Anything Julie Does I Can Do Better

Soooooo I don't really have much to say today...but Julie's been doing so well keeping up on her blogging and I have...not so much. So I'm sort of just blogging today to say "I blog too!" and not let Julie win. (Her blog is awesome, btw, check out incrediblecrust.blogspot.com ...I guess...Kyle...who reads my blog aside from Julie haha check her blog out, it's awesome!) Anyway, so aside from attempting to one-up Julie, I need to come up with something good to discuss today. So! I will post a photo.

they finally rearranged the shelves at work, but i managed to snag this shot first. ahahha. good placement.

I guess that's all I've got. Oh I got a local phoneline via vonage. that's being mailed out to me and in 5 business days when i receive and install it i will let you all know the number even though my cell phone still works and you all generally text rather than phoning. i am no longer capitalizing my letters in the necessary places. this post is an enormous waste of your time.

Walked along kits beach today with Chris! It's been a beautiful primarily sunny week, and it was nice to "catch some rays." Of course I've been indoors ever since colouring and watching big bang theory, but I did get outside for a couple hours! I need to start exercising again, I let the rain keep me indoors too long. I think the spring has finally arrived here in Vancouver, though. I was overly warm today in my sweater and down vest, except when we were walking along the water when I felt just comfy because of the wind. I think it was a high of about 13. Got some pics of the view which I will post on fb soon. Miss y'all! (I said y'all.) (I'm a cool cat.)

Kyle's Visit

The rest of Kyle's trip was super fun. We didn't get to see Jenny (boo)but that just gives me a reason to get back to Seattle (yay). We also missed the underground tour (come on, people, when I tell you I'm going somewhere can't you tell me what to see while I'm there instead of telling me after I get back??) but we walked around a lot, did the pike place, the first Starbucks (obv I had tea, who wants that coffee), and found a restaurant that Jenny recommended (Machiavelli's, at least that one wasn't an illusive restaurant haha) which was super good. We basically just explored and relaxed. Our hotel was quite nice, we stayed at the Fairmont. I didn't want a dingy cheap hotel (it's vacation!) and I also didn't want something off the charts (but one day I WILL!) and the Fairmont was reasonable. Also, I wanted to be right downtown and it's in a great spot.

Once back in Canada (where there are almost no black people and almost all East Asian people) we went adventuring here, too. Kyle and I went to the Aquarium (obviously) (this is me). I showed him Deep Cove and we climbed the Baden Powell with Chris. Afterwards we went to do the Capilano suspension bridge. That was really cool. The bridge was a little freaky but the view was enormous. Once we reached the safety of the opposite side, I steered us toward the signs that said "Treetops Adventure." It was like an EWOK VILLAGE AND I GOT TO BE AN EWOK AND I HAD SO MUCH FUN AND IT WAS AWESOME! I think the guys liked it, too. Chris was trying to collect the stamps that said he had visited every station (if you catch'em all [blatant Pokemon reference] they give you a certificate at the end) but we didn't figure out until the end that the big metal things everywhere were actually embosser seals and they didn't actually give you stamps, they just suck at English and meant that you need to emboss your paper at each station. So Chris didn't get enough 'stamps.' We also went around the cliff side...hangy...stair...bridge...path. It was really cool but I thought I might die at any moment.

On another day we three plus Eric went atop Grouse and dined at the Observatory. That was quite nice. We made it about half-an-hour before the fog rolled in, so luckily we got all the beautiful view. The food was the best I've had in Vancouver. That's not saying a lot, the food here is terrible generally, but it was pretty delightful food. It wasn't quite worth the cost, but I guess you pay extra for the "free" cable car ride. It was also quite cold and snowy! Except for the fact that we were on a mountaintop with a beautiful view, I felt almost like I was home. (You know, -15 degrees, snowing.) All in all, I had a good Vacation with Kyle! MISS YOU!

Seattle

SO far, Seattle adventures involve being stopped at the border (they must search our rental car, you know, we look very suspicious and probably are trying to import fruits and vegetables and...maybe even...a LIVE ANIMAL! So that took around 35 minutes or just enough time to make sure we caught rush hour and took an extra 1.5 hours to get to the city. Anyway then we were kind of bummed coz our plans were put off, but we walked around a tiny bit, saw a gum wall and a weird pier with taxidermy and a carousel. We tried to go for dinner at a place Jenny Bathelt recommended called the pink door but couldn't find it. Instead we went to the Hard Rock. Kyle's fish was good, my fajita's tasted poopy. Too much salt and pepper on the beef (why, is it old?) and there was *shudder* cilantro. I hate cilantro. So then we went to the original starbucks and back to the hotel for chillen and sleepin. It's been good to see Kyle again! Tonight we're hoping to meet Jenny and Lee for dinner. Well, off to shower and hit the market!