Thursday 9/6, I stopped at BB&B after work and picked up a few items that will make my life more enjoyable. Most importantly a toilet paper holder. I began taping and cleaning more in the bathroom. I touched up with Twig Basket on a few walls and felt good that at least that was done. I did more laundry and put some things away and my room is starting to look a little tiny bit better. Ian called (!) while he was at a show and wondered aloud why he would have done that when he knew he wouldn't be able to hear me. It still made my day and I couldn't stop smiling. He said he'd call me the next day, but just the fact that he called thrilled me. I stayed busy until about 8:30 then Susan called and I wasn't very productive while chatting, finished up my taping then hopped in the shower, quickly got ready and hit the road. I called Kay-See as I was getting off the freeway and she ran out minutes later and hilariously checked out a guy going into her building. Good girl! She looked so cute then told me I looked cute, so that made her even cuter! We drove over and parked and since Susan had told me her and Tommy (?) beat us there she was already in. We went in and were immediately visually flooded with hot boys. Gay, straight, you name it. They were hot and they were there to DANCE. We walked around the side of the floor to try and spot Susan but instead found Tye so I got a hug and he told me that the last time he'd seen her she was in the back bar. We decided to go upstairs to scope it out from up there and see if we could see her. We didn't, but we did spot some hilarity and hotness on the floor. We went back down after a few minutes and I spotted two tattoo-d boys and K insisted on walking by them, so we did, then I saw Moppet and kind of waved but he didn't wave back and looked at me confusedly, so I thought maybe it wasn't him. Or maybe he was just having a bad night. We continued to wait for a good song and finally one came on so we hit the floor right by K's adorable bfs. They were so hot in their matching button up white shirts, black vests, black jeans and ties. There was this most likely straight guy dancing by us and all he kept doing was thrusting his pelvis and we would take turns alerting each other to his newest hilarious move and were in stitches all night. Susan sprang up and so we all danced as a group, though it wasn’t really Tommy’s scene so he took off not too much later. Susan said she also saw Moppet and that he looked very confused or that he was having a terrible night. Syphilis was in jeans, shock of shocks! And we spotted Moppet again and confirmed it was indeed him. We watched ass crack and Prince dance on the stage then there was an awful drag show that terrified all of us. I seriously don’t know if it was a man trying to be a woman or a woman trying to be a man trying to be a woman. Yikes. We danced a ton more by that pelvic thrusting guy and laughed continually until he finally came over and asked us if we were straight and after confirming he asked us to come over and dance with him and I was like (really skeptically) “I don’t know…” and he was like “Come on!” and like sad that I didn’t instantly agree to dance in his thrusting presence. He said he’s been going there for 3 years and I was like “I don’t think so, I’ve been coming here for 3 years and I’ve never seen your ass” so he said he just moved back from CO and pulled out his license as proof and it turns out his name is Maximilian which I thought was somewhat hilarious, because he totally didn’t look like one. He was nice and I chatted with him for a few minutes and he got all mock distraught when I looked at him skeptically when he said he was straight. Moppet came down and started chatting with us and M and friends took off, so I thanked Moppet but he said he knew I was having a good time with those guys. Which I kind of was. He told me he’s moving to LA and I told him I saw him earlier but that he looked confused and he said he couldn’t figure out if it was me or not. Then he said he forgot my name and I told him likewise so we reintroduced ourselves and he claimed to be really great with faces and that if he saw me 20 years from now he’d recognize me and I was like “Kind of like how you recognized me earlier?” and he was like “Shut up” so we laughed about that. Trent Von was playing some bad songs and finally Susan had had enough so she took off after a Stray Cats song and K and I continued dancing by Moppet but only for about 2 more songs. I said bye to Moppet because I might not see him again and he gave me his card and did like a typing motion with his hands indicating that I should email him if I felt so inclined. I might. Who knows. We got K’s coat and of course Von Trap decides to play a good song, but we skipped out anyway, admiring Eric the bouncer. Yummy. We walked to the car and right as I was talking about Ian as we pulled up to her place, he f-ing called! So she jumped out and I excitedly answered and he asked what was going on and why I was so giggly and I told him K just got out of the car and he asked if I’d pushed her and when I said yes, he said it was “so gangster” so that was funny. We talked about how he’d seen the Gingerbread Patriots and I was so jealous because I love them and he told me about some of the other bands he was seeing later then I told him about dancing and we hung up a few minutes later after chatting a little. I was so excited and giddy that I almost wrote him another message on myspace, but I didn’t. I got ready for bed and hit the hay by about 1:30.

