Day 1
woke up at 7am miraculously, because the alarm was on silent. packing millz's stuff in about 15 minutes flat. then kelly hit market street as i hit wamu and fins. then we both hit the bus stop and proceeded to munch and sip croissants and orange juice. then sleepy 17 riding, and comatose caltrain. then we sat around 4th and king until we met the other rideshare person, Laila. shes about 45 and is from Maine. then we did a little safeway grubbin and grabbed some baby carrots. hummus, chocolate, pita and an odwalla for the pocket. then Josh showed up and we hopped in. He had herd that we were going to need chains, so we went to a campingstore in berkley in search of such things. to no avail. then we stopped by his house to grab some that didn't fit just in case we got checked for them somewhere. then we were on our way north, and i got bit by the sleepy bug. but then awoke and me and kelly had a draw-off. with sweet results. then i got reacquainted with my dreams and found myself in Redding at in-n-out ordering a double double animal style with animal style fries (in reality) and then we sat. we ate. we stretched. we left. next thing you know we refilled the tank. andddddd we were in portland. we got the guest room. shawn came home at about 1 to chat. and 2:03am we sleep. tomorrow: bellingham
Day 2
alarm goes off at 8am, other folks on the rideshare train were already up and rearing to go. millz takes some coercing to get out of bed. showers all around. shawn's the hostess with the mostess. cuddle puddle and secrets with in shawn's bed. everyone off to cup and saucer for bomb dig breakfast! mikey doodled a sweet balding pig man thinking about pancakes. then we shared cranberry pecan pancakes. learned that insects don't close their eyes when they sleep via a trivial pursuit card. dropped off shawn and we were back on the road. caught a glimpse of mt. saint helens. reverted to sleep mode. stopped in seattle. bought a magazine. bartered with taco del mar for a FREE large cup of water. back on the road. finally the highway started to look like forest all around us and we arrived at my house! i introduced mike to pickleball and my awesome golden retriever. mom comes home and he meets her too. walk around lake padden right next to my house. my old tired dog jumps into the lake off the dock to impress mike. lots of hanging out and talking. mom cooks tasty enchiladas. mike and i pick up some tasty ice cream from mallards, the best ice cream shop ever. mike was coughing, so he took some cough syrup with codeine. after dinner we head downtown to visit some friends at a circus warehouse. we climbed silks, juggled clubs, walked on a balance ball, hula hooped, etc. got in some good becketsy time. before we went to bed mike so a few more gulps of cough syrup, unbeknownst to me.
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Saturday, March 22, 2008
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Day 3
So kellys mom let us stay in the same room! and we woke up at about 7 this morning. everything seemed fine until i tried to stand up. then i realized that i was extremely naushious and dizzy. so then we figured it was either the gulps o codeine or the hummus i ate the day before. i kind of hung around the toilet hoping the demon would jump out of my belly but to no avail. then kelly had to bizounce to have some breakfast with her pops and granny and i went back to sleep to battle that which was within. i woke back up some 2 hours later when kelly walked back in and we were off to see her dads new super house. i was woozy the whole time. then we headed twords the quarry, which is a property of 50 acres that her juggle farm buddies have aquired. as we entered the property we see a 100ft sheer cliff with a big pool f water at the bottom and know we are in the right place. only her friend river is there, and we get the grand tour including a canoe ride around the "lake". i finally lay eyes on the veggie grease run "jolly van" and i finally get some food in my stomache (croisants and frenchtoast) on a veggie oil run bus. there was also a yurt and a motorhome on the property. apparently every living space was still mobile. then we headed out twords rivers mommas house for some easter egg painting and i read a beautiful decay mag at a grocery on the way. once at rivers moms it was hard to fight the urge to feel extremely at home, so i had a bowl of soup and painted like 5 eggs. then the house was filled with all of kellys favorite juggler friends and it was time for us to skiddadle if we wanted to catch a ride from her mom to seattle/ so we get back to her moms house and she has this wonderful idea that she will just buy us train tickets to seattle instead of drive. so we grab some for 7:40 and that is that. then we say our goodbyes and do some sweet drawing at the train station and hope on the train around 8:15 pm. there we do a bit more drawing and i finish a letter and do some eves dropping. then we pull into seattle and get a ride with kellys best friend tonys house with his housemate colin. then we show colin some of the movies that are going on cyclelife ezine 1.0 and then he goes to bed and we get crackin on it. then we have to restart the project over comepletely, then we find that we cant burn it onto a dvd out of three macs. its 3:19 in the morning now and kelly is asleep on the couch. and i am furstrated at technology. tomarrow we make it to portland. or today i should say
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