Thoughts of LoWriter

Reluctantly Back to the Grindstone

Well, I have returned from Seattle.

10lees was successfully wed. It was a beautiful wedding, especially the outdoor reception. I enjoyed it a lot and was honored to be a part of it.

I saw many fantastic things, including pretty much everything from Dr. G's blog of the first two days of the trip, so feel free to check that out for more details. I wrote a whole long entry about it and the wedding yesterday, but then the computer dumped it (mostly because I am a dumbass and didn't save), so I may or may not recap.

I got many smooshed pennies on this trip and took my collection to a whole new level. For those of you who don't know, smooshed pennies are not those that have been smooshed by a train. I am not a hillbilly or a delinquent with a death wish. You put them in a machine, pay two quarters, and the machine stamps an image of where you've been on it. I usually get one or two each trip. This time I got eight. It was a lot of fun, everyone got into it, and I even bought a book to keep them in. Apparently you are supposed to use pennies minted prior to 1982 because the others are more zinc than copper. Whatever.

I also bought an eye patch and took my picture with a dashing plastic pirate statue at a place called Pirate's Plunder. It was fantastic.

School started yesterday, and all the young, semi-eager minds are arriving to seek knowledge or, more accurately, letter grades of B or better. I sort of feel like when you get on the escalator and you're not quite ready for it. You kind of get pulled through space and for a moment you think you're going to fall and you just feel... weird...like you've stepped out of your body and are coasting through the air while the rest of you shuts down. That's kind of how I feel right now. I couldn't find the dentist specialists this morning for my stupid TMJ thing (it's a piece of plastic to keep me from grinding my teeth, and the longer this goes on, the more I am wondering why the hell I ever went to the TMJ specialist in the first place), and 411 didn't have their number, so I finally went to work. At about 7:25, they called me to ask if I was still coming. I was like, well, I couldn't find your office, and now I have to go to work. I'd like to take this opportunity to point out that every once in awhile, MapQuest really sucks ass long time.

Other than that, I had another dream that came true. Still no connection to anything that we can bet on, but it was pretty crazy.

I got like three or four hours of sleep on Monday. I am exhausted.

I kind of look at every trip I go on these days as an interview with the question "Should I live here?" as its central theme. I don't think I would live in Seattle. It's a beautiful city, and I loved my stay there, especially with the beautiful weather they were having, but I was thrilled to be back in Minnesota yesterday. Even in the humidity, MN is my home. I think the farthest away I could ever live is North Dakota and then only because I grew up so close to it that it is almost home for me. That may make me the biggest nerd in the world, but so far, I haven't found any place I'd rather live.

Posted by LoWriter at August 22, 2006 08:33 AM