Monday 12/31, I left work early to have my car checked out. It’s the head gasket on the other side this time but we’re going to leave it for now. I’m going to buy some stop leak stuff and see if that helps. I had been texting with Stefanie and Chrystol all day making plans. Zoo Lights was off the table and we were going over to Chrystol and Sky’s beforehand. I called Susan when I got home and we talked a little. I showered and got ready and Eric made me a sandwich using up some of the ham and brie. We left a little after 7:30 and hung out at their place for an hour or so. We took off and texted Stef that we were on our way down to Georgetown to go to Kassie and Skylar’s new restaurant / bar, Brass Tacks. We parked and saw Peter and Stef driving around trying to find parking as we were going in. We went in and it’s a very cool space. We sat down at a table by the games and Sky started putting in the food orders. Tons of fries, burgers and buttermilk fried chicken started coming out. I ate a ton of fries. They taste like Dad’s fries. I also had a “clear conscience” drink (non-alcoholic) that was delicious. I don’t remember what it was called but it had like 10 ingredients. The games started and everyone paired up for foosball and shuffle board. Sky loaded us all up on the quarters. It was a fun evening and there was plenty of people watching. I think Chrystol was pleased. We stayed until almost 2 am. We said bye to everyone and headed back to Ballard to drop off Sky and Chrystol. We drove home and by the time we were turning in it was after 3 am. Very tired.

Sunday 12/30, Eric had to work at 9 and I ended up staying in bed again for most of the day so that I could recuperate. I watched a movie and napped until Eric got home. Nothing exciting for the rest of the day, but all the rest helped me feel better.

Saturday 12/29, Eric didn’t have to work so he was up with the dogs and fed them and started on dinner. He made chicken burgers for me and salmon burgers for him, Sky and Chrystol. I stayed in bed all day. I watched movies and did some of my tax stuff. I finally got up and out of bed around 5. I showered and got dressed and they arrived by 6. We talked in the kitchen for a while then dinner was ready and we ate out in the living room and watched Cops. We put on Your Highness and laughed all the way through. Eric made cookies (chocolate chip, walnut, cranberry) so we had some of those for dessert, in addition to the plethora of cookies Sky brought. They stayed until almost 11:30 then headed home. We got into bed and watched some of the Anne Hathaway SNL rerun.

Friday 12/28, I didn’t feel good so when I got home I got into bed right away. I was glad it was Friday and I could take it easy all weekend. I may have watched a movie or maybe talked Eric into an episode of Big Love. I went to bed early.

Thursday 12/27, The only day P and I would be in the office together until 1/3. Got everything pretty much wrapped up. At home I waited for Blair to arrive to help with Isi’s microchip and also waited for Eric to get home from his run. The microchipping did not go well and they couldn’t get it in and also punctured Blair. Ish. She brought in Cody so she could take some pictures for her blog. She took off not much later and I took that opportunity to shower and get into bed. Eric and I talked in the bedroom for a little bit before putting on Big Love. He went to read in the den and I had some bills to pay before updating this since I was a week behind.

Wednesday 12/26, I didn’t have a very good night’s sleep and woke up several times, including all throughout the morning because Sky’s phone wouldn’t stop going off. I finally got up around 10 and went inside. Everyone was up except me, Kass and Sky. I had a sore throat. I sat on the couch with Dad while I woke up. We were able to eat breakfast around 11:30 so it was a bit of a slow start. We decided against seeing a movie and instead just hung out, worked on the puzzle and answered trivia from Mom’s new “Rock and Roll” trivial pursuit. I got the most answers correct, surprisingly. Kass, Aubrie and I went downtown to Everyday Music and I got three movies and three cds. We went to the Co-Op next for lettuce. Back home everyone was watching The Tourist and Auntie was gearing up for dinner. Dinner was estimated to take a half hour, but ended up taking an hour more than that. We didn’t eat until after 7:30 and I had wanted to leave at 7. Dinner was really good (shish kabobs, rice, salad) and we pretty much packed up and tried to head out right after we finished. We said goodbye to everyone with hugs and kisses then packed into Kassie’s car and left. Sky was very confrontational in the car about Eric and it was very awkward, but also ridiculous. I just want Eric to talk to him and figure this shit out. We made great time getting home and after the subject was changed we had nice conversations about childhoods and all that. When I got home Eric brought out Kassie’s stuff and we said bye to everyone. I was tired and ready to get into bed. Eric showed me how he got the new cookware cleaned and put away. He was very excited. I hopped in the shower and climbed into bed. I did not feel good and took some elderberry syrup and emergence-C before popping a melatonin and going to sleep.

