oh man! so our stolen internet has made a triumphant return!

so first thing's first: matt and i took a little trip down to portland on saturday! this trip was a HUGE deal, for about 56 different reasons. the main reasons being that i have NEVER requested an entire weekend off work, it was the LAST weekend i was going to be able to request off before the holidays (and even then, i missed an important meeting), and i only requested the weekend off because matt asked me to (between work and school, i've been working a lot of 14 to 16 hour days and we never see each other!) so that we could hang out.

so you can imagine my dismay when our little trip turned into a business trip for matt (at first anyway - we did end up spending much of the day together). i knew that it sort of was going to, seeing as we were also taking one of matt's coworkers down there for some reason, but i did not expect matt's portland coworkers to be such raging elitist DICKS. after some faulty logic involving Reasons Not to Share with Kristen and multiple failed attempts at friendliness (y'know...introducing one's self...shaking hands, etc.), matt had left my side at the THCF clinic for no more than 90 seconds when i was asked wtf i was even doing there and reminded that it was time for me to leave. i was hella pissed at portland's obnoxious residents AND at matt for associating with them (i realize that they are his coworkers and not his friends, but that did not stop be from being huffy), and ended up wandering around downtown by myself for about 2 hours while matt and his coworker took care of business. stopped at some street market and was accosted by hippies. realized that portland is like one giant marigny, just brimming with squatters and gutterpunks.

i was not able to get joel's phone number before we left, so i was not able to see joel, which was also super sad for me. i haven't seen joel in over 6 years!

we DID stop at matt's coworker's buddy's house and hang out for a little while. we also purchased and drank some delicious wine (tempranillo - a red wine from spain - so delicious and under $20!). we ALSO purchased and ate some delicious donuts from voodoo donuts downtown, where the waitress was extremely frowny. it occured to me then that EVERYONE in portland is extremely frowny. it's like being in fucking ohio, but a lot more hip. the only pleasant people i met were matt's coworker's friends. i guess, though, when you're a hipster, it's pretty fucking uncool to NOT frown (unless you're being smug and/or ironic), especially when not frowned at.

we got back to seattle a little after 2 in the morning. i was super glad to be home. portland's not the worst place i've ever been, but it's definitely not my favorite.

we spent much of the day yesterday just hanging around the house and cleaning. we watched sideways, which reminded me why i'd never watched the movie or bothered finishing the book (omfg so boring).

today is still rainy. so much rain. who thinks it'll snow by thanksgiving?!

speaking of thanksgiving, i think i'm going to make some halibut for me and the boys! omfg halibut is my favorite thing ever these days!