Piglet just brought me a barely alive cricket.

28 JUL 2007 : SATURDAY
Amanda had Saturday clinic in the morning, and she then went clothes shopping with Carrie downtown. I did typical house crap, went to the gym, and then went downtown as well. I did a lot of wandering about to places that Amanda does not like going to (e.g. Pike Place Market). I had a falafel sandwich at Falafel King on First. There was an astounding amount of raw garlic in the tahini sauce, and I felt like I had a garlic aura for hours afterwards.
As Falafel King is across the Street from Showgirls, I was entertained by their scrolling light billboard things whilst eating my food outside. One of the signs promised what I thought were “LURES”, and I was all like WTF? but I eventually realized that a few bulbs were burnt out and they meant to say “LUBES”.
There was a lot of activity downtown because of the Seafair Parade that night and a 5K or 10K run. There were people reserving there spots along Fourth in the morning for the parade which did not start until dark (as it is called the “Torchlight Parade”). I think parades are fine and all, but I don’t know about waiting that long for one.
I eventually met back up with Amanda, and we went back home so she could rest.
Amanda wanted to go to Tamarind Tree for Vietnamese food, so we did. Since we went very early, it was not packed, and the service was very good. I have found the place to be much more pleasant when it is not busy.
Back home, we helped Bill and Kelly put in their flagstone patio. They had been leveling out the ground and whatever all day. I did more of the moving of stones from the pallets to the yard, while Amanda read People magazine and later helped arrange the stones. Tom and Jackie (Jacky?) were also there.
All of us later hung out on Kevin and Greg’s patio. Bill and Kelly’s patio was not done, but they would work on it the next day.
29 JUL 2007 : SUNDAY
We got up early to meet up with Tom and Jackie and another coworker at Seward Park. They were going to go swimming. We picked up Jackie’s kayak (stored at Bill and Kelley’s house) before heading out; Tom would ride in the Kayak and while everyone else was swimming.
The weather was actually rather grey and rainy. I did not swim; I was going to have a slothful morning, but Amanda convinced me that I wanted to go running. While everyone else was toiling in Lake Washington, I ran around Seward Park. And it did look like they were toiling as the water was quite choppy.
After drying off at home, we met up with Tom and Jackie at Geraldine’s Counter for brunch. They don’t have their mushroom omelette anymore.
I planted more spinach in the garden later.

It’s Natalie’s birthday today. Felíz Cumpleaños!

In regards to my previous post, before our early dinner on Saturday, we went up to Capitol Hill so Amanda could get a haircut. I wandered around, looked at used books and CDs, and relaxed in Cal Anderson Park.
I probably still need to take more ginkgo, though.

It’s been raining quite a bit over the past week. Ordinarily, Seattle only gets like a quarter inch of rain or less in July, usually at night, but I think we’ve gotten much more than that over the past week. Unfortunate for all the festivals last weekend.
Amanda was on call Friday night, so she slept most of the Saturday morning. We had an early dinner at Thien Phat, a new Vietnamese place near us. It was alright, but not really notable. It was cheap though, and they have bánh mì with a soda for $2. I’d come back for that.
We did something before dinner/lunch, but I don’t remember what it was. Damn, I need to take more ginkgo.
Sunday Amanda went off with Tania to help with a week long diabetes camp somewhere west of Olympia. I believe all the camp goers have type 1 diabetes. She will actually only be there half a week; Dave will take the second half. I think they are just there for possible medical emergencies. She is going boating and fishing today. Or perhaps she will just watch the kids fish.
She is in charge of a group of 12-13 year old boys; actually, perhaps some resident counselor is in really charge with her helping. Apparently, they have been talking a lot about whether or not the girls at the camp have “big ones” or “little ones”… kinda quaint and PC really in the Information Age… and are plotting strategy on how to quickly hook up with someone since they only have a week. OK, I used the words “hook up”; I don’t know if they did. Someone should tell them they could get arrested and branded a sexual predator for the rest of their life.
Amanda would say that I now have to say something nice after making that last statement. How about: Amanda is the cutest!
Don’t let piglet hear that; she might get mad.