Tuesday 12/25, We woke up shortly after 8 and started getting ready. We exchanged gifts, though I only let Eric open a couple of his. We headed over to Mom’s right around 9 and arrived only minutes before Kassie. We served up breakfast first, which was delicious, then started in on the presents. I got new lights for the posts on the courtyard entrance, a Le Creuset skillet and stew pot from Peggy, the entire SatC complete collection so I can put all my individual seasons in Plain. Eric liked his biking shirt, All Clad and his Shun knife. His favorites for the day were the books I got him and the “Keep Tacoma Feared” stickers. Around 11 we headed out and back to our house to unload gifts and let the dogs out before going up to Bellingham for the day. We headed up and just missed being involved in a car accident. Made it up to Bellingham by 1 and it was a little chaotic. We didn’t end up opening presents until 4ish. We grazed and socialized until then. I got a lot of nice things and it was dark by the time we finished. Dinner preparation was started but we knew it wouldn’t be done until late. Eric was in the kitchen helping all night. I loaded up the car with all our loot, called AL to thank her for the presents, called Cherry to see if she could let the dogs out then Mom. We ate dinner around 9, which is pretty normal. It was good and we had a lot of fun at the kids table doing Mad Libs which turned filthy quickly. Uncle Brad was like “I want to be at that table”. Eric left by 11 and called me around 1 to tell me he’d made it to Bellevue. We all hung out and everyone stayed up pretty late. I went out to bed around 2.

Monday 12/24, Eric and I got up and went to the store to get stuff to make breakfast burritos. He fixed everything up and I woke up the sisters. We each had one, talked at the table then Eric took off for work. Dad and I went and returned the rental car then went down to O’Reilly’s to get a plug for Eric’s tire. Back at home I started getting ready for my day and Dad and the girls all got ready to leave for Bellingham. I bid them farewell and started on my chores. I cleaned up the kitchen, folded Eric’s laundry and started on my wrapping. I was busy all day and finally finished around 2. I went up to Common Folk again to get more mugs; for Grandma and Becky this time. I was finally done and went home to relax. I laid down for a little bit and fell asleep. I woke up, showered and got ready to go over to Mom’s. I fed the dogs and took off. I arrived just as Dr*ohv and Ak*mi arrived and we walked down together. Ak*mi was wearing a kimono she received from her father at 14 and had a picture to prove it. She looked pissed in the picture and she said it was because she wanted to be a “modern woman” not traditional, which is what the kimono represented. I loved the belt. JJ and Alissa arrived with A’s mom and soon we had a full house. Sky’s mom and cousin (Matt) joined us as well. There was a rousing game of Jenga in the living room and Eric finally arrived a little before 6:30 from work. Dinner was served soon after: jambalaya, ham on the side and polenta. We had a little dessert before heading off to pick up Poppy by the high school. We visited for a little bit then headed back to Mom’s to visit. We stuck around for a little longer then packed up and headed out. When we got home I helped Eric with the quiche. We were short on eggs so then we had to set out on Christmas Eve to try and find eggs at 11. Great. QFC was closed until the day after Christmas and the two gas stations next to it didn’t have eggs. We decided to loop past Safeway, Fred Meyer and lastly AMPM before the dreaded Walmart. Luckily on the way to Safeway we passed Walgreens which was open and totally poppin off. They had eggs so we were relieved. Back home to finish the quiche then Eric popped it in. While we waited for it to finish baking I got ready for bed and we starting messing around. Eric checked on the quiche and it was done then we resumed the activity at hand. It was almost 1 before we were going to sleep.

