This weekend Rob's friend, Michael, came to visit. He's from Port Townsend and grew up there, but somehow the two of them didn't meet until after Rob moved away.
Friday was the waiting day. Rob and I drove to the Amtrak station to pick up Michael from his train, which was supposedly coming in around 2. We arrived around 2:05, walked around, looked for him and saw that he hadn't arrived yet, so we waited by the tracks. Around 12:30 the Coast Starlight arrived, people exited the train, the train left... no sign of Michael. We worked out possible scenarios: "He missed his train in Seattle" or "He missed the Vancouver stop and will be getting off in Portland." We decided the best thing to do would be to get his home phone number from his place of employment, then call his Mom to get the specifics of his travel plans. The problem is that when Rob called said place of employment, he was asked to "hold on a minute". Eight minutes later there was still no word from the manager, so Rob hung up. We sat there for about ten minutes, wondering what to do, when another train pulled up, the Cascades train. "Oh!" we realized, "this must be Michael's train!" And yes, it was his train, and there was Michael.
The three of us walked back to the car, and realized that Rob's keys were in the ignition (off). And mine were in my bag on the floor. And the doors were all locked. Rob and I both have roadside assistance, but both our cards were in the car. The only thing still in my pocket that was of any use was my cell phone, so I used that to call Papa, who gave me the AAA numbers. We called AAA, arranged for a locksmith, then waited another 45 minutes for the locksmith to come save us.
Rob drove us out of the Amtrak parking lot, then we were immediately met by a 100+ car freight train bearing grain.
We got back to Rob's. Michael showed us this video, which then inspired them to play with bouncy balls for a good hour or two. This led to juggling after a while.
That evening we went to Winco for food supplies, came home and made GardenBurgers, drank Drop Top, then Rachelle came back with Chelsea and we decided to start drinking in earnest. Rob, Michael, Myself, Chelsea, Rachelle and Taylor (Rob's other roommate) consumed some beverages of the alcoholic variety, then laid our eyes upon this old can of air freshener that no one liked the smell of. Rachelle the Easily Amused decided it would be fun to make an amateur pyrotechnics display on Rob's balcony. But when we sprayed the air freshener on the candle, all it did was make the flame go out :(
We came back inside for more boozing, etc.
Taylor and I practice our best little kid smiles:
Giving koala a kiss:
The Cutest Photo Evar, featuring Rachelle, Chelsea and koala.
Me and Rachelle, showing what we will look like when Nicole and Mark get married someday (hope hope hope)
We played Big Face/Little Face. Guess which face this is?
Little Face!
Me and Rob's Big Face
Chelsea and I skankin'
Rachelle and Chelsea dancin'
We slept in, then went to Hawthorne for breakfast. Our initial destination was Jam, one of Rachelle's favorite spots, but the line was out the door. Next was Cup and Saucer, a place Chelsea knew and liked. Also a line out the door. We ended up at Noah's bagels across the street. Rob bought a banana with the intention of giving it to a random person on the street, but no one would take it on our walk back to the car, so we gave it to Buddha instead.
We saw a GINORMOUS rainbow on our way to breakfast.
We came home and Rob and Michael played with bouncy balls more while I sat and crocheted. At 5 the three of us drove downtown for cheap sushi, stuffed ourselves, ran into two of my old roommates, then walked over to Powell's. Ben was driving through, en route to Port Townsend, so he met up with us at Powell's. I bought a book of crochet stitches with my Christmas giftcard from Laura, Rob bought a "Reading is Sexy" shirt, Michael got a book of found shopping lists and a t-shirt that says "Herbivore" with a picture of a bunny on it, and Ben got two sets of magnetic poetry: Romance Novel and Pick-up Lines. The group of us, now 4, walked from Powell's to Voodoo Donuts.
Michael got the night special: the maple "joint" with complimentary lighter
Rob and I split a gigantic peach fritter with cream cheese frosting.
We came back to Rob's, hung out, I took a shower, we all changed into white and neon clothes, then Myself, Rob, Michael, Chelsea, Ben and Rachelle drove to Hazel Dell Lanes for COSMIC BOWLING!
Chelsea glowing!
Rob was hard to look at because he was so bright.
The boys playing foosball while we waited for a lane to open up
The lanes glowing.
We came home from bowling at 12:30, me, Rob and Michael had GardenBurgers, started watching Blades of Glory, but then discovered that Ben had Transformers in his car, so we had him get it so we could watch it. Rob and I fell asleep before it was over and decided to go to bed, and still ended up going to bed after 3.
We slept in til noon, I dealt with some con drama first thing, then did nothing else for most of the day besides eat and watch Blades of Glory.
In the evening we decided we really wanted to make double decker tacos, so we went to Freddies for taco shells, tortillas, beans, sour cream, salsa, corn and lettuce. We took this pictures on our way out:
Rob and I are going to join the circus
Michael playing guitar
Rob's "reading is sexy" shirt
Me and Rob, acrobalancing it up! Preparing for the circus, you know.
After a delicious dinner I dealt with more con planning drama, then sat, crocheting, while Michael and Rob played guitar. Around 10 we decided we wanted to get Krispy Kreme, so we all loaded up in Rachelle's car and went to Krispy Kreme for a dozen donuts. And what goes better with donuts than milk? And the communal milk back at the apartment was almost out, so we stopped at Winco for milk on the way home. Michael babied the milk on the way home:
Tonight we're going over to Devon's to make dinner with her and Carrie. I haven't seen either of them since before I left for Hungary... I'm excited!
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