A Day with the Parents

I woke up this morning to um . . . nothing. My alarm is off station. Again. So it was just playing some quietly useless static when I woke up this morning fifteen minutes after it went off. I may just be desperate enough to use KSPU, the college radio station as my station for waking up to. ;) You know it's bad if I'm willing to listen to college radio. See the following link for information. Strong Bad E-mail on College Radio

My parents and I had a nice day together. I was really glad they came up for a visit. We had quite the adventure trying to find our way around Seattle since I am still quite clueless on how to get ANYWHERE around campus. My parents took me to Fred Meyer to buy a few things and I got a pair of computer speakers since my head phones are going out and my laptop speakers make any sound I play sound like it's from a Chipmunks album. It was only after I got them set up and ready to go that I realized that they have a blue light on them just like my mouse does. My desktop is beginning to get a theme . . . O_o

We also went to breakfast/brunch at a little cafe we finally ran into during one of the aforesaid driving adventures. It was called Val's Cafe and looked fairly unassuming from the outside. But, when we got to the inside, we were bombarded with Greek culture like a rookie on a paintball field! There were posters from Mikonos, advertisements for gyros, blue and white decorations, signs in both Greek and English, a Greek-accented waitress, and Greek music playing in the background. It was so random and great! I see now the truth there is in the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding. The Greeks really are very proud of their culture. :)

For dinner, we went to Ivar's. Mmm . . . Ivar's. I ordered a seafood and vegetable stirfry that was really, really good. The only thing I didn't expect was the shellfish lining the edges of my plate that was still IN the shell. I thought it was very pretty, but I only managed to eat one mussel. It was just a bit too gross to know that I was eating every part of the organism. If they had pulled them out of their shells, cleaned out the yucky parts, and then put them back in, I'm sure I would have been all over the scallops and clams. ;) But, the rest of the dish was like a little treasure hunt with yummy things like salmon and halibut and shrimp hidden in my pasta. ;) Lots of fun.

My fern Ted is a little sick but it's just because he's a little sun-starved. He'll be better in a week or so. :) I put the plants I was taking care of for Michelle outside her door. They don't look too bad but I'm afraid she'll throw them out because she can't tell that's there's new growth. I'll just have to check up on them later. I didn't name Michelle's plants while I was taking care of them, but I was kind of tempted. ;)

That's all I have to write for now. I hope everyone's weekend is going great. :)

-The Relaxed Resident