book six

I finished around 9pm. No spoilers I promise, but oh, so dark and wonderful. It is going to be a long two years until the final installation.

Jason and I stayed up till nearly one this morning waiting in line at the bookstore. I'm glad I opted to stay up due to all the posts regarding no UPS delivery.

We also opted make use of the long wait till the wee hours by going to see Batman. Also a very good movie. Definitely worth seeing. It was actually the first batman movie I've seen in its entirety. I'm not a huge fan of action hero flicks, but this was no ordinary "shoot-'em-up-car-chase-superhero" movie. It had plot.

Off to bed!

7 hours, 3 crab.

I am really getting frustrated at the weather here in western WA. Prior to July, it the temperature was hitting the mid 60's to low 70's during the day and the low 50's at night. Plus, rain and cold and drizzle don't help. Everyone who has spent a summer here vehemently reassured us that things start to heat up after the 4th of July, but today I'm wearing long sleeves and had to run out in the deluge of rain to save our plants from drowning. Seriously. It's cold and I don't like it. I want summer and bikinis and cold tea and the coconutty sunscreeny smell.
In other words, I can't wait till we're back in california next year.

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Saturday, we went crabbing out in the puget sound, near Kingston. Torture. I was wearing jeans, a t-shirt, and a sweater, and was freezing nearly the entire time. (In hindsight, I was the only one who didn't walk away with a sunburn, but still...)

So, 7 hours, 5 crab pots, way too many beers (none of which were enjoyed by me) and the results? 3 crab. That's like maybe 2 lbs, or enough to serve 4 people. Unfortunately, there were 7 people on our boat and 3 on our "party barge" partner boat. Plus, I had to pee around hour 3, and was not about to go "off the side of the boat"
Also, I'm uncomfortable in situations where there are children doing unsafe things while their parents look the other way. I feel like I need to be the babysitter. Lastly, I was the only female older than 10 and younger than 30.

I hate days like that because I truly do not enjoy myself, and Jason, smart man though he is, just doesn't understand why. I just end up crabby and then he gets pissy because I'm crabby, and it just makes the day worse.

I was really hoping we would catch a reasonable amount, because my folks are coming to visit next week, and how cool would it be to have a bunch of fresh dungeness that we caught for them to chow down on?

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I mentioned in my last entry that Nancy's cafe opened. So, check out the website.
I hear her grand opening went extremely well. Also, she seems to have conned Jason's mother into hostessing for her full time.

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Damn - there's cat hair all over my chapstick.

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What's up with all the sucky summer tv? We have pretty much quit watching network shows all together. (Except for the Simpsons and the 4400) Instead, we have been spending our tv time watching the first season of the West Wing. Absolutely the best show in quite some time. I wish I started watching it earlier, although I don't think I'd have enjoyed it as much 5 years ago. Also, we bought the first season of Scrubs a few weeks ago. I just love the fast-paced dialog and the digs at the kiddo doctors.

No movies recently, although I'm planning on seeing Willie Wonka next week.

Currently reading the Chronicles of Narnia.
Soon to be reading Harry Potter 6. (4 days left!)

Time to hit the gym and then make myself a nice big margarita!

Still kicking

Quick summary of what's been happening recently...

1. work project was shelved. Still employed through august.
2. uncle re-diagnosed with leukemia.
3. Aunt finally opened her long-awaited cafe Jessie Delight's.
4. visited canada.
5. met with a financial advisor who told us we are "on track"
6. built a bed.
7. Saw some tall ships.
8. climbed Green Mountain.
9. made lots of biscotti.
10. finished my 2nd quilt.
11. Jason got accepted to crypto.
12. celebrated Jason's acceptance.
13. got my wisdom teeth yanked. (all 4) (still hurting 5 weeks later)
14. saw a snake and some huge deer.
15. started working from home.

Jason - let me know if i'm missing anything important!