Sunday 12/23, We were going to see Rose so I was up and going and let Alishia sleep in because I thought we were driving separate from Mom and Dad. They wanted to go together so Alishia had only a few minutes to get ready because she’d been texting with her bf since I’d woken her up, instead of getting ready. We took off with a stop at Costco in Woodinville to get gas then up to Rose’s. We picked her up and went to the Chuckwagon for breakfast. We had a nice breakfast and took some pictures. We decided to do a tour of Everett and went down to Mukilteo and by the old house and on the way Mom was texting Auntie Heidi and was trying to text “no sock” but managed to hit a few wrong keys and ended up typing “mo dick” and we couldn’t stop laughing. She was about to send then looked at what she wrote. We continued toward downtown Everett by way of View Ridge and the Alternative School. We did that for at least an hour then dropped Rose off back at her place. We said goodbye and said we’d see her next year and took off. We stopped at Costco again so we could get steaks and salmon for dinner. When we got back Mom and Dad took off right away for the party store and to go see his old boss who he calls “lover” (Mark). I had to do some stuff for Isi’s app then Alishia and I went up to Crossroads. We went to Common Folk where I got some presents for Auntie Heidi then over to get Alishia some closed toe shoes (Keds) because she’d forgot her tennis shoes at home and lastly to Half Priced Books where I picked up several books for Eric from his favorite authors: Chris Hedges and Upton Sinclair. And Zinn, but he already had that one and lent it out. Back home we had enough time to relax for a few minutes before Mom and Dad came home then Eric. The Seahawks game was put on and Mom put up all her decorations and got the Seahawk plates and napkins out. We all put tattoos on our faces and I helped Eric with dinner. He made steaks, salmon, mashed potatoes, steamed broccoli and cauliflower, sautéed mushrooms and zucchini and squash. Aubrie’s flight landed and Mom and I went to go pick her up. Dinner was ready when we got home and everything was good. It was 9ish by the time we were done. Mom and Dad retired to bed, Alishia too, and Aubrie, Eric and I stayed up and talked for awhile and had ice cream. The Seahawks won by a landslide and listening to Dad and Eric hoot and holler all night was hilarious. The three of us went to bed by 11.

Saturday 12/22, Eric had to work early so he was up and out by 5:30. Mom and Dad slept in and I got the dogs going in the house. We went to breakfast at Lil Jon’s and had a nice meal. We went to the frame shop so I could pick up my pictures then we went up to Bothell to Tile for Less. I wanted to peruse the selection and found several I liked, but one really good one for the master bath floor. We headed home but swung by Pratt and Larsen first so I could show them the other tiles I liked. It was close to the time Alishia was coming in so we just went straight to the airport to pick her up. From there we headed home and Eric was there when we arrived. We all relaxed for a couple hours then headed over to Kassie’s for dinner. We hung out at her place for an hour or so then headed off to the Hawaiian place with the fried chicken that used to be Spring Hill. I sat by Becky and talked with her the whole time. Dinner was good and luckily I didn’t eat too much. Kass had a bunch of desserts at her house afterward. We stayed until 10:30 and headed home. We were all tired and went to bed when we got home. Eric woke me up in the middle of the night molesting me. It took me awhile to figure out what was going on. I finally did and that was that.

Friday 12/21, I rushed home from work and found Mom and Dad there in the motorhome. They let me open up a present: a large Santa for our Christmas decorations. They left a few minutes later and I started on the food. Popped stuff into the oven, ran around doing a few last minute things, into the shower and dressed then back to the food. One of Alix’s friends was the first to show up and he was very polite. I was trying to get food out when another friend showed up. Kass was running late and had made a detour to Whole Foods to get a bunch of other food. Eventually everyone arrived and Alix was surprised. We had a nice evening of talking and laughing. Theresa loved Isi and wanted to adopt her, though she’s pretty much already adopted. Eric came home after a few people had left and sat in the living room with everyone for a while. People peeled off and I tried to clean a little before heading to bed. Eric had to be up early so we went to bed; it was probably 11ish.

Thursday 12/20, When I got home Eric had cleaned the whole house and it looked and smelled great. We were all ready for Mom and Alix’s party. I didn’t have to run around or do anything. I finalized plans with Dad during the day and asked Kass to come over early to help set up for the next night’s event. I went to bed early-ish knowing I was going to have to get up early to get out of work early.

