I’m so excited—I just got off the phone with Anna, my college roommate, who was recently engaged to her high school sweetheart, Frank—she asked me to be one of her bridesmaids for her wedding!!! Yay! I’m so honored, elated, excited and happy that she asked me! This will be my first wedding as a bridesmaid—wasn’t sure if I’d ever be one…and I am just absolutely honored that she asked me. This really means so much as, despite the many miles that separate us, she will always be one of my dearest friends. She was by my side during some of the most important years of my life and I have…

I just had probably the most amazing dinner I’ve ever had in Lawrence, Kansas (isn’t that a bold statement?). Tonight, my parents drove all the way out to 10th & Delaware—our town was clever enough to name the streets by state names in order of when they joined the Union from East to West. So when I say “all the way out on Delaware St.”, that means pretty far into East Lawrence. I have no clue where California St. or Washington St. are. Anyway, we walked into this gorgeous private home where Robert Krause Catering & Dining serve their meals. The owners, Robert & Molly, open up their home to…

Holiday traveling always sucks. Took off at 1am last night from Sea-Tac airport en route to minneapolis in the worst possible seat: 48B—the last row on a fully booked flight, middle seat. Yeah, the seats that don’t recline? That seat. ugh. Suffice it to say, I didn’t get much sleep. Arrived in minneapolis at 6am CST and wandered around for a bit. Forgot how many retail shops are in that airport. Really wanted an eggnog latte but the line for starbucks was horrendous at that hour. Attempted to check into work, but the WiFi at the airport costs $6.95 for a session. Forget that. Finally boarded my flight to Kansas…

this is really cool—the 2.5 gigapixel photo. Zoom in on it, it’s amazing.

Weekend started off with a bang. One of my oldest friends in Seattle, Gary (we studied abroad in Spain together in college), invited me to the Seattle Works Emerald City Swank Friday night. It was my first time to any sort of swanky fundraiser like this–there was a silent and live auction, followed by dinner and dancing. Lots of fun as it was geared towards people in their 20s and 30s and 400-500 people filled the Bell Harbor International Conference Center. I even won a silent auction! I got VIP passes for 5 people to check out TheatreSports. Hmmm…who to invite along with me…. After the Swank, I went over…

Oh man. What a day. I’m so beat. Today was my first real full day working. (Friday didn’t count since I pretty much just had to pack up my office for a move) I started off this morning at the XGym, working on a new protocol: ratchets. Ugh. I also had to do new workouts–the adductor, a pushup, leg extension, chin ups: all things that I basically suck at. These next 7 weeks are going to suck at the gym, I can tell. I was coughing throughout my workout (I still have a slight cough that developed near the end of my sickness) and looked like I was going to…

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Seattle peeps–it’s 25 for $25 this month, yum yum!

What a depressing day. 4 more years of Bush. Kerry concedes. 11 states ban gay marriage. I’m still horribly sick. I attempted to go back to work today. Stepped into the elevator and saw the words “I’m moving back to Canada!” scribbled all over the whiteboards inside our elevators. Spent an hour in a meeting about my new organization. Head was swelling. Dizziness overtook me. My ears felt like they were in a tunnel. What was I thinking? I had lunch with Katie, with it being her last day. We caught up, bitched, laughed and had a good hour with each other. I hugged her goodbye and bid her farewell…

Oh, the tension of Election Night. It’s so frustrating flipping channels and going from news station to news station and seeing how their electoral vote count completely varies. I mean, seriously–where are they all getting their sources? As of right now, it’s: CNN: Kerry – 188 Bush – 197 ABC: Kerry – 188 Bush – 237 NBC: Kerry – 206 Bush – 207 FOX: Kerry – 144 Bush – 210 CBS: Kerry – 200 Bush – 246 ACK. I’m still sick. Just sitting at home, by myself, missing out on a bunch of, I’m sure, fun election night outings and parties. I do feel better today than I did yesterday..but…