now we are surfing the web with fiber optic-ness. its fiberopticallyfantastic.
anyhow . . . so we drove to boston the day we flew out. we spent the whole day before and the morning of packing. hudson was all clingy and worried that we were going to leave him behind. when jon packed the last thing in the car, we headed across the street to this AWESOME restaraunt that we love called "the blue elephant" (come visit and we will go eat there, i promise). and we didn't even leave the parking lot before we could hear hudson crying and barking at the window . . . so we took him out and let him sit in the car while we had breakfast. he LOVES sitting in the car. it's his way of insuring that we wont leave without him, i think.
after eating waaaay too much food in anticipation for a 6 1/2 hour flight (plus the hour + drive to boston and the checking in and the waiting, etC) with no food, we drove to boston. our friend danny lives there so we drove to his house and he took us to the airport. he had agreed to watch our car while we were gone . . . danny is a saint, btw.
we checked hudson in for his flight with no problem (except a slight worry when they told him that animals were banned on all flights during the time we were planning to fly back to boston . . . but that was misinformation). we gave him a Kong filled with peanut butter and carrot sticks that i had put in the freezer overnight. we hoped that and his squeaky ball would keep him occupied during the flight. he didn't freak out at all when we said goodbye. when he has food, he doesn't care about anything.
so, our flight was great. we had snacks, books, national geographics, cross word puzzles and ipods.
my sister sara picked us up from the airport (and rachel met us at the gate with coffee people americanos in her hands!!! she works at the airport so she can go through security! awesome!). we had to wait a while for them to bring us hudson, but when he finally came, he was fine. whining to get out and sniff things, but fine. we packed up sara's volvo and drove to her house to settle in and recover before meeting up with THE CREW at k-school. oooohhhh the dungeon burger with a bocca patty and cajun tots . . . . top it off with a nice local portland brew and some good friends . . . perfect.
here is a picture of hudson under sara's christmas tree
so, the next day, we spent all day at jamie and coleen's (my old roommates) house. coleen had bought hudson a dog sweater from goodwill and it FIT HIM!
isn't he handsome? he doesn't mind at all when we put clothes on him . . . but i think it's cheesy. he doesn't need a sweater, he's a malamute. but he loooks so cute!!
so, we spent all day with jamie watching LOST season 3. we are all caught up now and can't wait for season 4 to start next week . . . even though the writer's strike means there are only going to be 8 episodes . . . blah. get it figured out producers.
anyway, this is the best movie rental place in the world (their reader board says it's true):
they let us rent the entire season 3 of LOST for a WEEK for $5. name another movie store that will do that!!!
that night, we had a blessing way for my dear miss jamie. we celebrated her transition into motherhood with good food, songs, blessings, and gifts. it was so good to see that she is so supported - it is so hard for me not to be near her!!!
she had made a plaster cast of her belly and we all painted it that night. hudson stepped in the paint and tracked blue paw prints all over the house.
the next day i hung out with sara, peter and arwen. we ate at pepinos. i got a rice milk latte from "the fresh pot" inside of powell's on hawthorne and almost got hit by a car because it was so good that i stopped walking while crossing the street. we miss good coffee over here . . . no one makes a latte like those pesky portland hipster baristas. bless you.
arwen and i needed some neccesities at fred meyer. and i just needed to be inside of the one-stop-shopping-ness that is fm. while there, we came across the FURreal pony. DON'T buy this for your children! it eats souls!
that night, we met up with a slew of the crew for the j tillman, david bazan show at mississippi studios.
two words: OOOHHHH GAAWWWWWDD.
it was good.
j tillman started the set by breaking your heart slow and steady like a boa constrictor and david bazan swept the pieces under the rug in the way that only he can. closing songs: his version of "god rest ye merry gentlemen" and a cover of "allelujia" by lenard cohen.
i'll say it again: OOHHH GAWWWWWWD.
i took videos. if i can make myself get a youtube account, i will post them. unless there is another way? anyone? beuler?
the best way to finish this night? watching more LOST and sleeping in the buschgentrygordonmartinezmaritalbed in vancouver washington.
i woke up on my old mattress happy as a clam. and in the pacific northwest.
more to come . . .
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