Wednesday 12/19, Eric left a card in my car apologizing for the night before. I got good news at work re: my bonus. I was so relieved. I went home and he had already been cleaning for two hours. The pool room is all cleaned up and rearranged, including the wood all bundled up. I helped with laundry, vacuumed the dining room to prep for mopping, cleaned the kitchen sink and fed the dogs. Eric and I took off to go run errands and headed down to Bella Bottega. First up was Mud Bay where we loaded up on Christmas presents for the dogs and also treats for Friday for when we have Mom’s party here. We went to the store next and got a shit load of cleaning supplies (all no animal testing) and stuff for when Mom and Dad are here. On the way home we went to Bangkok Basil where we both got Pad See Ew; I got beef, Eric got tofu. He’s back on his no meat kick. I’m sure I won’t be far behind. At home he kept going on cleaning and polishing all the wood in the house (insert joke). I stuffed the dogs’ stockings then showered and got into bed. I updated this and watched tv.

Tuesday 12/18, Susan came over after work and we had plans for her to accompany me on some errands. We went down to the frame shop in Factoria so I could get Eric’s xmas present framed and also my fat girl from Mexico print. She told me all about the new boy she likes and the demise of the Olympia one. Next we went over to the Rack where I got some socks and gift certificates for Alix and Jake. We hit all the other stores in the complex and talked the whole way through. I waded through yahoo emails so we could reminisce. We headed home where Susan had some AA questions for Eric and I made French fries and had an apple. She left after 8 and we watched an episode of Big Love. We went to bed not much later, but got into a discussion about Instagram and when he started to get riled up about the policy and I asked him to settle down he told me to shut up and started going off. I rolled over, turned off my light and put my pillow over my head. I wasn’t about to listen to one more word out of his mouth. I was so irritated. I wanted to go sleep in the other room because I thought he was being such an idiot.

Monday 12/17, Home a little early and started on my list of things to do. I emptied my garbage, stripped and washed the guest bedding, cleaned up the dining room, hung a picture and put away my laundry. Eric made cookies and started dinner. We ate a little after 6 then he helped me fold clean sheets and make up the guest bed. We watched an episode of Big Love then I showered and got into bed. I updated this until 10:30 then to bed.

Sunday 12/16, I had some things I wanted to get done so we were up and out the door early. I wanted a pastry so we went up to the French bakery where I got a marionberry and cream cheese croissant that was excellent. We went down to Rainier so I could get my oil changed then up to Capitol Hill so we could go to the Elliott Bay Book Co. where I got some books for Skylar and one in the bargain section for myself. Back at home I called Isi’s app to talk about some stuff, and while I don’t love her, I think she’ll be fine for Isi. I sat down and watched Office and Parks and Rec. I eventually took a nap and had all the dogs relaxing with me. After getting up I got ready to go over to Mom’s for dinner and tree decorating. Kass was late, of course, and we talked about Christmas and timing. We started eating at 7 and she arrived shortly after. Mom made a homemade Caesar dressing, matzo ball soup and Dad got two Zaw pizzas. After dinner we decorated the tree and it was a big one. Eric and I did most of it. After we finished I sat in the living room while Kass and Mom did their puzzle and the boys all watched football. Around 9 we headed home and got ready for bed. Not looking forward to the week ahead. 

Saturday 12/15, In the morning Eric was up doing stuff and asked what I wanted to do that day so I told him I wanted to go to an estate sale, Chown and Pratt and Larsen. He said he’d go with me so off we went to the estate sale. There was a cute print, but I didn’t like that it looked cheap when I got there so we left empty handed. We both loved the family room, though. Next we went to P&L and wandered around forever looking at tile. We liked most of the same stuff and I feel like I’m closer to knowing what I want in the new bathrooms. We went to Chown and looked at everything. Found a lot of great stuff, but also overpriced, over the top stuff. There are a few things I will probably get there since mom gets a discount. We went to QFC to pick up stuff for dinner because Sky and Chrystol were coming over for dinner. Eric was making lasagna and wanted to make homemade everything except the pasta. He bought like 18 tomatoes for the sauce, among other things. I did stuff around the house and did some talking with Eric while he cooked. I showered right before they arrived, which was at 7. We sat in the kitchen while Eric finished everything up. Sky made a salad and we sat down to eat. Everything was very good, he made homemade garlic butter too but I wish there had been more bread! I wanted to go to Goodwill to see if I could find more xmas village houses so we took off and I ended up getting only one even though they had like 20. A lot of them looked cheap so we settled on the Resort, with the wrap around porch. Chrystol got a bunch of books and one was about a bone and all the things this little girl does with this bone she finds in the woods. It is so vulgar, I don’t know how it ever got published as a children’s book. Next up was Whole Foods where I got a cookie and Eric was hell bent on eggnog. We went home and sat down to talk and watch tv. SNL was on and it was hilarious (Martin Short). Sky and Chrystol ended up staying for the whole thing. I was exhausted by the time they left and we went to bed.

