Scenes from Seattle: Microbus Camping Whidbey Island

Seattle Bound!

Realized while packing my suitcase that I've become incomprehensibly high-maintenance.

Shall amend this unfortunate situation immediately.

There's no way I need all this CRAP

Last Weekend

Photos from the wedding of my bff's momma.

Thanks to Jon, Wendy, Larry, Jesika and Ben for a fabulous time!

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Son-of-a-Bride!

M of H and Beau

(I could not keep a straight face to save my life)

High and Low

High: NEW CAMERA!!!!!!!!!

Low: The department I work for is getting cut, so as of Sept 15, I will be UNEMPLOYED

.....ALREADY!

FRICK

Say Cheese

I really need to get a new camera, blogging is no fun with old photos

MondayWorkday

So I FINALLY started working!!!!!

So far it's going well. I'm still a bit intimidated as I have boatloads to learn about TSS-ing and Autism. There are ongoing trainings, so I suppose I'll just have to absorb the information in a more timely manner. Today is my first day without supervision so we'll see how it goes.

I went to Animal Friends to see if I could still volunteer without having to go through the orientation process again, it turns out that I can so... YAY!

Hopefully this will cut my summer boredom streak short.

It's kitten season again so they'll definitely need lots of help this time of year.

I'm currently reading Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert and there are SO many passages and phrases in this book that when I'm reading I think "YES!!!"

The latest of which is a quote from the former Catholic nun at the Ashram in India

"Guilt's just your ego's way of tricking you into thinking that you're making moral progress.

Don't fall for it, my dear."

Oh What a Day is Today

I am one very very sad panda as my camera is no longer functioning. This means there are no pictures from the phenomenal Ingrid Michaelson concert at ArtsFest last night. I missed the Matt Morris (not Morrison as I originally posted) show, but Ingrid made up for it ten-fold. She was very funny interacting with the audience.

Specifically a cute little 4 year old named Jacqueline who was sporting spray-on pink hair. She did a rendition of "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga and "Toxic" by Brittany Spears. (There were accompanying dance moves...awesomeness)

The band seemed like a very tight knit group of people, two of them were actually engaged to be married in a few weeks. So the concert was a great time and I can't wait to see her perform again (she had to censor herself onstage because it was a "family show" so I'm looking forward to Ingrid Michaelson: Uncensored and swearing like a sailor)

Afterward we went to Peters Pub for a drink, and then on my way home I ran into (not over) the neighborhood calico who high-fived me. Just darling.

Today I'm planning to go back to ArtsFest to see the exhibits, and possibly pick up a piece to decorate my sparse-looking bedroom walls. Later on we're going to SingSing, a dueling pianos bar, which is always a hilarious time.

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