i know, i know – part three is still pending. i’m trying to get the apartment packed up, which is really hard to do when i’m… not packing at all. that needs to start now – better, a few days ago. as a filler, here’s a picture of butter banana and i.
the truth is, the purpose of our trip wasn’t so much a happy one. we were headed to the funeral of a friend of nat’s. after a few hours on the road we made it to pasco, to a lovely service. we headed home still sad, and were excited about the opportunity to distract ourselves by visiting the teapot dome. …but we couldn’t find it. we did, however, see this.
so, we turned around and headed a few miles back toward granger – yes, granger: where the dinosaurs roam. nat and i had a great time taking the dinosaur drive, and taking pictures with all of the dinosaurs – you can see the full set here.
oh! i can’t believe it, i almost forgot. after we went to the darigold dairy fair (soooo underwhelming), a few hours down the road we stopped by snoqualmie falls, which was so. so. beautiful.
and we headed home. sunday was lacking in adventures, since i had orientation at work. but info on monday’s adventures is pending.
(part three here!)
last weekend, nat and i had a fairly extensive field trip. he had worked sixteen days straight, and finally had four days off. the initial plan was to go to spokane, but we didn’t make it that far.
our first adventure was to the puyallup fair, nat and i went with our friend will. immediately upon arrival i ate a scone, in order to not be disowned by my family. we went on the skyride in order to get our bearings, after which we rollercoastered! and then headed to the hobby hall where we saw amazing things including legobama and the vegetable displays. after that we saw the wonder of the steilacoom dance company (led by the silver stars) and headed up to the home goods exhibits, which were fascinating and crazy. i was most interested in the table settings, i think, because really – what kind of competition is that?
we wandered around and saw the animals and were magnetically drawn (back) to the 4H dog show, after which we saw the jest in time circus which was pretty cute (i don’t usually like clowning, even though i have some clown friends, so “cute” is saying a lot). i bought a red nose. after that, nat and will went on the giant slide!! “welcome to the puyallup giant slide, one of the largest slides ever built.”
then, we all went on the ferris wheel, which was an appropriately long ride for our money. will took a shmoopy picture of nat and i. we then abandoned him to wait forever for his fiancee to pick him up and take him home, while we headed to ruth’s chris steakhouse for my grandparents’ overwhelmingly fancy 50th anniversary party. we brought a change of clothes to the fair, but still felt underdressed. it was lovely, and so nice that my grands were able to celebrate such an important occasion.
upon leaving dinner in bellevue, we headed over the pass. i had high hopes of making it to pasco that night, but we made it as far as ellensburg, tired and grumpy. we ended up staying at the i-90 inn motel (classy, eh?) which i was surprised was pretty darn clean. we sunk into bed exhausted, and i woke up at some point in the middle of the night to the bed settling, because it had just… broken. from us rolling over. awesome.
(part two here!)
so last time i posted, i linked to this comic, where the text is “3D dinosaurs no way” and “3D cheesemaking omg.” … last weekend, nat and i had adventures that actually included both of those things, in roadside tourist attraction form. i will share more once i’ve uploaded the pictures, but golly it was awesome.
my favorite quote of the day, from nat about butter:
i covet this poster like crazy, but it’s $30.
my great-grandmother passed away on sunday, after a week’s worth of post-stroke sleeping. she lived such a long and wonderful life; she was my favorite lady. i was her namesake for eighteen years, and will always remember her. i’m mostly still numb, i think.
every so often, my favorite comic publishes a(nother) strip that makes me squeal “that’s my (new) favorite!” … i’ll admit that i was really behind on things, since it was published more than a year ago, but this is my favorite. the trouble with claiming a favorite, though, is that not long after, i always find one like this one which argues and tries to take its place.
i save comics that i like a lot, so that i can devour in batches when i am sad about things like how my great-grandmother just had a stroke.
my small orange friend is back in town, which is fantastic. he is getting along well in our new household. i bought a car. that’s how he got up here, me driving for thirteen hours from san francisco to olympia. it was a good idea in my head.
it seems like my new apartment comes with built-in trans friends, and also crafty friends? so that is pretty neat of it. i’ve been stepping up my knitting game due to peer pressure, yarn donations and halloween (all combine, actually, to equal – remember what i said last year?). knitting is good.
this is like i’ve taken all of my boring entries and combined them into one meta-boring-entry. i mean, i got bored in the middle of it. i’m going to go back to cleaning the house, and you know that means something.
