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*11/9/12. I've been thinking about it, planning it, and trying to make myself get started (I've got more than six months to complete it, after all), but today I finally glued some stuff to my car.
On the trunk are magnets, they've been there since before SACBO, on the spoiler I've just glued aquarium stones with silicone caulk. This is a test, how well will they stick, and how much will they fade? If they do OK over the winter, I will cover the whole car.
This was the plan since June, but I couldn't make myself get started. It will be permanently altering my car, and am I really someone who wants to do that? I've debated the pros and cons with myself constantly. For months. But our experience on Halloween helped tip the balance. (More on that later, or earlier, if you know what I mean..)
*11/6/12 I was afraid to turn on the TV, but it all turned out OK in the end! What a relief! No more disgusting attack ads poisoning the airwaves, and no more robocalls.
*The Sunday before that, or maybe it was Monday. Luke and I went to Carkeek Park to see if the salmon were in the creek. They were! The mountains were particularly lovely that day.
I think that bridge over the train tracks is my favorite place in all Seattle.
*10/31/12 Halloween. Last year, Luke and I walked around downtown Ballard to see all the folks in costume. Pretty much all the local shops give out candy, and we saw some great outfits on kids, grown-ups and pets. We swore that we'd dress up ourselves next year. Suddenly, it was next year already! What to do? Luke and I had no actual Halloween plans. We don't really have many friends here, and we had no parties to go to. But I wanted to do something for downtown Ballard, because you really need a costume. Then I remembered something clever and super easy. Take an umbrella, cover it in strips of bubble wrap, and you're a jellyfish! I think the first time I saw this was at one of Hope's parties back in the 90's. So, I made two jellyfish costumes, one for each of us.
There was a difficult moment at first. I knew deep down they looked pretty good and people would like them. But as we left the house I was consumed with doubt that was almost overwhelming: what if people think they look stupid? Is this the dumbest thing ever? But we walked little more than a block before we started hearing "Great costumes!" "Oh man, those are awesome!" "Look mommy- jellyfish!" We were a huge hit with everybody! Plus, it was raining, so there was that, too..
(So that was when I decided I wanted to go ahead with the car. Once it starts to look awesome, I probably won't have doubts anymore.)
10/28/12 Luke and I went to Carkeek Park to see if the salmon were in the creek. Either they weren't there yet, or we didn't happen to see any that day. But any trip to Carkeek brings delights, and we weren't disappointed. As we climbed up the stairs from the beach, a small group of people were looking intently towards the water. "A pod of Orca, heading this way", one of them told us when we asked what they were looking at. OMG! Killer whales! So we parked ourselves on the bridge, raised our binoculars, and waited with them. When the whales finally appeared, they were about a mile away, but no matter- we both had good binoculars, and you could see them surfacing with the puff of air and those tall black fins rhythmically raising and going under. They were moving north in no hurry, we watched them for about an hour. Real-live, honest-to-goodness killer whales visible in the city where I live. So Fucking Awesome!
10/12-15/12 Luke and I flew to Chicago for a whirlwind (in more ways than one) trip for his niece Rachel's wedding. So Many Things happened, but it's all fading to a blur now. I didn't get any good pictures at the wedding itself. It was on a farm in the town of Geneva, about an hour outside the city. It was supposed to be outdoors, but there was a storm. Like- evacuate the tent and hide in the barn because there was a tornado warning! Everybody got soaked. It was really cold. Hairdo's and fancy shoes were wrecked.
But it didn't matter. It was such a lovely wedding anyway. The catering staff went far above and way, way beyond to take care of people when things went pear-shaped, and the schedule of events was thrown for a loop.
After the wedding, we went back to the hotel. Luke's sister set up a suite with drinks and snacks, for the closest family members (Luke, his siblings and spouses)
to relax after the long day. We all changed into dry, comfy clothes. We were glad for the food, there was lunch served at the wedding, but there really wasn't enough of it.
Luke's brother came to the wedding, it was the first time they'd seen each other in more than a decade. His sisters are wonderful, all three of them live in Chicago, and he's fairly close to them, but Luke just says he and his brother never really got along. No specific reason that I could pry out of him, so of course, I was massively curious about meeting this man! I had no delusions of fixing whatever was wrong between them, I just wanted to see the man in person and find out what he was like.
Turns out- kind of a jerk. He wasn't very nice to Luke, and seemed a bit cold all around. So I guess that's just the way it's going to be. Maybe we won't see him again for another ten years, but now I can say that I've met the whole family.
