Kids on the Run

Well, it's Friday night and I am on call. As luck would not have it, two of my own program kids decided to run away tonight. Funny thing is that three hours later, they decided they made a horrible mistake and want to go back to their foster home. This has left me on and off the phone for four hours. This made going to the car show with my dad tonight an interesting experience of "Ooooh look at the Maserati" to "Damn it, I have to go make another phone call to find out where my kiddos are." Sorry Dad, I still had fun hanging out with you.

My Weekend View, and News of Sarah

The above picture was my view for this past weekend from the porch of Justin's parents' house up in Port Ludlow, Washington. I really loved the area, and it was nice to wake up and look out to see a ton of water. Plus it was nice to get away for the weekend and spend time with Justin and his family.

Otherwise, here is what's up in the life of me:

I decided to join a Yahoo group for my graduating class to monitor the class reunion buzz. My ten year is this summer, which ages me of course, but also is something I am actually interested in attending. Maybe it is because I actually enjoyed high school. Sadly, there are a couple people on there who I cannot, for the life of me, remember. This makes me guess that I better do some brushing up before June 17th. Or I will just practice the nametag glance and handshake combo. Either way works for me.

I had the honor of wedding dress shopping with Katrina last Friday morning at the Brides for Breast Cancer event at the Portland Art Museum. She scored a dress for half the ticket price, supported an awesome cause, and looked absolutely beautiful on top of it all. I can't wait to see jaws drop when she walks down the aisle on July 29th.

My dad's side of the family showered me with gift cards for my 28th birthday, so I picked up some new CDs. Here's what I bought, and some opinions:

1) Tiny Cities by Sun Kil Moon... This remains in the heaviest of rotation from the four purchases, and I highly recommend it. The CD is great from start to finish.
2) Songs for a Blue Guitar by Red House Painters...I already had most of this downloaded, but figured I owed them some cold hard cash for their quality tunes. Definitely worth a legitimate buy and touts the same lead singer as Sun Kil Moon. He has such an awesome voice.
3) Life in Slow Motion by David Gray...This is not as impressive as White Ladder. It's nice to have some new stuff by him though.
4) The Beekeeper by Tori Amos...This CD convinces me that I should no longer be a completer of Tori Amos's collection. I will personally describe it as irritating, obnoxious and striving to be some original piece of work that fails miserably. I liked her music much more back in the days when she was single, angry, and childless. Sorry Tori, I am happy for the good life you are living now, but can't you dig up some old pain before you start writing again?

Well, lastly on my agenda, is Scrubs. The series started up again, and a new one airs in ten minutes, so I need to go prepare to watch THE ONLY show that has earned my undivided attention and regular viewing. I actually get excited when Zach Braff's voice-over starts at the beginning of each episode. And networks hate good shows and many people are too stupid for the sarcastic humor (see the great Arrested Development), so I imagine it will get served a cancellation soon. Dumb TV wins damn it.

Oh, and the blog will continue on in true form. Though I never write when people are sleeping anymore. I like sleep now and covet as much of it as I can each night. Zzzzzzzzzzz. 

Snake & Hamster=BFF

Here is a cute story about unlikely best friends posted today on MSN.

I was going to title this 'I Hope the Snake Eats Him' but that's not really how I feel. If a snake and hamster can be friends, I think the rest of us stand a fighting chance to get along just as well. I'm foreseeing that Aochan and Gohan have the opportunity to score their own movie from Disney out of this.

Here's to hoping that they don't lose their good chemistry.

Even Time

So, it's 2006 and I just turned 28 yesterday. I prefer even years to odd ones for no particular reason other than they seem easier to remember. Last year, I had to think every time someone asked me how old I was. True, it shouldn't be that hard, but oh well.

I am a little behind on updating this thing, but plan to get the ball rolling again this weekend. It's a new year, and my life changed A LOT in 2005, so I am thinking about starting a whole new blog. I could 'pull a Marcus' and do what he did last year after he had a particularly annoying winter and erased 90% of his blog entries, but that's not me...I am a packrat, a keeper, I rejoice in memories good, bad, and bizarre. This is not to say that I think Marcus was wrong to erase his blog...I really think I am just pissed because his writing was so good last year and I would love to go back and be able to read his entries.

This aside, I occasionally DO go back and read my entries and realize that 2005 was a big deal, that I MOSTLY made good decisions for myself. I am astounded by some of what I wrote in here...there are definitely many 'What was I thinking?' moments. But really, I embrace what my year was...pretty damn good overall.

That said, I think I am ready for something new and cut off from the past, so stay tuned.

Alright, gotta continue on with my birthday week. I find it best to celebrate as many times as you can, so it's on to fun night #3 tonight.