Tuesday 12/5, Jake called me around 3:30 at work but I let it go to voicemail then listened to it and he was calling about the evening’s events and said he had an idea but I needed to call him back asap. So I did and left him a message. He called me back when I was at home and working on my review and asked me what I was doing Wednesday because his friend had called him and invited him to go to the Sonics game with court side seats. I said it was fine and that he should go and that if he wanted to reschedule that would be fine with me. We have tentative plans for Sunday and we continued to chat for about 20 minutes. He thinks it’s refreshing that I go to family dinner every Sunday night, which I thought was cute. Also, his last name sounds like something funny if you say it fast. Because my plans had changed I decided to try and do some stuff downstairs to straighten up, clean and organize. I got the shelves in the glass cabinets and put one of my roosters in to see if Kassie would notice, I put some dishes and pots and pans away and did a little more tidying. I started making dinner and Susan came over and ate her dinner there with me while we watched Seinfeld and WoF. Kassie and Skylar got there a little before 8 and Kassie asked me about Jake right away and why I wasn’t hanging out with him and Skylar insisted on seeing his profile so I showed him and he was asking why I wasn’t hanging out with him and I told him and he was like “No Karrah, you need a 10. You deserve a 10! You’re better than a Sonics game, I don’t know about this guy.” I thought that was cute and won Skylar some points in my book. It was funny because I was trying to convince him that Jake really is a good guy (um, from what I can tell talking to him on the phone a whole two times) and that I can't keep my expectations very high. We did decide that I needed to raise them and my standards though. Stop settling. Anyway, finally we stopped ogling pictures online and talking about boys and helped Kassie organize and clean out the garage. We worked pretty hard for about 45 minutes and the garage is almost completely cleaned out and Susan got the little closet cleaned out and most of the rest of her stuff brought down so everything is coming together. I can’t wait to clean everything because it’s FILTHY. I was hanging out in Kassie’s new room and telling her which outfits I liked when my phone rang so I went into my room and it was Eric. Hmm. So I answer it and Kassie’s mouths “Who is it?” and I didn’t answer and she mouths “Eric?” and I nod. She starts getting mouthy so I motion to her to knock it off and she starts coughing all loudly so he asks if she’s got some drop bomb cough or something, but it was way over my head and I totally didn’t get it, so he laughed at me. Skylar yelled up the stairs “Bye sis!” so I went down and was saying bye and he was like “Call me back” but I told him “No, hold on” and was giving hugs and he kept saying it and I kept telling him no and finally when Kassie and Skylar were out the door I was like “Eric, Eric?” and I could barely hear him then nothing. He hung up on me. Whatever, so I went back up and talked with Susan for a little while then my phone rang again and he was calling me back, which surprised me, so we ended up talking for quite a while, not about anything important, just that girls are crazy, but not really and he doesn’t think I’m crazy, just quirky. His word, not mine. Finally he had to go and said he would call me “later” which always means in a day or 6. Then I called Beth and told her I didn’t think it was a good idea to come over because I’m sick and didn’t want to get her and the baby sick but that we’d reschedule for next week. It was about 10 at this point so I hopped in the shower, got into bed and watched the last episode of Season 4 of SatC. I had a hard time falling asleep because I had a lot on my mine, and I can’t breathe through my nose, then I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn’t go back to sleep. Bah!

Monday 12/4, Dad called me at 7:30 in the morning as I was getting ready for work just to say hi and that he loves me and to have a good day at work. Aww, I love you too Dad! I stopped at the store after work to pick up a pizza and some salad fixings and headed home. I cleaned up and put some stuff away then looked at my watch and realized I needed to get moving to leave by 7:00 to go to Kay-See’s. I got ready and headed out, found a spot but had to repark about 17 times because I kept hitting the curb. I was getting very mad at myself but I finally managed it. Said hi to a tall, muscle-y guy in the elevator and arrived at Kay-See’s doorstep with her there to greet me. I perched myself on one of her bar stools and let the gossiping begin. She prepped dinner and we kept each other entertained with stories about weddings, breastfeeding and children, vacationing, jobs, dumb boys, boy parts, girl parts, bjs, birthdays and age milestones and other stuff. We ate the whole pizza and salad then started in on some Australian candy. We sampled about 4 different kinds and they were all really good. The night was a success, good food, good company and good conversation. I left about 10:30 and got home quickly, watched the news and went to bed.