Amanda got plenty of sleep last night while she was on call, so she was very chipper this morning. I was sluggish for no good reason, but I tend to the low-energy side.
We had brunch with Eve and Karl at the 5 Spot in Queen Anne. Another new restaurant for us! Karl had suggested another place, Macrina, but Eve told him we couldn’t go there because we had been there already. The restaurant was packed, but there was a good flow in and out, so we only waited about twenty minutes.
I got a mushroom and spinach scramble which was quite tasty. The disk also included three+ servings of hash browns and some toast. The food was good, although the eggs were more runny than I usually like. Very large portions, too, which I also like, although all those potatoes were probably not good for me. The service was quite good especially considering how busy the place was. I’d be inclined to go back, although it is relatively far away and I dislike packed restaurants. And, yes, we always need to go to new places.
We walked around upper Queen Anne for a while. We had to dash about because it was very rainy today. Amanda got a necklace at some random place.
After we parted from Eve and Karl, we decided to go up to Alderwood Mall in Lynnwood simply because the weather was kinda sucky and we wanted to walk around somewhere and we had never been to Lynnwood which is north of Seattle.
Unfortunately, Amanda turned into a grumpus due to the rather heavy traffic, but she calmed down once we actually got inside. I had heard that the mall was really nice, but it was just another mall really. It was an interesting combination of indoor and outdoor mall, though.
Amanda did get a couple of brassieres which was good because she has been exhibiting grumpus tendencies in the morning: “where are my bras!?!?!!”. Clearly, more will help with this problem.
One the way back down I5 South, we saw traffic really getting bad, and one of the signs said there was an accident. So we bailed out at Shoreline and decided to drop by a nursery there to get some red worms for composting. Alas, someone cleaned them out that morning! Sucks to be us.
Since the traffic was bad on I5, we took 99 back into Seattle. Once home, I made fajitas while Amanda warmed up on the couch.
Amanda decided she wanted to do our taxes tonight, so we messed around with that for a while. Those readers who know Amanda probably would understand how taxes and forms and Amanda do not make a happy mix. Ug.
I also filled out my absentee ballots for two school levies. I did a bit more research on them, but thinking about the Seattle school system and school board started raising my blood pressure. I really have to calm down. I got Amanda to fill hers out, too.
Time for more port…