one week of complete wow
it all started last saturday when i bought a car... crazy, i know! i love my beautiful white 2004 hyundai accent... it's already proved to be just what i was looking for. the trip to and from pullman all the time next year will be so much better than last year now that i'll be driving it instead of my old crappy car. ha ha! that silly thing didn't even last me the whole year, and took plenty of our money. oh well... i was car-less about 3 months and now can be very thankful to have my new ride! (thank you God, for providing for me!) let's just hope i find a school year job so i won't have any problem making my payments! ha ha.
what else have i been up to? i worked a full week (it'd been awhile because of memorial day and taking a day off for doctor appointments), so that kept me plenty busy. and eric and i actually got in 5 dates this week which was so, so much fun!! he and i have both had a lot going on lately and have had a bit of trouble finding the time to see each other, so this was a very special week for us.
after purchasing the car last saturday (which took all day it seemed), eric came along on our family dinner out, and then he and i spent the evening driving around testing out the car in the rain. actually, i think he did all the driving that night, which is fine. i wanted him to try it out, which he was opposed to at first - jokingly claiming he wasn't going to drive my girly car - however, he finally gave in to my pleading and drove. i was quite pleased as the night went on and he kept making positive comments about its power and various features and such. "it actually has pretty good pick up... wow," "the speakers are better than i expected," "this is the perfect car for road trips," "oh man, great brakes," "the steering is really tight," and "very good shocks - it rides so smooth" just to name a few. i think i sold him on it... ha ha.
oh, let's see... monday night we went to southcenter to get coldstone, but unfortunately it had already closed (apparently it closes at 9 on weeknights). but we settled for milkshakes at red robin (in our respective favorite flavors of course - vanilla for me, strawberry for him - always, no exceptions) and then headed back to his house to hang out. i think i got home that night around 12:30ish. wednesday night we took in the opening night 10:00 showing of "batman begins." this was actually a really great movie - and i don't particularly love comic book based movies, or at least don't have any strong tendency to be drawn to them. yet i was very much entertained and enjoyed myself quite thoroughly. i suppose that was due slightly to the fact that eric was so fun to watch, since he was extremely excited about the movie and his face showed he was downright happy as a clam as he watched the clever story unfold of how batman "began." anyway, it was a good time... and i highly recommend the movie. time home: 1:15ish. thursday i went down to meet eric for his dinner break and we got teriyaki at the cute little place right there by staples (which i also recommend - it's especially yummy). the people are very friendly and i just love it when we eat there. i didn't get home late that night, but ended up not going to bed until around 2:30 because i had a little project i needed to finish. point being, there were several late nights this week, and when i get up at 5:45, that doesn't allow for much sleep. which makes it extremely difficult to stay awake at work when i'm just sitting at my computer doing data entry. yeah, definitely fell asleep several times... and made it through thursday and friday only because i drank like 4 caffeinated beverages throughout the course of each day! i'm lame, i know... but hey, it's worth it to have quality time with my man!! again, i know... i'm a big nerd... i love him though... what can i say?
perhaps the most fun of all, though, was last night. after i got home from work eric headed over here with his dogs so that johannah could "meet" them. she's been asking for months now, and was so happy to spend some time with chinook and cedar - his beautiful huskies. so the 5 of us (han, eric, me & the dogs) went for a little walk around the neighborhood just for fun. after that, eric and i drove back to seattle (i had just been there at work) to go to the mariners game! we joined his friend justin and justin's mom and had such a good time. we ended up sitting down really close right on the left field foul line (not our seats), which was awesome. i've never sat that close in safeco, and the view was really good. the mariners actually won and the weather was so nice, it made for a perfect evening. after the game we went back to his place, so that he could kinda pack some stuff up and have heidi (his sis-in-law) cut his hair. his dad flew in this morning from pennsylvania and the two of them headed off to wyoming today for a week to build a new roof on the rental house his parents own there. but yeah, heidi cut off all his hair... it was getting longer which i liked, but i understand him wanting it super short since he'll be working in the heat. oh well, it'll grow back... and it actually looks kinda cute too, i suppose. : )
so yes, that was my lovely week... hated to see it come to an end today, but that's okay. eric will be back in a week and while i'll miss him, it gives me the grand opportunity to really focus on work, get some much needed work done in my room - like sorting through old boxes and organizing apartment stuff, and spend time with friends and people i haven't seen in awhile so i will not be too sad, and just have fun doing all that! alright folks, that's all for now... wow, that really got long! see ya...
