as my hello kitty calendar so eloquently says.
i am back in seattle now. did you know i left? i did. i was in portland. i have been a naughty little blogger, however. so i will write about the last few days. i can only remember up to saturday night. and that’s because something of great significance happened.
marry freddy? HA! sorry. as i write this, i am listening to the broadway cast recording of My Fair Lady. i’m getting ready for this friday, as i am going to see it at the 5th Avenue. it’s one of my favorite musicals. i grew up listening to this album, i knew all the words before i ever knew anything about the story. i didn’t even see the movie until i was in my teens, and then i was shocked to see audrey hepburn. i have reconciled with it, and love the movie version. i picture her as Eliza, one might say i’ve grown accustom to her face [hahahahaaa! man i kill me sometimes] but it’s julie andrews i hear singing the songs. i’ve never seen it live, so i am very excited. i hope i don’t sing out loud.
Sat night: the event of significance? it’s girl scout cookie time!! a fact i yelled at the top of my lungs as ran up to the little card table set up in front of Larry’s Market. i think i scared the g.scout herself, as her mom conducted the sale, asking me what kind i wanted. “TAGALONGS!! TWO BOXES!!” it was impossible not to yell. those g.scouts are very clever. only let us have the cookies once a year, so that when get the opportunity have them again… we freak out. ok. i do. i was so happy that i leaned on my shopping cart, in the checkout lane, and gazed at those two boxes of cookies next to my purse…. and walked out of the store before they put the groceries in the cart. i figured it out at the car. and they were chasing after me. absolutely true, i do not make that up. did you know i got kicked out of the girl scouts? for beating up another brownie? ok. that’s not true. i was never even a brownie. at that age, i was a blue bird, a campire girl. because their outfits were better. when i moved to colorado, i tried girlscouting. but, alas, it’s not for me to sell door to door, or participate too enthusiastically in any kind of craft project.
Sunday so yes, i was in portland. i have been visiting the vendor and helping out with new babytechs. we transitioned one of my products there this week. i did not want to go. mostly because i knew i would miss my kitty and miss my bed. there is just no way a hotel bed, no matter how swanky, will have enough comforters. which is a shame, because it’s pretty much the only time i get to play with air conditioning. i’d love to turn it up it up, make the room all nippy, and then pile on the comforters. but no, all you get is little thin sheets and little thin blankets.
it was raining like mad on sunday night, and windy too. the worst possible weather for a road trip. we didn’t leave until almost 7, and that’s mostly because i drug my feet getting ready. evildeb and lance were excited, because it was a little mini break for them. i guess if you had a toddler and a teenager in the house, getting away for a few nights would be fun. lance was so happy, he was whistling non-stop. i thought i was going to have to punch him. but before long, we settled into a routine of complaining about our co-workers, and that soothed my mood considerably.
we got to the hotel about 10:30, and it is nice! the paramount. it was pretty damn swanky, and right smack in downtown. the valet parking was $20 a night, but it was going on the corporate card, so who cares? i love valet parking. i love it when people open doors for me and put my stuff away for me. the bed was nice, even had a comforter, duvet cover type thing. however, it was very very firm. and i’m a squishy girl.
this is just so exciting! i’ll just have to continue with the rest of my adventure tomorrow.