Day 150- Travels

Portland, Portland, Portland! That is where we were this past weekend. It was awesome getting to meet all of John's family in one big lump so they are more than just an abstract family tree to me. The purpose behind the trip was to attend John's grandma's memorial service on Saturday afternoon. We woke up early and got ourselves on the road (a 3 hour ride from Seattle) and made it down there just in time for the event. We went to his Aunt Nancy's afterwards and watched a lot of Olympic curling. I can't dismiss the fact that I kindof got into watching men in booties slide rocks on ice.

The next day we had a nice, slow vacation-like start to the day and eventually went to brunch with Nancy's family. I managed to dish myself out a perfect serving of food from the buffet, which is really no easy task. I'll usually find myself at restaurants with a ton of food still on my plate feeling really compelled by mysterious forces to clean my plate or at least stuff as much in as possible leaving me feeling like a holiday turkey bird. We headed over to Skidmore bluffs to Kirsten's picnic after saying our goodbyes to the Boutins and played Scrabble and ate with a bunch of people on a blanket in the sun. It was wonderful. Kirsten made this tuna salad with craisens in it that I couldn't stop eating and also her famous melt-away cookies that are BOMB DOT COM.

We then went to "dinner" with John's parents (I was feeling like I was a machine built for eating at this point) and I opted out of ordering a meal for the sake of keeping at least some room in my belly reserved for a fetus. Portland weather was amazing and after a quick stop at Goodwill we were on the road back to Seattle. The ride home went by really quick as John and I talked pretty much incessantly about anything and everything. To be completely honest, at one point I started looking forward to telling John that I wanted to stop to get a doughnut at the well-known Krispy Kreme right off of the interstate but probably by divine intervention realized that we had already passed it while deep in conversation.

In other news, mom's surgery has been postponed indefinitely due to an infection in her toe and I'm waiting for a call back now to understand how exactly my brother ended up in the ER cubicle next to hers when he passed out while visiting her yesterday. I hope it was just passing out (like how he did at the Bodies exhibit, (haha THAT'S RIGHT- I'M EXPOSING YOU!) and not something more serious. In the meantime, I can't say that I'm disappointed that my mom is not having the surgery. If her body just isn't ready for it right now then we need to listen to that and act accordingly.

Finally, Seattle, please give me the sun back. This overcast business is unacceptable.