To kick the summer off, we had a group of friends (Diego, Jenny, Sean & Scott) visiting from San Diego...they arrived Wednesday afternoon, and overall, it was a blast. I had work on Friday and Saturday, so I couldn't be tourists with them the entire time, but really, it was a really great trip :)
As you may or may not know blogger world, Diego and Jenny are moving up here later this Summer, and it's so exciting! Jenny got her acceptance letter to Seattle University only a few hours before they embarked on their trip, so that must be a good sign, right? She even managed to attend an orientation for transfer students and sign up for her classes! So, in addition to the fun, we were also being productive :D
We took them to Zak's shortly after they arrived, and it was good, as usual! We went to the SAM Olympic Sculpture Park (the pictures in the previous post were taken there) and had fun taking lots of pictures. Thursday Jenny, Kyle and I made breakfast: Strawberry Pancakes, Eggs, and Fries! Then we went to Pike's Place for a little bit before D & J had to get school/job applications going. I picked up a beautiful bouquet for only $5 :)
We even started looking at some apartments, and I'll be perfectly honest, I'm really looking forward to living with them. It just feels like we'd all be good roomies, ya know? And Jenny and I are going to have so much fun walking to Farmer's Markets with our puppy picking out fresh flowers and produce. Yes, I said it, puppy!!! We are both riding they "PUPPY!" train, so we're definitely going to get one! Living together is going to be great, I just have a good feeling about it!
While I was at work, Diego went around applying to a bunch of different places. We also went to Pizza Pi and sampled a bunch of their pizzas, the "caesar" salad, and the spinach artichoke dip (YUM!) We watched movies, hung out, and it was great having people to hang out with, lol.
Kyle left this morning, and so D & J dropped me off at work while they did some more site-seeing and apartment looking. We were SUPER busy at work today, it was kind of crazy. I was exhausted by like 4pm, lol, but they came and got me at 7pm when I got off work, and we went to "Ok Noodles" down in the University District. OMG, pure love! We'll definitely be going back there :) We even stopped at this "entertainment" store, lol, well they sold music in various formats, movies, video games, etc. etc.
I ended up getting 4 vinyl records (Mamas & Papas, Janis Joplin, Joan Jett, and Pink Floyd) for a steal! I'm now determined to get Kyle to finish fixing our record player :)
We headed back to the apartment where they finished packing, and Jenny had cleaned the apartment (what a saint!) which was really just amazingly nice :) I crashed on the couch after giving up trying to open my bottle of Merlot without a corkscrew, and am now ready to pass out. I am SO glad we don't open the store until 12pm on Sundays, I'm ready to sleep in a little :)
Goodnight world!
that's so fun! what neighborhood are you guys looking to move to??
ReplyDelete**oh, also, i KNOW unsolicited advice is the worst, but i can't help but give a teeny bit of it in this case: don't buy things "together" with roommates (this goes for doggies, silverware, couches, you name it.) it makes it awkward/sad when you eventually part ways because you have to decide how to divvy stuff up. (in my case i REALLY liked our dining room table and chairs, but one of my roomies ended up getting them. i was bummed!)
so, make sure its clear that ownership is clear. i mean, you don't have to be like THAT IS MY TABLE DON'T TOUCH IT I WILL SHANK YOU. but you can make it clear at purchase time that it's something that will belong to you when you move out? does that make sense or am i crazy talking?
i love love love you and wish i was the one getting to move in with you lovelies (yes, i am including kyle in this lol)
"make sure it's clear that ownership is clear"
ReplyDeletei am an AWESOME writer :)
thanks for the good advice! :) actually, we probably won't run into too many problems in terms of ownership considering kyle and i already have a lot of the necessities purchased. diego & jenny just need to furnish their bedroom and get their own bathroom stuff. everything else is ours, lol. but yeah, in terms of a puppy...we might have to get two, because sharing one is hard, and really, who gets the puppy in the end when we go our separate ways?
ReplyDeletealso, we're looking to move over into Capitol Hill since Jenny's attending Seattle University, and I'm moving over to Seattle Central Community College and applying to the "Future Teachers of America" program. But we're also considering somewhere in the University District, or Queen Anne because they're also fun/happening neighborhoods, lol
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