Mommathon

Christie and I hung out in the morning and also took a walk along the canal with her dog, Luke.

Then we sprung Dana from the conference and headed to the Space Needle.

(Project 365-3/19/11)
Hokey tourist photo

Then to a park for some scenic pictures….

Then I ended up needing to head back to Portland early because Sean got stung by a wasp in the neck and they had to shoot him up with Cortizone because the poison from the stinger was making both the inside and outside of his neck swell making it difficult for him to breathe. After three hours in the ER to make sure he was going to be okay, they sent him home.

When an awesome opportunity presents itself and it’s only three hours away, I am going to figure out a way to make it happen. So I dropped off the boys at school this morning and headed north to Seattle. My dear friend, Christie, lives there and my other dear friend, Dana, was going to be in Seattle for a conference. How could I pass up hanging out with two of my bestest high school friends in a super cool town? Plus, Dana lives in Pennsylvania, so for three of us to be together was quite a feat. Oh, and Dana didn’t know I was coming because I made up a super lame excuse as to why I couldn’t make it so we could surprise her.

(Project 365-3/18/11)
Me and the troll under the bridge.

We picked up Dana from her conference and had dinner plans later on, but since he had some time to spare we ran by High Five Pies to pick up dessert. I will admit I bought two.
Hey, they’re good!

Then dinner at a great Ethiopian restaurant with Dana and Christie and also Brandon, another person I went to high school with that I haven’t seen since 1991 and his “lady friend”, Allison.

I had never ever heard of a Leprechaun Trap until we moved here and they are a big deal around here. Last year the boys came home from school going on and on about how they needed to make a leprechaun trap and each managed to fashion one out of things we had at our apartment. This year Colm had to make one for homework as well as make a list of the materials needed for making it, writing a paragraph about how it was made and drawing a diagram. Here is the finished project and no he didn’t catch any leprechauns this year.

My computer has been on its last leg for the last month or so. It all began one day when it started making this horrible clicking sound and the screen did something I have never seen it do. I showed Sean and he was alarmed…not a good sign. We backed up everything immediately after he tinkered with it for a good long while just to get to the point where I could back everything up. Well, it seemed find for quite a few weeks and then it started making that clicking sound again. Computer-geek hubby decided it was time to get a new computer…I didn’t argue.