extree, extree, joe. read all about it.

i didn’t think i had much in the way of news, but i was wrong. i do.

1) my mac is broken. i do not think it is because obie ate his zero key, but i’m sure it’s not making it any easier for him to heal (mac. not obie. obie is fine). this wouldn’t seem like too big of a deal except that mac is the guardian and distributor of all of my photos. which means i can no longer share my moments of visual magic with you all. *sniff*

2) i re-signed my lease on my apartment yesterday. this may not seem like news to you, but to me this was pretty momentous. i have moved once a year since i left home at 18. crazy. since moving to seattle, i’ve moved three times - south lake union to magnolia, magnolia to wallingford, wallingford to west seattle….seems like it would have made sense to make a break for it and try out queen anne or something. agh, but moving across town is such a pain….i mean, if i’m going to pack up my stuff again it might as well be to go on a much bigger adventure. hm. only time will tell. i signed a 6 month lease, so west seattle, you are stuck with me until at least february.

3) my blog has received more visitors in the past week than it ever has before, simply because crazy girls like myself keep searching “bradley cooper.” sorry to disappoint, ladies.

4) obie is my new jogging buddy. i wish i could post a photo of how exhausted he was on tuesday night after living through two days in a row of puppy PT. it’s GREAT.

5) in the past two weeks i’ve had a coffee date and two dinners with ladies i either never get to see or whom i’ve never hung out with one-on-one before…and it has been so very lovely! here’s to blossoming friendship.

6) laura and i trekked up to the semiahmoo resort last weekend to attend the wedding of our friends, jenny and micah. it was one of the most gorgeous weddings i’ve been to. plus they served amazing cupcakes. laura and i used to be attached at the hip (being a grown-up unfortunately has a way of severing hip-attachments), so getting the chance to spend 24 hours with her again was super, super fun (you really can’t get any better than making fun of MAD TV while eating pilfered reception cupcakes in pajamas).

oh i could post some photos here. speaking of pilfering….muwah…

wow, is it just me or am i playing the part of friendly giant here? note to self: only wear three-inch heels when there will be tall gentlemen hovering nearby…

7) my family’s visit over the 4th was AWESOME. we had so much fun. here’s why:

the weather was perfect.

my family was happy.

we hung out with our good friends, the gibsons, who really are more like family than friends (although half of the gibson clan was missing and sorely missed at that).

we (thompsons and gibsons) almost died from pepper spray inhalation at the spaghetti factory (okay, we didn’t almost die. but it was pretty exciting. have you  inhaled pepper spray before? try it. then you’ll know).

we played apples to apples (and i WON! bah hahaha! aparently my “i don’t care if it makes sense – it’s funny” strategy paid off).

my parents helped me decorate and rearrange my apartment so it looks like a grown-up lives here.

and finally, my brother and i stayed up way too late, chatting and laughing and watching things like this:

don’t pretend like that doesn’t make you happy.

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