Thursday 12/28, I ran some errands after work and hit the bank then home where I busted ass on some household tasks. I took out the recycling, hung some pictures I got for Christmas, wrapped a present for Kay-See, vacuumed and then proceeded to knock one of Kassie’s plants over and spilled dirt all over the floor and the vacuum didn’t do a very good job of sucking it up, tidied up the living room, threw away my dead roses, um…probably some other stuff too. I watched a little Seinfeld then started my dinner and started to get ready to take a shower when my phone rang. I look at it and it says “Eric Cell” hmm, well well, what do we have here? So I answer it and we talk for a minute and he asks what I’m doing and I tell him I was just about to get in the shower, with the water running and everything, so he tells me to call him back when I’m done. The Old Karrah would have rushed through her shower and called him back while still dripping wet, the Reformed Karrah took her time in the shower then tweezed a few renegade eyebrow hairs and started straightening her hair then called him back. I’m not sure what I was trying to prove, but I’m pretty sure I did it. Anyway, so I call him back and he doesn’t really want anything, just to talk I guess, does he feel guilty and like he has to call? I don’t know, don’t get me wrong, I was still excited but I have to just keep a lot of things in the back of my mind with him. He knew I’d be going to Neighbours but it didn’t sound like he was planning on it, then I mentioned Michael and that I might call him, but he thought that M probably wouldn’t be going since he’s not drinking. We didn’t really talk about anything monumental and finally he said he was going to go so we hung up. I finished getting ready and was painting my nails when Susan called so we made plans for when to meet up. After that I called Aubrie and told her the news then Susan called again so we chatted for a minute and after I got off the phone with her since I was just sitting there playing Solitaire I decided to call Eliso and I talked with both her and Jake for a minute but she had to go, then I tried Court but remembered during the first ring that she’s in Hawaii and didn’t pick up, then I called Kay-See but got her voicemail, then I tried Eric again because I was feeling restless but he didn’t answer and lastly I tried Michael and left a message about Neighbours and eventually I just resigned myself to watching the news until 11:00. About 11:05 Michael called back but then quickly had to go and said he would call me back, though I didn’t hear back before heading in to Neighbours. I drove in and found a spot right in front of Susan then called her and she met me at my car then we walked in together and chatted with the boys and Travers had an emphasis on the shrug. It was pretty busy when we got in there and Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah!) was playing so Susan and I did a lap while dancing and went and said hi to Tye (wearing bunny ears and white stretch pants) then decided to check our coats. Darren and Teal showed up and we said hi then we went upstairs because I didn’t want to dance to Relax and people watched. Soon a better song came on so we went down and ran into Andrew and since they were talking I was looking around for someone to talk to but didn’t spot anyone and finally Susan dragged me out on the floor and we danced briefly before she went to go call Vicki and I spotted Kyle so I went to say hi and saw Michael too, yay! I got a great hug and we talked for a minute and he asked me about Eric and I did the same to him (breaks my heart) then I decided to go out and dance again and told him I would see him out there. We danced for a while and Kyle came over and told us that he loves us girls then introduced me to his friend, but now I can’t remember her name but she seemed very nice. I saw Michael on the side so I went over to say hi and he said he’d come over to us soon. It was just Vicki and me dancing then Michael came over and we started dancing FOREVER. I had so much fun I can’t even describe it here, but let’s just say that Michael’s got the moves and I could dedicate an entire post to just his dance moves, but I won’t. I’ll just hit the highlights. First off he’s going to be taking a hip hop class, but frankly, he could teach it because he’s got some really great moves that he showed me when this weird rap song came on and I didn’t know what to do except watch him. Then he’s got this one where he puts his hands behind his head and then rocks them front to back and I would always follow that one with the move that mortifies Susan. We were quite the tag team, let me tell you. He was looking really good, so I leaned over and told him, and he told me he’s been working out and made me feel his pecs then I went on to feel his biceps, uninvited, and they were gooood. I told him if I were a guy I’d be all over him. The Breakfast Club song came on and I was like “I loooove this song, it was my and Eric’s song” so then Michael said it needed to be someone else’s song now, like him and his next boyfriend, so I said no, it’s going to be our song Michael, the song we fall in love to. He was all, “Ok! Oh, wait…that might no work out” but we danced our asses off anyway. He asked if I’d gone out with anyone and I said no, but that maybe I’ll be able to help him out, be his wingman. He said he was a really good wingman, and I said “I know!” (nudge nudge) and he goes “Well, that one didn’t quite work out the way we wanted”. We seriously danced for so long and were both so sweaty that finally he was asked if I wanted to take a break so we went and got some water and headed upstairs to people watch. We looked at people and talked about diet and danced to Walk Like an Egyptian and he told me that he would play Bangles videos when he worked in a video store a long time ago. Then Susan came up and we were talking then Andrew came over and they started talking then A tells me that he read my Live Journal, but I told him I don’t have one, I’m on blogger, but he kept saying “I read your journal, I read your journal” and Michael’s all “Uh oh” and made a face, it really cracks me up, then Andrew says something about the Egyptian and Michael and I acted like he was talking about “Walk Like an Egyptian” and kind of danced for a second, then I was hoping that he wasn’t referring to the multiple posts where I report making out with Eric in front of the Egyptian (classy, I know) but I guess if he did, so be it. Michael suggested we go downstairs and then I said it was really time for me to go and he initially said he would walk me out then changed his mind and said he would walk with me to find Susan, so I waved to her and gave Michael a hug, but then the line at the coat check was getting crowded so I talked with Ryan for a second then Andrew came over and told me that my blog was adorable (he must not have read back very far) and that Susan and I are adorable too and that we look like we have fun when we’re dancing, which we do and he said some other stuff that I can’t remember. Susan came over while I was waiting in line and then Derek’s friend came over and made some remark about me dancing with Michael then left. So I get up to the coat check and hand him my ticket but Come On Ilene comes on so I’m like “Oohhhh!” and he hands me my ticket back and laughs and I run out to the dance floor looking for Michael who wanted to dance some more. I was scouring the crowd but coming up empty, then I said hi to Tye and he said I could dance up there with him and look for Michael because it’s a good vantage point but I eventually got down on the floor though I never found him. After it was over I went back and got my coat, said bye to the boys and ran to my car. When I got home I went back to reread the blog I had posted about last week’s Neighbours experience to see how mortified I should be that Andrew read it. I saw Aubrie online and posted a comment then went to bed. It was a little after 2:00.

Wednesday 12/27, Mom woke us up at 8:00 and Dad came in while I was still half asleep to say goodbye because he was hitting the road early to take care of some stuff with the motor home. I got up and got dressed then packed up all my things, got them in the car then said goodbye to everyone. Jessica called when I was just north of Mt. Vernon to find out if I wanted bacon or sausage for breakfast and to tell me that we were having crab omelets (which was a joke) and to find out where I was. It took me about a half hour from that point and breakfast was ready when I got there, yum! Hashbrowns, waffles and bacon all while watching Little Miss Sunshine. After we finished eating we continued watching on the couch with a few phone call interruptions. I thought it was a great movie and Jess and I sat on the couch laughing hysterically at the horn part, I could hardly breathe I was laughing so hard. When the movie was over Day and I talked for a little while then Jess got ready and we hit the road separately, with her to Alderwood and me to my house. When I got there I snuggled onto the couch and watched Girl with a Pearl Earring. I fell asleep for about 20 minutes as the credits were rolling then got up and cleaned up a little bit since it was a little cluttered then went up to my room where I remained for the rest of the evening.