Wednesday 9/5, I went home after work and started working on taping off and continuing to clean and do laundry and stuff. I messaged a bit with Ian back and forth then took off for Mom's to celebrate Jake's birthday. We went to what used to be Sea Star and had a ton of delicious dishes. The conversation quickly turned to Ian and Jake said that he "better protect his investment" with a totally obvious double eyebrow raise. I sat there trying not to laugh then he went on to say since Ian wants kids that he might try "The Ole 1-2" to try and get me pregnant. Like he could accomplish this without me knowing or something. Mom needs to have "The Talk" with him real bad. So, needless to say, dinner was interesting and dare I say? fun. Even Grandma was amused by the conversation. I ate three fortune cookies but my original one said "You will be successful in romance" so that was exciting. We headed over to Mom's where she had prepared the creamiest fudge I've ever had. It was also very rich and I couldn't even finish my piece. I didn't hang there too long before packing Grandma up and taking her home. Back at the ranch I continued to work on tasks around the house and unpacking and such. I made it into bed by 11, sent Ian one more message, read a chapter of my book and went to sleep.

Tuesday 9/4, The guys were working at my house when I got home and we went over a few things then I retired to the downstairs to look at pictures and upload them to myspace. I called Kassie because one of the pictures of her in the water was totally cracking me up. Around 6:30 I took off for my hair appointment. I parked in my usual spot when I go to Kay-See's because the salon is fairly close to her place of residence. I walked down and Sean allowed me to pass the velvet rope and was just finishing up with a client. I got a nice big hug and we briefly discussed bangs then he went in for it and started cutting. He didn't know where he was going but he was just going to start. We talked astrology, marriage, crotch rockets, real estate and needing a garage and 2 bedroom, Ian, Kassie and of course hair. After he got the bulk of it done he put me in the hair washing chair and I looked up at all these bottles of shampoo and conditioner nozzles staring down at me and told him it would be interesting to see if he pumped one of them if it would hit my head or not. So he's like "Ready?" and I closed my eyes and mouth real tight and waited. I felt a very suspicious, yet familiar, substance hit the left part of my head and instantly started laughing. Good shot Sean! Then I said there better not be a video of it on youtube circulating by the next day and he said it would be posted on "seansapt.com" and that the back story would be that I had just arrived from Holland and needed a place to stay and that was my "rent". Seeing this bit of white viscous substance fly from the side of the frame onto my head could definitely pass for xxx material. He finished styling and we talked hair products and a few other things and he showed me his bike then Kay-See called so I got a good bye hug and hit the bricks. I was to her house within minutes and entered her apartment smelling all sorts of wonderful smells which included onions, apples, pork chops, rice and zucchini. YUM! We chatted while she finished dinner then we sat down and continued gossiping about boys, Portland, Vancouver and brokers. After feeding me an ice cream drumstick K had places to be and people to see and I had more work at my house so I hit the road. I did quite a bit of cleaning when I got home. I washed the sink and toilet, vanity, vacuumed as much as I could and left the rest for the next day.

