Thursday 7/26, When I got home I tried to do a little bit of cleaning and such because it looked like a cluttered mess, but quickly dropped that to start the puttying of the cubby. I got quite a bit done and talked to Chrystol about meeting at her place, then ate some left over Chinese for dinner and ran up to take a shower. I straightened my hair since I am boycotting all Davines products at the moment to see if my skin clears up, which I think it is. I rolled out at about 7:20 and talked to Alishia until I got down to Ballard at C & S' place. They showed me every nook and cranny of their new pad and I love it and it's totally them. Eventually we sat down to talk story, and boy did I have a bunch for them. C said I was like Carrie from SatC telling them about all of my dating conquests and disasters. She laid on the floor with a bunch of pillows and closed her eyes and said she was going to visualize as I told all my stories. Needless to say there was a lot of laughing so that was good. I told them about the message from Jason then she showed me a bunch of pictures and videos from before he left. The funniest one was of him in the onesie when he was drunk. Hilar. I told them I needed to go and rolled out at about 10:20, called Susan who wasn't feeling good so we decided to skip Cowgirls Inc. and I headed straight to her house where I ate one of her chocolates and almost polished off her B&J chocolate brownie ice cream. I told her some of my funny stories, texted Michael and took off for Neighbs. After we parked and started to walk there was this couple, I think they were both drunk or on something, or not even really a couple, having an argument and as we were walking away the guy yelled back at her "I hope your baby is retarded!" and we were both like "Oh. My. God. Did he REALLY just say that?!" and Susan was like "Commit that to memory" so we walked down the street saying it to ourselves very quietly over and over. There was a new bouncer I don't care for and a someone new taking the money who was like "It's $3" and I replied internally, yeah, duh, I know. We went in and pretty much headed straight upstairs where we spotted Richie and decided to go down and dance with him. He looked adorable with his little hat and totally hot glasses. I got a nice long hug who told me it had been way too long since we've seen each other then asked what I was doing on the weekend of the 17th and told me I was going to Plain, but I really don't think I can...or should. Too much to do and not enough weekends spent at home. Fucking summer is going to be over before I know it. Anyway, so we're all dancing and laughing and taking really bad pictures then this girl on stage is ALL OVER Richie and is trying to pull him up on stage but he was like, "No thanks" and totally cracking up so I grabbed onto him like he was mine...then some guy started humping her from behind and distracted her. Before we knew it though she had come down onto the floor and was like "Hi!" and we all just looked at each other and kind of smirked and she was all "Awkward!" yeah, you said it sister, not me. She was all over Richie. We decided to go to Pony and on our way out I saw that girl again so I asked Richie if he was going to say bye to her or not and he ran back and she was like, "I want my picture with you!" so Richie hoisted her up and her dress totally hiked up and I was like "OMG, I can totally see her cootch!" then Susan and I were trying to take porno pictures and right as I was pushing my boobs together we saw Max RUNNING up to the club so my face was all wonky because I was like "Shit! There's Max!" Eventually we were on our way, laughing about that girl and how she was super disappointed when Richie told her he was gay, and continued navigating toward Pony. I spotted Susan's R and eventually we made it in. Richie found a friend so Susan and I went to check out the dance floor and were just hanging out then Richie stood right behind R and was making Susan and me laugh. Susan went outside to return a text and some guys came up and asked me if I was in the circus and could swallow swords or something and luckily Richie was like "Are you ready to go dance now?" and swept me away. We hit the photo booth and decided on our 4 poses: angelic, devilish, yawning and really angry. They turned out pretty good. The three of us started dancing and were collectively freaked out by the guy dancing with a horse mask on. There were people shooting water with squirt guns and popping poppers which also scared us. Then we saw Teal...dressed up like a woman and Susan and I at the exact same time were like "Is...that...Teal?!" and he blew us a kiss across the dance floor. We all danced for a few minutes then S and I decided we wanted to head back to Neighbours and Richie was going to go to R Place so we all walked back up Pine and stopped in front of R Place saying our good byes but then I looked to my right and crossing the street toward us was this cute guy that totally looked like the Eric look-a-like I had danced with at Belltown Billiards, so I did a double take and was totally staring at him and after he had crossed to the other side behind me I looked at him again and he turned around and was looking at me and I pointed at him and was like "Do...I...know you?" and he started walking back up to me and was like "Do I know you?" and I asked "Have you ever been to Belltown Billiards...because I think I danced with you" and he was like "Yeah, but not for like 6 years" and I said, I guess I don't know you, and his friend was totally laughing. He had his arm around me but I was so fucking distracted I can't remember exactly what he said but as he was walking away he was like "I love you! I'll see you soon!" and kept turning around and I was like "I like you" and staring at him as he walked away. Richie was like, he seemed a little bad and I was like "I know, I can't help it...he was hot!" and he said he understood because he likes them bad too, and Susan confirmed that everyone likes the bad ones. He didn't seem that bad though...had some tattoos which is totally hot and was tall....mmmm. Susan didn't approve but after I told her that I made contact first she decided it was acceptable, but still not ideal. We said bye to Richie and walked back to Neighbours where we got our dance on for about 1.5 songs before some Tina Turner bullshit drag show started. I don't know why they keep doing this but it's really getting irritated. Less shows, more dancing! We saw PMT with some girl with a headband or something...saw Max who came over and gave me a hug and told me it was the first time he'd seen me with a drink...does he keep a journal or something? "Dear Diary: Once again, this week Karrah did not have a drink. Yours truly, Max" then he would draw a little picture of a pirate next to his name, because that's just what I imagine he would do. Susan hatched an escape plan and we went over to the other side of the floor and after the drag show we got out on the floor for a few good songs, moved our location, danced to a few more while trying to avoid the foot stomping horse of a guy next to us and eventually took off a little after 1. Drove home and went to bed.

