My landlord is asking for it....

I want to thump the heck out of my landlord. Thump him hard. For those of you that don't know the term "thumping" it means to forcefully flick -- something I picked up thanks to my two older brothers...my oldest brother is really good at thumping as I recall. If not thump my landlord then I'd like to take apart a disposable camera and shock him with it repeatedly. Another trick I learned from my brothers.

I woke up this morning and I had no hot water. I remember thinking as I got in bed last night "Jess, just take a shower now so you can sleep in..." I couldn't be convinced, though and I woke up up early this am to find that the only hot thing in my house was my festering anger. It isn't on this one incident alone that has left me with bitterness. Here's the *short* list of things that I would like my landlord to fix:

* My shower head spits out water and lacking in water pressure which he promised to fix before I moved in in November. Liar.
* A missing baseboard by my door. Also promised to fix -- liar twice.
* An outlet in my living room not working, which doesn't seem like a big deal but I am sorely lacking in outlets.
* Eyes on my stove don't work. Don't ask me to cook Thanksgiving dinner unless you plan on bringing over your camping burners.
* The bathroom sink drain stopper is broken.
* Needs a paint job soooo bad.
* My bathroom door won't close.
* My front door needs to be cut down because it drags on the carpet hard every time I open it...it's sooooo irritating.

Alright, that's enough. Just let's just say I'm cranky and dirty this morning. And if I see him walking around...THUMP. I've complained about some of these things before and I'm half tempted to say if they don't fix them then I want my rent lowered $100 a month. Yeah, I know, as if.

Enough whining, back to work.

Back in Seattle...

The DC event was exhausting, but I think it went relatively well. It was long days, long nights, a lot of work...I'm hoping it's worth it. We shall see.

I got back in town on Saturday around noon and C greeted me at the airport. It was really great to see him after the long week. Saturday was beautiful, so we walked down to World Market and picked up a bottle of Kris pino grigio (which is a really affordable Australia wine http://www.winezap.com/Haas-Franz-Pinot-Grigio-Kris/0/16751) and some Framboise (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framboise) and walked through Olympic Sculpture Park (http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/visit/OSP/) which is only three blocks from the home base and sat in the sun.

My friend from WDWCP was in town from El Paso on Saturday night with some friends so we went out to Pink Door for dinner. I had some amazing halibut. Amazing. We headed over to Belltown Billards for a bit and then headed home. It was a nice walk home -- crisp Seattle evening...but I was exhausted. I burst into tears halfway home from being overtired...meh.

Sunday was relaxing...we hung out in the courtyard and I sewed a pillow while C painted in true Bob Ross style. Now, you'll be impressed...this was no craft fiasco, friends. It appears one craft I can do is hand sew. Forget about the gingerbread houses, discard all thoughts about the Easter eggs and feast your eyes on this:





I know....oooooo...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, right? I mean that's handsewn. No sewing machines were used in the process. I'm so proud of myself I plan on making two more! One with the same material and one with this:




I'll let you know how it turns out. Fancy, I hope.

In other news I made the most inccccccccccreddddibllleeeee HG pad thai yesterday. HIGHLY recommended for you WW eaters.



Delllllllllllishhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

I also got some aweeeeeeesome strawberries that are the size of my head. Okay maybe not that big but check these babies out:




Oh heck yes, I'm enjoying that. Anyway, I'm off.

38 hours...body lotion in my hair

I'm in DC for work...one of my clients is doing a really cool event but I must admit, it's sucking the everlasting energy out of my body. Yesterday I flew in to DC and I was on hour 38 of being awake when I decided to take a shower...body lotion is the new shampoo. My hair feels awesome today. Ugh.

After 5 hours of sleep I got in another 17 of work...and now I'm heading back to sleep for another 5 to regroup and play it again. I'll let you know how it rolls, there is so much to catch up on. So much. I hope to talk to you soon...but I'm probably the most tired I've been ever...I'm such an old 23.

Night..

Happy May Day Number 2

Sorry about the delay since writing, I know you've been *aching* for an update. Everything seems to be pretty well in order in life, I am really enjoying crew.

Yesterday we went out on Lake Union which, as everything in Seattle is, it's beautiful.



Afterward C and I went on a May Day date to The Purple Cafe, which I've been wanting to go to since basically day one. I've always heard rave reviews, but I could never justify the cost. Finally we buckled up and decided that we needed to check out this downtown oasis for ourselves, and what better day to do it then for May Day. Here's the menu:
http://www.thepurplecafe.com/pdf/menus/seattle_dinner.pdf

I opened up my mouth to a bouquet of flavors, all extremely enjoyable. The gorgonzola stuffed dates were unbelievable and the halibut had some amazing potato pairing. Delightful. The chardonnay wine flight I order was alright, I'd probably get something different if I went back again. We'll see.

This weekend is shaking out to a pretty exciting weekend. Tonight my friends S and B are having a James Bond party, and I have the perfect outfit. I'm not going to reveal it hear, hopefully follow up with some pictures.

Tomorrow is opening day for boats in Seattle, and I plan on going to that to watch the regatta (ooo, I'm so crew oriented) and the parade of yachts. Afterward I'm heading over to Ballard's Fourth Annual Keta Salmon Cookoff to try salmon for *FREE*. Then it's the Hop and Scotch festival in Fremont, gotta check that out.

Sunday I'm going to the zoo. All and all looking like a good weekend.

Susan Belle is perfect, by the way. Thank you for asking.