I will never in my life understand boys and their sports. Tonight Eric is having the boys from basketball over for pizza to watch the Seahawks vs. Dallas Cowboys. Apparently there are quite a few bets running on this game. It’s interesting to watch these guys. A few sit and watch the game quietly while one is ?. “the yeller” he’s so into the game you’d think he was there, right on the sidelines. Then there’s the “analytical one” who sits quietly and analyzes every move of the game. These guys yell at the TV and drink their beers enjoying every minute of the game? even if their team isn’t winning. I think it’s so interesting to watch these guys. I don’t understand it but at the same time, I think it’s great. It’s great to see Eric with his friends enjoying a good game and cheering his team. They laugh, joke and shout. What a great thing to witness. I’m so happy that Eric has such great friends.

It made me think, do women have the same thing? Is there some occasion where women will get together for several hours bonding while watching something else?

Today the guys went golfing and Brandi and I went shopping. We hit TJ Max and I found some great shoes to wear with my wedding dress. I also found a few things for the kitchen. I put them on layaway and so I’ll get them in a few days. Brandi and I went to JoAnne’s so she could find some fabric for a project she was doing. I went and looked at silk flower and found a great pre-made bouquet for the wedding with calla lilies in it. I got a few coral roses to put with it, had Brandi look at it and got it for the wedding. I also got the Maid of Honors too. The cool thing was that it was all on sale?half priced so now I just need to get the roses for the boutonnieres and then put it all together and that will all be done. Yeah? one more thing done. Tonight we went to Old Chicago Pizza for dinner and played some trivia. It was a really nice night. I love having friends visit.

Today Eric and I packed back up to head back to Portland. We’ve got friends coming into town tonight at 8pm. We had breakfast with mom and packed the dog and everything else, it wasn’t easy since I’d gotten boxes of pictures from grandma and mom. Eric and I decided to go home via Tri-cities. When we got to the cities we ended up going out through Richland because there was some construction on the blue bridge or something. We grabbed lunch, took the dog out for a walk, jumped in and were off again. The drive home was pretty uneventful, Eric drove again. This time I didn’t have to sit in the back with Baylee. I’d positioned her crate under her and a few pillows so that she could lay down and still see outside. She seemed to like that better. She’d even tap the window when she needed to go to the bathroom. Of course both times this happened on the way home there wasn’t a place close for her to go so we would panic and hope to find a place soon. We weren’t very good coming home. We got home unpacked and Baylee got to visit with her best friend next door, Duke. He’s a yellow lab and he and Baylee are the best of friends. When she escapes out the front door she runs next door to Dukes house. We got everything taken care of before our guests came. John and Brandi Wasnock finally made it down for a weekend. We didn’t do a whole lot that first night. I think we just hung out and went to bed eventually.

Talk about a great day. I got up this morning, went and got the paper, a latte and a croissant. Then I came home, read the paper, sipped on the latte and relished the fact that I was eating an almond croissant, bet that’s not on Weight Watchers. I did pretty bad today so…. I’m setting the goal that I’m going to work out each day this week and drink my 64 oz of water a day. I figure I’ve got a few days, weigh in is on Friday.

Today my best friend in the whole world called. Jim and I have been friends since I moved down the street from him in 1976. Of course then, his sister and I used to pick on him all the time but somehow as we grew up, and I moved across town we developed this lifelong friendship. Most friendships come and go but for some reason Jim and I have such the friendship that we’ve carried it through for years. We’re not the kind of friends that send just the token Christmas card and maybe one phone call a year. We REALLY keep in touch. He’s in the cruise industry again. He called me from Florida today. Apparently he’s going to be up in Washington for part of November. I’ve got to figure out a way to see him and introduce Eric to him. I really want the two most important men in my life to meet. Eric is the love of my life and Jim, he’s my best friend.

Tonight we went to a friends costume party. I hate costume parties. I think it’s because I’m never satisfied with the costume I pick or how it looks. I just like to go to a party as myself and have a good time. Jason’s house was all decked out in Halloween stuff. It was a pretty good time. At first when I got there I didn’t talk to many people but then I started loosening up a bit a mingled. There were a ton of people I didn’t know. There were lots of cool costumes though. One guy even cam dressed as a storm trooper. I did realize tonight that I’m not much a party person with people I don’t know. When I’m in a group with people I know I talk and you can’t shut me up. When, in this case, I’m in a room full of people I don’t know I just find a corner, watch people and wish I could melt into the wall just so I didn’t have to be there. Strange I know…so I’m going to have to work on that. I don’t know why I get that way, shy I guess.