Wednesday 7/25, Dad picked me up from work again and at home I started chipping away at some of the little tasks and Dad had gotten so much done I was totally impressed...and continued to get even more done between the time we got home and the time him and Mom left around 8:00. I have a lot of clean up to do but I'm in really good shape as far as all that stuff goes. Phew. I got ready and listened to stories Mom was telling about Rose and their visit then saw them off and said I would see them on Friday for bacon wrapped steaks. Delicious! I took off for N's and talked to Susan on the way, parked, walked to his place and went up. We talked for a few minutes and he told me about his i'view a little then suggested we go up to the roof to watch the sunset (Mom had raised her eyebrows knowingly and smiled when I told her those were our plans) and grabbed a Snapple "for oral lubrication" (his words, not mine). We squirmed our way up to the roof and stood for a while talking about his recycling strategy then sat in the chair that was up there. We talked for a long time and watched the sun slowly descend behind the Aurora Bridge. His baby's mama was discussed and there was some very surprising news there then we traded rafting stories. We made our way back down in order to watch some tv and get reacquainted with his couch. He showed me this benefit package thing and I was like, "Hm, let me see how good the benefits are" so he sat in his desk chair and as I was perusing, pulled me into his lap and we sat like that for a long time, me leaning against him on his lap. I was telling him what was good and bad or interesting about the plans and he lightly stroked my stomach with his fingers. Then we kissed a little. I wanted to show him the RC rock I made on my flickr then he showed me his RC pictures and videos then something embarrassing happened, to him, not me, so I told him we were even. It's not really that bad...it could have been much worse. We moved the party over to the couch and he put on the David Bowie episode of Flight of the Concord or whatever and it was HILARIOUS. I loved it. We made out through part of it then when it was over really got down to it on the couch with a lot of rubbing against each other without our shirts on. We just kissed and laughed and kissed some more. Then I commented that my pants were very restrictive so he ordered me over to the bed, turned the lights down slightly and we de-pants-d. Underwear stayed on but things were definitely...enjoyable. To say the least. Gross, is this grossing anybody out? Too bad, it's my blog! I'm pretty sure Susan was right about that one thing, you know Susan, the thing you did with your hands? I told him we had 25 minutes because I had to leave by midnight and it totally flew by, which sucked because we were having so much fun talking and dry humping, but I put my clothes back on and he bid me farewell. I walked briskly back to my car, drove home, read briefly then went to bed. Jacques seemed to be a little more normal after hiding upstairs all day from Dad.

Tuesday 7/24, I met Mom and Dad at home on my lunch break, we discussed plans for home improvement then Dad took me back to work so he could use my car for supplies. He picked me up from work and showed me the progress he'd made then Mom got home so we cleaned up a little and took off for Chinese food. I called Chrystol and chatted with her for a few then we ordered and I got the Hong Kong style chow mein, yum! What is it with me and chow mein now? Can't get enough! Mom and Dad both got yummy dishes too so we all picked and the spring rolls were SOO good Mom and I wolfed them. We talked all through dinner and it was totally fun. We drove home where we discussed further plans then they said they would accompany me to Home Depot to plan out the bathrooms. I think they'll turn out nicely and won't be too costly so that was good to find out. The labor may kill me, but whatever, I'll figure it out. We were there until 10 then stayed up discussing more and eventually turned in. I updated the blog and went to bed a little before midnight I think.