I haven’t been able to stop thinking about the deliciousness of it!) and Susan’s crush was going off about it and how much I would love it. We went back to her house to take a nap and watched SatC before turning on Sense and Sensibility. I almost nodded off a few times but ended up making it through the movie and liked it, though those Brits can be sleazy (as British Top Model proved earlier in the week). We got up and headed back down to Broadway to find some Japanese and found a place per Kyle’s suggestion, ate dinner then headed down toward Pacific Place to do some shopping and to see Holiday which was cute but a little long and corny in spots. We got out of there around midnight and headed back to Susan’s. She offered to let me stay but I decided to go home and was disappointed to find my power still not turned back on. Brrr Part III.
Friday 12/15, I called Peggy first thing to see if she had power and she told me from the airport that she didn’t so I said I wasn’t going to go in until later because there would be no point and went back to sleep. Then Jake called but I didn’t pick it up because I was tired, and he didn’t leave a message, hmm. I finally got up and went in because Peggy wanted me to make copies of some stuff and mail it but she didn’t realize that everything in Issaquah is shut down so at 12:30 I left and went home. I ate some lunch then climbed into bed to get warm and start reading Lord of the Rings. I didn’t make it very far before falling asleep at like 2:30 and staying that way until about 6. I called Mom and she told me to come over and she would make me dinner and I could sit in front of the fire with her and Dad. I went over and we all sat there talking for hours. Dad went out to QFC to get some more Duraflames and had to unload them off the truck himself and bought a couple boxes and got the latest gossip on the power outage. Mom made me a grilled cheese sandwich and I eventually went home around 11:30. Factoria had power restored when I was going home, but I was not as lucky when I arrived. Brrr Part II.
Thursday 12/14, We had our employee lunch and at Serafina and ended up leaving the office early because of the shitty weather that was coming in and going to bring 40-60 mph winds with it. Lunch was fantastic and it’s such a charming little restaurant. Everyone always raves about it and now I can proudly say I know why. During lunch Peggy and Jim were discussing fixing me up which I said would be totally fine with me. Then Peggy said she may have to get me an assistant and I said that as long as he’s 23-25 and cute that that would be fine with me. After lunch I called Eric to see if we could meet up so I could “Get rid of this stuff” and he said he was too ashamed to tell me where he was and that he had to call me right back. I knew what that meant (I assumed he was buying drugs or something and that it would be awhile before I’d hear back from him) so I headed into Fremont to go to Trofeo to get the pictures of Kassie and I framed by her friend Sarah. He called while I was en route and I told him hopefully it would only take about 10 minutes in the frame shop and we could meet up in Fremont and to head over from Northgate. It took a little longer than expected in Trofeo but I’m really excited about what we’re doing with the pictures. He called while I was in there so I told him to come over and he gave me a wet hug when he came in and looked so cute in his little green hat. He hung out while I finished up there then we headed out to my car so I could give him the stuff. He said he couldn’t take it and I told him yes because otherwise it’s going to continue to mock me if I had to look at any of it. We talked for a long time and it was wonderful, even though I knew it would probably be the last time or at least for a long time because I need to get over him. He kept saying he should probably go but wouldn’t, then kissed my hand and gave me a hug and suggested a good-bye kiss so we did but it was essentially a peck, but then he kind of just grabbed me and we started making out…a lot. While he was kissing me he would touch my face then my neck then pretended to strangle me, how adorable! Ha, no it was a joke, not scary or anything. In between making out I told him how great I think he is and that there will always be a special place for him in my heart, and in my panties, which made him totally blush and cover his face. He kept saying “Stop it, you’re making me blush” because I was being dirtier than that and I asked him “What, are you a prude now?” and was like “Yeah, actually, pretty much.” So that made me happy. I was trying to keep it light like “I’m glad I met you blah blah blah” and he was like “Why are you talking like that? We can still see each other, it doesn’t have to be like that” but he knows I need to get over him and I know he needs time to just be him and not have someone acting like a girl friend. We kissed some more and the windows were totally steamed up then he really was going to go but kept leaning back and kissing me. I’m glad I at least have that memory because it makes me smile. A lot. Ha, so anyway, he left and I drove home where I wanted to semi-sleep but ended up talking to Susan then John then Susan again for