Monday 9/3, I got up a little after 9 and went downstairs to do some work but ended up getting distracted multiple times. I resigned to getting ready for the day and all the other girls got up fairly quickly after me in preparation to go to Uncle Dick's and to celebrate Uncle Ron's b-day at Cactus Jacks. We took off and said bye to Jodi who would not be joining in, and went to Uncle Dick's. We all ate a bunch of bars and watched OC and struggled with Kasey to turn the sound off on the commercials. Danny, Kelly and Jackson showed up and I gave him the picture I had cut out from St. Martin and he was thrilled to put it in his wallet. Now he'll know who his cousin Big Sexy Rhonda is. Or his cousin Miranda or Robot. Whatever. We all packed up and caravanned to Stewart, arriving at Cactus Jacks. Some guys made lewd comments as Mom walked by and Kassie goes "I heard that, watch it, that's my mother" and they were all "Chill out" and Kassie's like "Don't start with me, just drop it" and we walked in. I told Dad Kassie just defended Mom's honor. I ordered a hot dog but after looking at them decided I didn't want one after all, but since they were only 25 cents I didn't feel too bad about it. I ate some of Kassie's onion rings and pizza and my own fries and one of Kasey's toasts so I had PLENTY. Dan and Kel were at our end and we talked about how scary Danny is and I wouldn't want to be any boy that Danielle brings home, or even a girlfriend of Beau and Jackson. I'M not scared of him, but he can be as intimidating as fuck, especially with that glass eye. Speaking of, Kassie got a hilarious picture where he made his other eye all wonky so he looks like a crazy person. They want to come out to Seattle next year and I told them FABULOUS and that they should aim for the end of July so they can attend the family reunion since Dick and Roxy may come out too. How fun would that be? I think Clint, Jodi and the kids may come as well. It would be SO FUN. Plus Dan and Kelly could stay with me and go into the city and stuff so it would work out well. All the kids, sans Alishia, walked over to the cemetery to see Grandma and Grandpa and though it took us a while to find them, we did and sat talking to them for a while, then went off to find other relatives and interesting names. Luckily it's a tiny cemetery so there's not many to go through. Aubrie found a Harry Potter name. The rest of the fam showed up and it was so bright and hot / muggy that taking pictures and walking around started to feel taxing. Then Jackson was bitten by some black mystery bug and started screaming at the top of his lungs and asked if he was going to die. We walked over to the farm and talked and I took pictures with some of the baby cows and one was so hungry he was trying to suckle my fingers and it made me sad. I told Uncle Ron when we got back over that they were hungry and he was like "ehh" with a shrug. I know they'll get fed in an hour Uncle Ron but do it NOW, that baby is STARVING! They are so cute. We talked about cats and dead calves and other things then decided it was time to go. We all walked back and said our goodbyes and hit the road to Minneapolis while watching Psych or something in the car. Mom and I were in the very back and cracking up. We were staying at Sofitel and I was so impressed and couldn't believe Dad would book at a French hotel, but they apparently didn't know, and they had the best deal. We all ogled the door guy then unloaded and headed up to our rooms. It was so nice, I was very impressed. Our window looked into the inside of the hotel and since they were tinted the girls thought that no one could see in, but they were wrong as we would find out later. Kassie had her tits on the glass and Aubrie had her butt and we all cracked up, until Mom said you could see in. Then we made Kassie confirm and you totally could, though it was obscured a bit by the darkened tint. Oh well. Dad gave us some money for dinner and I asked to borrow some $$ to finish my bathrooms then we hit the road to the Mall of America. We went to H&M first and stayed in there for a while, then to Nordstrom Rack for me for some undies while everyone else did their own thing. I met up with Aubrie and we headed to Nordstrom to find Kassie who had a few items for me to try on. I also tried a bunch of jeans on and ended up getting some Citizens in capri form then we went downstairs and I got the cutest red flats that look fantastic with the Citizens. Kassie got some Michael Kors slippers for Grand Cayman that I'm totally envious of. We called the other girls and told them to meet us at the smoothie place so Aubs and I could get what Kassie had gotten, and she got another one, then Alishia and Kassie got into a heated discussion and Alishia stormed off to the car. Kassie wanted time to talk to her so Aubs and I sat back and talked FOREVER and eventually moved to a place we could sit at while they hashed everything. Finally we were underway to the hotel with everyone feeling better about everything. Back at our room I stripped down and we talked pubic hair shapes and Kassie had a good suggestion for me then I hopped in the shower and after tried my new stuff on and got the thumbs up from Kassie. I climbed into bed but we all continued talking and I was blogging to try and catch up. Went to bed because we had to get up at 5am.