Update 8/17 – 8/23
Hi Friend!
My big excitement for the week was
concentrated on a 24 hour Magical Marauders Scavenger Hunt run by a Harry
Potter Trivia Duo. They did an amazing
job! The rule book was over 20 pages, and the challenges came in a 19 page
booklet. I convinced my team to participate
under the guise that we could do it for a couple of hours, have some fun, and
then go about our day. I know you’ll be
shocked that I did not follow this plan.
First, I started digging into the puzzles. Rach and I were on the phone working though a
bunch of logic, picture and crossword puzzles for about 2 hours when I paused
and asked, “Are you having fun?” Rach replied,
“Yes!!” And my heart filled with glee that my BFF was just a big of an HP nerd
as I was, and we kept going until after 11.
Then, I continued to get through a bunch of the other “easier” challenges. D&J knocked out all of our team specific challenges,
and Lindsay was amazing with all of the creative cosplay and acting items. Ultimately, we earned over 2500 points, got
first place in the trivia bee and finished 7th out of 40 participants. I am extremely proud of all of the work, and
it really was one of the most creative weekends I’ve had since this pandemic
started!
I may have mentioned prior, but my
pup sometimes has a hard time breathing.
Given that he was born not breathing, I’ve always chucked up his
momentary hacking as “a thing he does.” Over
the past year, though, I’ve noticed it’s gotten worse, and I started suspecting
that it might be allergies. The vet told
me that I was not actually insane for thinking this, and provided some meds
that I suspect is just a very low dose of benedryl which I then cut in half. I only give it to him when he needs it. And I know when he needs it because he’ll
wake up, struggle to breathe, and then wake me up, walk me over to where the
medicine is kept, wait until I get it and wrap it in a bit of American cheese,
and then move to where I can easily pick him up. I’m establishing here that he absolutely
knows and wants this medicine, and then he makes me forcibly open his jaw and
shove the medicine down. We had to do this
just now, during the day, and then like 20 min later I forgot that we did it
and made him go for a walk – which only lasted 15 min because he tugged me back
home. Whoops, sorry buddy. I forgot!
And Happy Dog Day!
On Saturday evening, I stopped
by Jamie’s for a lil birthday Celebration for Jen! I arrived late to (purposely) miss the unmasked
food portion of the evening (this time is so incredibly weird) but it was so
nice to see some friends I haven’t seen in over 6 months. Sadly, I actually tried to write down some of
the funny things people were saying, and even though I was stone cold sober, I
can’t decipher what I wrote. All I know is
that before I arrived, Shana face planted while playing with her pups, and her
pups just walked right on top of her sad, scraped, lying body while her friends
and parents all laughed at her misfortune.
Maybe I’m not telling the story right… but while they were laughing so
hard they were crying, this is what I was picturing. Pobrecita. Oh! And maybe Jen’s daughter June has been
building little communities, and then she collects spiders and brings them to
their new homes, which is seriously adorable (for those of us not desperately
afraid of spiders that is.)
Sunday was another glorious day
out, so I made Percy go on three long walks – gotta get those lovely walks in
before it starts raining, because I’m still going to make him walk when rainy
season arrives.
I think that’s about it for this
week, hope you’re doing well!
2018
I went to a Sounders game with
Dr. Rach which is always a blast and checked out a sidewalk art festival in
Redmond.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/xHUf13V6qPUbe8yb6
2017
Back in 2017, I had a sleepover
at Dawne’s. Not an impromptu one, but the kind where Jordan goes away for the
weekend and then I come in to entertain (which I am always happy to do!) I also made two spur of the moment decisions
to book two trips, one to Nashville (to see Kenny Roger’s last concert with
Dolly Parton – boy was that a great decision!) and another to Germany.
Me: What do you want for dinner?
Zach: Not to pay for it.
This quote was also in my notes, “Who are you eating dinner with? I have Zach
with me.” Which even out of context makes me giggle because it feels like a
sick burn, but maybe someone was just genuinely curious.
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