like an hour, then Mom so I didn’t really get to sleep. I got up and got ready and talked to Kay-See who told me she wasn’t going to be dancing but that some of the other boys should be there. Richie sent me a funny text earlier in the day saying he was glad he was going to get a little dose of his make shift virgin so that made me laugh. I left for Susan’s at 9 and still had power though the wind was really blowing and called Jake on the way and left a message. When I got to Susan’s we watched a little Sex and the City until Kyle called saying “Where are you?!” I told him we’d head down, I found great parking and headed in and avoided getting hit with stuff falling off the building in the alley. We chatted with the boys before heading in and seeing Richie and Kyle and getting big hugs and kisses. Kyle asked how it went with Eric and I told him that we made out for 20 minutes and he’s like “WHAT?! Richie, did you hear this?” it was fantastic, and then we went out on the floor to dance. Susan was taking lots of pictures and some of them turned out really bad but there are a few good ones in there. Kyle and I mostly danced together and he asked me if I was going to Prom and then I told him we should open a club called Prom and every night could be a different theme or like type of dance like Tolo or Homecoming. Then he humped me against one of the mirrored pillars. Kyle needed some air so he went outside and I danced with Richie and we were getting down for a while and it was a lot of fun. Teal came over and introduced his bf and Tye came over and said hi. The music was pretty good and I was getting all hot and sweaty so I told Susan I was going to go outside to get some air with the boys but Kyle had left so I stood out with Richie who gave me his coat and said so many nice things to me like “I have such a big heart for you” and “I’m like, obsessed with you” then he said some not very nice things about Eric and I was defending him saying that he really is a nice guy and he goes “No, he really isn’t.” Oh. I’m conflicted and biased though. Anyway, Richie said he can’t wait to see who I end up with because he’s going to be so fantastic. Then we talked about me procreating with Neil. We headed back in and found Susan and started dancing again and it was so fun and I was trying to look super flirty with Richie because Derek showed up and I didn’t want him talking to me even though his friend made eye contact and I said hi. Richie left not too much later and then Teal slapped my butt and I decided to take off around 1:00. Said bye to the bouncer and ran to my car because it was freezing. On the way home all the lights were off on I-90 and all of Mercer Island and Bellevue but when I got up to Eastgate they had power so I as hoping I would have power since I’m only 2 minutes down, but I totally didn’t when I got there. It’s hard getting ready for bed in the dark but luckily I found a flashlight that worked. Brr Part I!
Wednesday 12/13, I had to leave work early to go sign my mortgage docs in Bellevue with a very nice man named Jeremy. He asked me if I was wearing amber and I assumed he smelled the sage deodorant then he compared it to patchouli, ouch. Then at the end he gave me a backhanded compliment when he looked at my driver’s license by saying I looked “sooo much better now” hm, wow, thanks. But I think my 22 year-old self just got majorly dissed. Like for sure. Anyway, I got out of there a little before six but not before Jeremy asked me for my phone number, though I think he was playing it off like he was kidding when I just laughed nervously and didn’t respond. I called Chrystol on the way to tell them I didn’t really have food in the house and was just going to eat salad and rice for dinner so they may want to grab something. They showed up around 7:30 with pizza making provisions, yum! I made a salad and I think they both liked the dressing. They oooh-d and ahhh-d at the new rug then we made dinner and I told them the story from the night before with Eric and she was like “Stop! Are you telling me you and Eric had sex on this very counter that I’m making the pizza on?” I told her no and the rest of the story then we watched the British Top Model and it was so bad but so good at the same time. It was super trashy, which Schuyler totally loved, and all the girls were a little slutty. Chrystol was being “high-maintenance” by asking if we could change the color on the tv then saying that “Brownie should go home” and asking for not so many tomatoes in the salad so Schuyler and I kept laughing at that. We watched a good portion of BTM but I was also telling stories and showing off murder mystery pictures while it was on. I was telling them a story about Jake and like 2 minutes later I get a text from him apologizing and I was like “OH MY GOD! He just sent me a text! Bah!” Then they wanted to see him so I showed them his myspace but they weren’t entirely supportive which led to Chrystol scouring her high school alumni to find me a suitable mate. We did that for about 45 minutes and it was so fun because we just ended up laughing for most of it. After they left I cleaned up a little more then went upstairs to bed.
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