It took 6 hours (2 & a 1/2 of which was Seattle traffic) but we finally got down to Eugene. I'd forgotten how much the commute sucks. But for the few times I had to travel to and from Seattle while in Seattle Justin made the drive literally dozens more. He was less than thrilled to revisit the 60 miles of horrible congestion between home and Olympia. It really means a lot to me that he was devoted enough to our relationship that he put in the time brave I-5 every weekend (or at least twice a month) while I was in school. I appreciate it even more now!
Justin just asked me what I was writing and was I writing about how much I love him. I think he must've read my mind, even though he was being sarcastic. He's looking positively metrosexual today after a healthy dose of post b-day retail therapy. I took him out birthday-versary shopping a while ago and we hit up the Ian boutique in Fremont for a Rag and Bone jeans, and sweet-as-hell jacket, some cargo pants, & a weird (and overpriced) tee all by the Nice Collective. I'd never been into Ian before but I thought Justin might like it and lo-and-behold he liked it enough to convince me it was worth throwing out all the other gift ideas I had in lieu of getting him a new wardrobe.
That set him on this fashion kick he came home from American Apparel today with a bunch of thermal layering shirts and tees and blew the rest of his b-day bucks on Threadless tees. I'm stoked, cause now my man is groomed all sexy and presentable-like and I'm off the hook as personal shopper for a while (it's generally my duty as I'm the sole breadwinner while he's in nursing school). Woo!
I told Justin I'm writing about his new wardrobe and he said, "Oh, about my sheer, staggering vanity recently?" At least he's self-aware. ^_^
Anyway, back to being in Eugene. Rachel and Micah are at the late premier of a movie created by one of Rachel's colleagues. We decided to crash at their place with the kitties instead. Tomorrow we're gonna get some cinnamon rolls at Sweet Life and spent the typical Eugene Saturday maybe wandering about the Saturday Market. Eat some pre-marathon pasta and have Prince Puckler's ice cream to ease the mind. Then it's time to do the deed and run us a marathon, IT Band Syndrome, Runner's Knee and all!
This run will be considerably more relaxed that the Portland marathon. Saturday night pre-Portland saw us getting no sleep in a Ghetto Lion hotel room, hauling our sorry asses out of bed at 5:30, and milling around and unfamiliar part of downtown in the pre-dawn dark. Even with the early-rising and the milling about, Eugene is so much homier. I still love it here. It's great to see all the llamas-- even after being away for almost 8 months, it feels like I just left. Ahh, home sweet home.
Posted on April 27, 2007 @ 11:19 PM | 2 comments
Justin just asked me what I was writing and was I writing about how much I love him. I think he must've read my mind, even though he was being sarcastic. He's looking positively metrosexual today after a healthy dose of post b-day retail therapy. I took him out birthday-versary shopping a while ago and we hit up the Ian boutique in Fremont for a Rag and Bone jeans, and sweet-as-hell jacket, some cargo pants, & a weird (and overpriced) tee all by the Nice Collective. I'd never been into Ian before but I thought Justin might like it and lo-and-behold he liked it enough to convince me it was worth throwing out all the other gift ideas I had in lieu of getting him a new wardrobe.
That set him on this fashion kick he came home from American Apparel today with a bunch of thermal layering shirts and tees and blew the rest of his b-day bucks on Threadless tees. I'm stoked, cause now my man is groomed all sexy and presentable-like and I'm off the hook as personal shopper for a while (it's generally my duty as I'm the sole breadwinner while he's in nursing school). Woo!
I told Justin I'm writing about his new wardrobe and he said, "Oh, about my sheer, staggering vanity recently?" At least he's self-aware. ^_^
Anyway, back to being in Eugene. Rachel and Micah are at the late premier of a movie created by one of Rachel's colleagues. We decided to crash at their place with the kitties instead. Tomorrow we're gonna get some cinnamon rolls at Sweet Life and spent the typical Eugene Saturday maybe wandering about the Saturday Market. Eat some pre-marathon pasta and have Prince Puckler's ice cream to ease the mind. Then it's time to do the deed and run us a marathon, IT Band Syndrome, Runner's Knee and all!
This run will be considerably more relaxed that the Portland marathon. Saturday night pre-Portland saw us getting no sleep in a Ghetto Lion hotel room, hauling our sorry asses out of bed at 5:30, and milling around and unfamiliar part of downtown in the pre-dawn dark. Even with the early-rising and the milling about, Eugene is so much homier. I still love it here. It's great to see all the llamas-- even after being away for almost 8 months, it feels like I just left. Ahh, home sweet home.
Posted on April 27, 2007 @ 11:19 PM | 2 comments
Comments:
It's really nice to see you guys too. I hate it when we don't all live in the same city.
By 
Loreleilee, at
11:06 AM, April 28, 2007
OMG GOOD LUCK YOU GUYS!!!
By 
LazyLightning, at
7:03 AM, April 29, 2007