what else have i been up to? i worked a full week (it'd been awhile because of memorial day and taking a day off for doctor appointments), so that kept me plenty busy. and eric and i actually got in 5 dates this week which was so, so much fun!! he and i have both had a lot going on lately and have had a bit of trouble finding the time to see each other, so this was a very special week for us.
after purchasing the car last saturday (which took all day it seemed), eric came along on our family dinner out, and then he and i spent the evening driving around testing out the car in the rain. actually, i think he did all the driving that night, which is fine. i wanted him to try it out, which he was opposed to at first - jokingly claiming he wasn't going to drive my girly car - however, he finally gave in to my pleading and drove. i was quite pleased as the night went on and he kept making positive comments about its power and various features and such. "it actually has pretty good pick up... wow," "the speakers are better than i expected," "this is the perfect car for road trips," "oh man, great brakes," "the steering is really tight," and "very good shocks - it rides so smooth" just to name a few. i think i sold him on it... ha ha.
oh, let's see... monday night we went to southcenter to get coldstone, but unfortunately it had already closed (apparently it closes at 9 on weeknights). but we settled for milkshakes at red robin (in our respective favorite flavors of course - vanilla for me, strawberry for him - always, no exceptions) and then headed back to his house to hang out. i think i got home that night around 12:30ish. wednesday night we took in the opening night 10:00 showing of "batman begins." this was actually a really great movie - and i don't particularly love comic book based movies, or at least don't have any strong tendency to be drawn to them. yet i was very much entertained and enjoyed myself quite thoroughly. i suppose that was due slightly to the fact that eric was so fun to watch, since he was extremely excited about the movie and his face showed he was downright happy as a clam as he watched the clever story unfold of how batman "began." anyway, it was a good time... and i highly recommend the movie. time home: 1:15ish. thursday i went down to meet eric for his dinner break and we got teriyaki at the cute little place right there by staples (which i also recommend - it's especially yummy). the people are very friendly and i just love it when we eat there. i didn't get home late that night, but ended up not going to bed until around 2:30 because i had a little project i needed to finish. point being, there were several late nights this week, and when i get up at 5:45, that doesn't allow for much sleep. which makes it extremely difficult to stay awake at work when i'm just sitting at my computer doing data entry. yeah, definitely fell asleep several times... and made it through thursday and friday only because i drank like 4 caffeinated beverages throughout the course of each day! i'm lame, i know... but hey, it's worth it to have quality time with my man!! again, i know... i'm a big nerd... i love him though... what can i say?
perhaps the most fun of all, though, was last night. after i got home from work eric headed over here with his dogs so that johannah could "meet" them. she's been asking for months now, and was so happy to spend some time with chinook and cedar - his beautiful huskies. so the 5 of us (han, eric, me & the dogs) went for a little walk around the neighborhood just for fun. after that, eric and i drove back to seattle (i had just been there at work) to go to the mariners game! we joined his friend justin and justin's mom and had such a good time. we ended up sitting down really close right on the left field foul line (not our seats), which was awesome. i've never sat that close in safeco, and the view was really good. the mariners actually won and the weather was so nice, it made for a perfect evening. after the game we went back to his place, so that he could kinda pack some stuff up and have heidi (his sis-in-law) cut his hair. his dad flew in this morning from pennsylvania and the two of them headed off to wyoming today for a week to build a new roof on the rental house his parents own there. but yeah, heidi cut off all his hair... it was getting longer which i liked, but i understand him wanting it super short since he'll be working in the heat. oh well, it'll grow back... and it actually looks kinda cute too, i suppose. : )
so yes, that was my lovely week... hated to see it come to an end today, but that's okay. eric will be back in a week and while i'll miss him, it gives me the grand opportunity to really focus on work, get some much needed work done in my room - like sorting through old boxes and organizing apartment stuff, and spend time with friends and people i haven't seen in awhile so i will not be too sad, and just have fun doing all that! alright folks, that's all for now... wow, that really got long! see ya...