Friday 12/14, I didn’t write anything down for this day. I was probably tired and still dealing with my sore neck. I assume Eric and I made up from the night before.

Thursday 12/13, I woke up throughout the night with incredible neck pains. Great. I did exercises all day which helped, but it still sucks. After work I came home and called Kass to find out if the party was still happening and she confirmed. I took my time showering and getting ready. I took off by 6:30 ish and traffic sucked across MI as usual. Eric was at an anti-coal rally with Sky at the convention center so he wouldn't be coming. I got there just fine and it looked awesome in there. I said hi to Sky first, then Mom, Akemi and Lynn G. Found Leslie and Meggs and said hi and did pictures. I talked to Daniel B. forever and talked him into buying Kassie's chemistry table with slate sink. Ryan was looking for his buddy, Eric, but I told him he wasn't coming. He introduced me to his "crazy, gay neighbor, Jeremy" who I loved! He showed me the parrot he wanted to buy, but Becky ended up buying out from underneath him. It was a fun night. Lots of chatting with different people. Uncle Brad and Aunt Heidi showed up which was totally awesome. I didn't want to go home but knew I needed to get to bed and get a good night's sleep because of my f-ing neck. I left a little after 9 and had emailed Genie about the app and the fact that she lives in a rental. Bummer. Might not go through now. At home I filled Eric in but then he got all mad about Kassie swearing when I told her Eric was at a rally rather than her party. He started going off and I mostly tuned him out. I emailed Genie again. We went to bed both extremely irritated with each other. I had a much better night's sleep without pain, however.

Wednesday 12/12, Eric had all the Christmas decorations down out of the garage and ready to be put out. We put out the reindeer Mom got us (with embroidered sweaters with our initials) then did the lights on the tree. We decorated and it looked pretty good. We couldn't put any ornaments on the lowest foot of the tree because of Isi. She kept trying to seal the ornaments off the table. Genie was setting up the phone interview with the app. I talked to Mom who'd had another surgery on her jaw and Dad was up in SF for a meeting. We ate dinner late and watched Modern Family. When it was over I showered and we watched the season four finale of Big Love. Went to bed with my neck not feeling great.

Tuesday 12/11, When I got home we chatted for a few minutes before taking off to Whole Foods to get a Christmas tree. We picked a 6' shorty because it was the only one with a shape I liked. I don't like the bushys. We got it tied to the top of the car then headed home and Eric left it in the pool room overnight so it could dry off. We fed the dogs and relaxed for the evening. We watched one episode of Big Love.

Monday 12/10, When I got home I had a lot of work to do in the form of writing Isi's long bio. Eric brought me dinner in the bedroom. I sent out the LB to a new prospective adopter in PDX and she came back with some questions that I answered back. She seems into Isi which makes me glad because I think it's a good app. Eric didn't want to watch Big Love so I hung in the bedroom by myself taking care of my Amex statements and tax summary.

Sunday 12/9, I slept in until 9:30, yikes. I didn’t wake Jess up until after 11. She and Clancy cuddled in bed together with the heating blanket cranked way up. We decided to go up to the French Bakery for lunch and shared two paninis. I got a palmier so she could try it and she said it was better than the Spanish ones, which she hates. Back at home we finished the movie then it was time for her to pack up so we could go up to her Mom’s. We drove up and were looking in the window and knew she was home, but couldn’t see her. Then all of a sudden we hear “Hi!” and she’s standing three feet away; we jumped and screamed. It was hilarious. She totally knew we were going to be coming up which told us someone had squealed. We sat inside and talked for an hour or so. I needed to get going so I left and had a hard time seeing as I drove home in the dark and rain. I was so tired, my eyes were trying to close on the way home. I probably napped when I got home, but I really don’t remember. Eric was home. We took it easy for the night after a busy weekend.

