Envious!

Hey there.

Tuesday already...I have no idea where Monday went. So glad to hear from you this morning, since I never checked the computer yesterday. I'm looking forward to your trip to Boston, too! That sounds awesome. I miss Faneuil Hall and all of its surrounding goodies. I know, I have Pike Place, but it's not the same! What a guy you have, too, to agree to the fancy B&B over the ball game. :) (And yes, I know how much sports tickets cost because I wanted to get JJ Seahawks tickets for Christmas and I almost fell over when I went looking. Personally, I think it's insane. Particularly since college ball games cost just as much! Even with our crappy teams up here!!) Anyway, I look forward to hearing about the romantic getaway!

Portland was fun - we met up with C and a friend of hers and had lunch on the waterfront. Unfortunately, it felt more like we were eating on a crab boat in the Bering sea, it was raining that hard. Whatever...we were inside and I was savoring a scrumptious crab and artichoke sandwich. We went from there to the train show, which, surprisingly, was really cool. Not that I was dreading it or anything, I don't mind that sort of thing. But I actually enjoyed it much more than I had anticipated. JJ loved it and was a little sad to leave after two hours.

CC had told me about "an amazing and dirt cheap" craft store in Vancouver, so, of course, we had to check it out. Turns out it wasn't exactly dirt cheap, but it did have twice the selection of your run-of-the-mill craft stores, and all of the fall stuff was 70% off. I am trying to make a fall wreath so I bought a bunch of random berries and leaves and...???...that I'm not entirely sure what to do with. I bet I'll figure it out, Mini Martha that I have become. Hopefully before it's time to put up the Christmas wreath.

Little kudos to J for the day: as we were driving home, the song from Dirty Dancing came on. After singing along, I said, "We should go home and curl up in our pjs and watch that movie." Of course I wasn't serious - I mean, I was, but I didn't expect that would be met with a rousing "Sure!" But, after dinner, he goes and finds the movie, puts it in, and sits on the couch with me for the rest of the evening. Hello! This, after spending an hour and half in a craft store, and paying for all my stupid stuff! That's a lot of estrogen. I love him.

Yesterday I delved back into the 50th Anniversary Party Planning Nightmare. Since all I seem to do anymore is gripe about CC, I should leave this one alone, but I gotta tell you, she's not right. She's going to be the death of me. I have to call Bro J this morning and I'm completely putting it off because I can't bear the thought of having to deal with her/him/them one more minute. Bottom line: all she cares about is saving money, and I'm not interested in inviting 150 guests from out of town to sit in the Grange Hall, eating appetizers off paper napkins and drinking cheap champagne from plastic flutes. Sorry. Call me weird.

Anyway, I won't bore you. I just can't deal with her at all, and trying to deal with Bro J instead is like pulling teeth. He is the laziest, most non-communicative person I know, and the two of them don't talk to each other...God, it's no wonder I drink. I am so vindicated.

Today, more of that...yay! Tonight, book club - another book I didn't/wouldn't choose. It doesn't suck, totally, but it's nothing I feel like talking about. My little group is kind of fun, though, and we usually spend way more time chit-chatting than we do discussing the book, so I don't mind. Nothing else going on this week besides football and such. We have p-t conferences this week too, but I'm feeling pretty good about JJ since he's got all A's and one B. Sending energy to you for this evening...yuk...I don't miss it at all. Even if I am broke and can't find a job. However, having some place to go that required an outfit, vs. jeans and fleece, would be nice. I'm feeling the need to be amongst dressed and motivated people.

Off now to clean JJ's bathroom. The whole staying home thing has its upside, sure, but this ain't one of them.

Have a great day!
Love you, A

P.S. Sorry to hear you're sick again. Me too. Sucks.
P.S.S. You wrote: "It makes me sad to see my family repeated in M’s..." what did you mean by that?