( Two Family Pictures )
On the trunk are magnets, they've been there since before SACBO, on the spoiler I've just glued aquarium stones with silicone caulk. This is a test, how well will they stick, and how much will they fade? If they do OK over the winter, I will cover the whole car.
This was the plan since June, but I couldn't make myself get started. It will be permanently altering my car, and am I really someone who wants to do that? I've debated the pros and cons with myself constantly. For months. But our experience on Halloween helped tip the balance. (More on that later, or earlier, if you know what I mean..)
*11/6/12 I was afraid to turn on the TV, but it all turned out OK in the end! What a relief! No more disgusting attack ads poisoning the airwaves, and no more robocalls.
*The Sunday before that, or maybe it was Monday. Luke and I went to Carkeek Park to see if the salmon were in the creek. They were! The mountains were particularly lovely that day.
I think that bridge over the train tracks is my favorite place in all Seattle.
*10/31/12 Halloween. Last year, Luke and I walked around downtown Ballard to see all the folks in costume. Pretty much all the local shops give out candy, and we saw some great outfits on kids, grown-ups and pets. We swore that we'd dress up ourselves next year. Suddenly, it was next year already! What to do? Luke and I had no actual Halloween plans. We don't really have many friends here, and we had no parties to go to. But I wanted to do something for downtown Ballard, because you really need a costume. Then I remembered something clever and super easy. Take an umbrella, cover it in strips of bubble wrap, and you're a jellyfish! I think the first time I saw this was at one of Hope's parties back in the 90's. So, I made two jellyfish costumes, one for each of us.
There was a difficult moment at first. I knew deep down they looked pretty good and people would like them. But as we left the house I was consumed with doubt that was almost overwhelming: what if people think they look stupid? Is this the dumbest thing ever? But we walked little more than a block before we started hearing "Great costumes!" "Oh man, those are awesome!" "Look mommy- jellyfish!" We were a huge hit with everybody! Plus, it was raining, so there was that, too..
(So that was when I decided I wanted to go ahead with the car. Once it starts to look awesome, I probably won't have doubts anymore.)
10/28/12 Luke and I went to Carkeek Park to see if the salmon were in the creek. Either they weren't there yet, or we didn't happen to see any that day. But any trip to Carkeek brings delights, and we weren't disappointed. As we climbed up the stairs from the beach, a small group of people were looking intently towards the water. "A pod of Orca, heading this way", one of them told us when we asked what they were looking at. OMG! Killer whales! So we parked ourselves on the bridge, raised our binoculars, and waited with them. When the whales finally appeared, they were about a mile away, but no matter- we both had good binoculars, and you could see them surfacing with the puff of air and those tall black fins rhythmically raising and going under. They were moving north in no hurry, we watched them for about an hour. Real-live, honest-to-goodness killer whales visible in the city where I live. So Fucking Awesome!
10/12-15/12 Luke and I flew to Chicago for a whirlwind (in more ways than one) trip for his niece Rachel's wedding. So Many Things happened, but it's all fading to a blur now. I didn't get any good pictures at the wedding itself. It was on a farm in the town of Geneva, about an hour outside the city. It was supposed to be outdoors, but there was a storm. Like- evacuate the tent and hide in the barn because there was a tornado warning! Everybody got soaked. It was really cold. Hairdo's and fancy shoes were wrecked.
But it didn't matter. It was such a lovely wedding anyway. The catering staff went far above and way, way beyond to take care of people when things went pear-shaped, and the schedule of events was thrown for a loop.
After the wedding, we went back to the hotel. Luke's sister set up a suite with drinks and snacks, for the closest family members (Luke, his siblings and spouses)
to relax after the long day. We all changed into dry, comfy clothes. We were glad for the food, there was lunch served at the wedding, but there really wasn't enough of it.
Luke's brother came to the wedding, it was the first time they'd seen each other in more than a decade. His sisters are wonderful, all three of them live in Chicago, and he's fairly close to them, but Luke just says he and his brother never really got along. No specific reason that I could pry out of him, so of course, I was massively curious about meeting this man! I had no delusions of fixing whatever was wrong between them, I just wanted to see the man in person and find out what he was like.
Turns out- kind of a jerk. He wasn't very nice to Luke, and seemed a bit cold all around. So I guess that's just the way it's going to be. Maybe we won't see him again for another ten years, but now I can say that I've met the whole family.
( Two Family Pictures )