Saturday 12/8, Eric was up early to go run with Peter and Stef and afterward they went and got coffee. I got up after 8 and took the dogs out, fed them, etc. I ate breakfast and figured Jess would be sleeping for awhile. I hung in the bedroom and kept the dogs quiet for most of the morning. Around 10 I stopped worrying and about 15 minutes later went in and woke her up. We went to the blueberry farm for a walk and did two times around and by the end it was raining pretty hard. We both changed and after Eric returned we went to go run some errands. First up was Whole Foods where we got fruit, salads, cookies, kambucha and Jess got some supplements. Next we went up to Super Supplements where Jess loaded up on a ton of other stuff, including stuff to aid in elimination. We found a fiber expert at SS and got Jess all set up. Back at home we ate our lunches and Eric heated up the leftover poutine for me too. Jess made a huge salad and then mixed up some of her fiber dessert. Except it tasted like shit. We were sleepy so we put on a movie and Eric headed to work. We decided on A Good Year, but only made it about halfway through because we needed to start getting ready for dinner and the theater. We got ready and headed out. We parked by the ACT and saw Ken and Linda getting out of the car. Jessica ducked as we whizzed by. We headed up to Cheesecake Factory and saw them in the bar, snuck around and Jess put her hands over his eyes and said in a disguised high pitched voice “Guess who!”. We had practiced in the car and I was going to do it in a super deep man-y voice and sing him a happy birthday rendition sure to knock his socks off. We decided against it. He didn’t seem surprised but he’s not a real exuberant guy, so it wasn’t that out of the ordinary. Dinner was nice and I got a salad that I almost finished. I ended up with just a regular piece of cheesecake which was delicious. I was glad I didn’t get one with a whole bunch of shit on it, though some fresh blueberries would have been delicious. We finished up and walked over to ACT for the Christmas Carol or whatever it’s called. It was entertaining but I was very tired and couldn’t stop yawning. It was fun. After the show we all walked to the cars together and said goodbye. We drove home but stopped by Eric’s work on the way home and picked him up so he didn’t have to ride his bike. We put on our movie again but Jess fell asleep. I started getting ready for Kristel’s birthday party and told Jess she didn’t have to go if she didn’t want to, but she said her nap refreshed her and she wanted to go. We took off for Rockbox after 11 and found decent parking, by Capitol Hill standards. When I got there the only people I knew were Kristel and Troy. Apparently Kristel didn’t know anyone either and some friend had invited all his coworkers from his Christmas party. It was a little slow to start but soon Jessica and Vin were picking out songs to sing together. Vin loved using his secret microphone to start singing with whoever was singing if they weren’t doing a very good job, and the Asian guy was very exasperated that someone was singing with him to HIS song. Looking around frantically trying to figure out who was singing with him. We were dying. We closed the place down and headed home. We were all very tired. Eric had to be up early the next day for work.

Friday 12/7, I had to get up super early to take P to the airport, but was able to get off early too. I went home and picked up Eric and we headed to the airport to pick up Jessica. We got to the airport just as she was getting out to the curb so we didn't have to park. It took us a while to get home but we filled the time with a lot of catching up and chatting. At home Jess hopped in the shower and Eric went to the store to get stuff to make veggie enchiladas. I showered after Jess. We sat in the kitchen with Eric while he cooked and just talked. I pumped Jessica up with vitamins and medicine since she wasn't feeling very good. We ate out in the living room while we sat talking and half watching tv. Jessica was going to eat half the pan of enchiladas and Eric made a joke. We stayed up until 10:30 or so then all turned in. Jess was happy about the heating blanket on her bed. 

Thursday 12/6, I had plans to meet with Kristel later that evening for dinner. I showered and got ready and made it to her place by exactly 6:45. We chatted while she showered and changed and I told her I kind of had some stories, but not anything all that good. We took off for Skillet and circled the block several times looking for parking before she finally dropped me off to put in our name. We ended up sitting at the bar, which was just fine. I told her my stories (RH Eric correspondence and reading about Ian posts) and she filled me in on some of hers, including how things with Troy are going and also some drama with her friend whose name starts with a B (a guy). Toward the end of our meal B showed up for dinner with someone else and it was like "awkward...". Dinner was fantastic and I got the macaroni. It was delish. We went back to her house and laid on the floor, talking about relationships and sex and boys vs girls and jealousy and all that. I am so not a jealous person, she is the opposite, self-addmitted. At 10:30 I finally headed home. Eric was up and I told him about dinner. We went to bed not much later.

