Update
5/2 - 5/8
Hi
Friend!
Not
so exciting week. Finally moved some
work boxes out of storage so I finally don't have to do an expense report every
month! Yay! (I really am getting old aren't I?)
I
also went to meet with my HOA, where they denied my requests, including using
my contractor who cost a third of the 12,000 that their contractor cost. But I did get to explain, step by step, about
how they charged me for late fees for bills they never sent me, for things I
never agreed to pay for, especially as they were double charging me for lawyer
bills. It was a delight, but the good
news is that I managed to make it to my car before I burst into tears. Yay!
Shana
decided to crash her new bosses wedding, so of course I joined! It was super fun, and there were rootbeer
floats.
Kelly
also had an opportunity to enter a contest to win Sasquatch Glamping tickets
(Spoiler alert she won!) The pictures were amaze-balls.
I
discovered the video of Chris Evan's saying, "I don't wike it" and
now it is permanently in my vocabulary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP7H2fMdfqk
My
four leaf clover, that I keep in my phone case, broke. When we were at the dog park, I told Kelly
and asked her to keep a look out for a new one.
Kelly:
Actually, I found three yesterday - take your pick!
Me:
See! I told you it was her super power!
Lucas:
Worst super power ever.
Tom's
parents were in town from NZ, so Zach and I joined Tom, Kelly, their parents
and some siblings for Polish Fest. Only
Polish Fest was crazy popular so we got some coffee at Elliot Bay Book Co
before brunch at Oddfellows. When I
asked about my summer, I told everyone how super psyched I was about seeing
Billy Joel and Salt-n-Pepa!!
Tom:
Ven diagram of people who are equally excited about Billy Joel and Salt n Pepa
has got to be pretty tiny.
Me:
There is plenty of room around me and my sister!
Alright
people, I was afraid of this, I have no idea what all of my notes mean so I'll
just leave these random's in hope that someone can remind me when they read
it.
Fortune
cookie
Rehabilitation
school for troubled adults.
Pre
wedding
Pre
honeymoon
And
have a cigarette if you want cancer!
Much
Love,
T
O'B
Update 5/9 - 5/15
Hi Friend,
Erika had a fourth kid this
week! That's exciting! Pretty sure it
was 5/12 and her name is Elouise Rae!
Speaking of kids, this is from
my friend with the two sets of twins:
At Charlotte and John's 4 year
check up with all four kids. It's going great then this:
Dr: Charlotte, John, can you
tell me about your mom? (Trying to engage them to evaluate their speech)
Charlotte: mommy is nice but
sometimes she forgets things.
Dr: well, sometimes mommy's
forget things.
Sophie: (interrupting dr) she
forgot my soccer practice.
Connor: (without even a pause)
she even forgot about coming here today
(Totally not even their appointment)
John: and sometimes she even
says shit.
Dr: well, I think their speech
is pretty advanced...
Jen: 😨😨😨😨
The HOA made me more and more
angry, but I'll spare you details if for no other reason than I'm over it! I stopped by Pam's for some wine and a long
overdue catch up on Friday night.
Saw this quote from, I want to
say Obama, but that's probably fake news.
Also, fake news was still funny in May!
Remember? “I want to thank him for his friendship, for his counsel, for
always giving it to me straight, for not shooting anybody in the face. Thank
you, Joe.”
I bought a lawn mower, like
one of those push, not at all motorized mowers for my tiny yard and it's kinda
perfect - and I didn't even hurt myself when I put it together! I also went to home depot and got a bunch of
those ground cover plants and loosely planted them all around my yard. And I cut two of my roses and marveled in how
pretty they looked on my counter.
And finally, I celebrated an
epic lady-date night at the Pink Door with Becky for her birthday! The show was
hilarious, the food scrumptious and the company was as always a delight!
Much Love,
T O'B
Update 5/16 - 5/22
Okay, the HOA made me spend 3X
as much to use their contractor to move the wall. The only bright light was that their
contractor came over to evaluate and told me (and he has been to all the units)
that mine is by far the best unit. Yay!
In other news, my coworker
Corrinne found a spider and then wiped it on me. My other co-worker Joey told me about the
wonders of Ballerina Tea, which is basically something his sister, a dancer,
used to drink to make herself sick. Wow,
right?
And then at some point this
week we made Root beer floats with Baileys, and I have no idea what the
occasion was! But it sounds super yummy.
I asked Becky to go with me to
see Billy Joel. Now she didn't know
every single line of every song, but she put her all into it and that counts
for everything! We had super awesome
seats on the floor and he was everything I ever wanted.
Me: is that Gavin DeGraw?
Becky: I think so?
Me: He's doing great for being
so drunk!
When we were leaving, there
was this one car up in front of the exit that was blocking the rest of the lot
from leaving. This guy was feeling
intimidated by the crowd of people and wouldn't move. So Becky gets out of the car and literally
creates a space in the crowd for him and he still doesn't move. So, my and my fiat did basically a 3 point
turn and squeezed between the space of that car and the car behind it, and out
the side and just drove into the crowd - a crowd who obviously knew how to make
a space. It was glorious.
Not sure if Jen wanted me to
share this, but I'm gonna!
Jen: Lily just threw a fit
about something and was an insufferable twit while we were talking about it.
After she stormed off June looked at me and said in her most exasperated tone:
"Jeeeeeesus"
Shana: F*ck I love that kid.
We were at the park and I told
Kelly that I needed a new four leaf clover because the one in my phone case had
dried up and fallen apart. That's when
she reached into her back pack and pulled out three four leaf clovers she had
found that morning.
And also, I think
D&J&L were in Hawaii surfing, because I have an epic pic of him!
Much Love,
T O'B
Update 5/23 - 5/ 29
Hi Friend,
Frita figure out how to take a
picture and then send it to me via text! And it was of the oh so pretty and
impressive rhododendrons on the side of the house that I'm pretty sure everyone
of us had our spring pictures taken in front of.
Coworker: How are you doing?
Me: Well, Only cried once
today.
And you know what? I don't even think it had anything to do with
also being my 5 year anniversary!
Ryan, my lunch buddy, had
absolutely had it with the disaster of car that he had to travel in to lunch
every day so he made me go with him to a place so that he could clean and
vacuum it. If that wasn't embarrassing
enough, our old boss drove by while we were cleaning and was all, whatchyaupto? It was really lovely when it was all done, I
have to admit.
And other than a note about
"Taming of sleeping beauty" which doesn't ring a bell... I'm all
done!
Much Love,
T O'B
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