Wednesday 12/5, Got home and Eric had just returned from a run. My goal was to get Isi’s bio done and it ended up not taking too long and I got it submitted. The people that Genie thought would be interested in her ended up not being interested because she’s too tiny. They want a little bigger girl. Eric left to go to an event at the Bellevue Art Museum about coal or something. I stayed home, updated this and read old blogs. Deep into the Ian months and waiting to find where I played with fire with RH Eric. I was so smitten with Ian. Those were some good times. Eric got home around 9:30 and wanted me to think about making the house more sustainable and brought home materials.

Tuesday 12/4, Kind of annoyed at work for the past two days. When I got home I was on a mission to get Isi’s image event set up. Eric and I took turns taking pictures and ended up getting some decent ones. I set everything up and let Genie know because there’s a new potential app in the mix on Vashon. The prior Port Angeles app fell through. Eric heated up some dinner for me and I continued doing stuff online. He also made brownies and I had one. I reviewed old blogs and posted some. Eric left to go play soccer with Sky at Marymoor and I watched Breakfast Club. The dogs cuddled with me on the bed. By 11 he still wasn’t home and I got ready to turn in.

Monday 12/3, I wasn’t feeling great at work so I ended up leaving early and stopped at the store on the way home to pick up stuff for a turkey dinner, which Eric offered to make. Turkeys were too expensive so I got a large organic chicken instead. Saved $15 going that route. When I got home I took the dogs out and just as I got back inside Eric came home and told me to get in bed and relax. I showered, put on my pajamas, turned on the heating blanket and climbed in. Eric took care of the dogs and making dinner and brought it to me in bed. I went over old blogs and was dying. Trying to make my way through all the old RH Eric ones, which basically is through 2007. We decided to watch an episode of Big Love before bed.

Sunday 12/2, Eric had the day off, but we decided to wait on getting the tree until the next weekend. Isi continued to do well. I cleaned my bathroom then got ready to go to Susan’s. We chatted and worked on putting some coverings on her windows. She filled me in on her Oly escapade with a very eager (in a good way) guy. We went to the GO where I mostly behaved myself and spent probably the least amount of money ever. We had a good time and got in plenty of girl talk. When I got home Eric unpacked all the stuff. He made some delicious goulash for dinner, though it wasn’t as good as Peter’s. A little while later I propositioned him so we hopped in the shower and did stuff. It was 10:30; I was tired and went to bed, he wasn’t tired at all so he went and hung out in the den.

Saturday 12/1, We were both tired but had to get up because we needed to meet Julee to pick up Isi. Luckily we were meeting her close to the house. We met Isi and she was a tiny thing and very sweet; not jumpy or freaked out. We saw the other puppies and met Balboa too. Vespa, Genie’s new tri-pawd puppy was adorable. Genie and Dave arrived and we talked for a long time in the Safeway parking lot. Genie was having a hard time with adoption stuff and was feeling overwhelmed. We took off for home and when we got there we let Isi get settled then introduced her to Clancy and that went well. I hung with the other dogs and Eric spent time with her in the den. Eric went to work at 2 and I started taking a nap prior to his departure at 1. I stayed in bed forever and finally got up around 3. I took off for Ambiente or whatever it’s called, to look at tile and saw a few that I liked, but it was more just to get an idea of what’s available up here. I really liked some of the tile I saw in CA. Back at home I showered and started getting ready then RH Eric texted that he had to work a double and told me to check out his restaurant online. I made ramen for dinner and hung out. I did introductions with Brizo and Nyx and everything went fine. I left everyone out together and continued reading blogs for the rest of the night. By this point I had made my way through the RH Eric disappearance and estrangement and had all sorts of questions for him. They’d have to wait until we actually meet up, which will hopefully be soon. I need answers! Eric got home around 10 and I ended up staying up super late. I was not tired; too engulfed in the blog reading. I finally forced myself to turn off the computer at 2am. Eric had been asleep since 11:30.