Catching a movie with mom and dad. We got a lot done on the motor this weekend! It’s been great having them here, i’m glad they made it!

Waiting for mom and dad. They’re just coming up the 405. Starbucks is not very conducive to napping today, kind of noisy.

Just got an sms from mom. They’re in spokane. They’re going as far as ritzville tonite.

Dsl came back on last night! We’re civilized again!

Need to do something useful at work today, thot i’d post a bit. I’m at the laurelhurst office, one of my fav’s, and their stuff was all easy fixes today, so i’m killing time. I have an appt with a consulting firm in belltown in an hour and some change, hopefully they can find some decent work for me. I really want a different job to drive to once the Z is back on the road again. Cause i really don’t think i’m gonna wanna drive the Sentra for quite a while once i have a choice again, but at the same time i’m not putting 70-80 miles a day on the Z carrying stupid computers around. Quite the conundrum…

Really missing the DSL, hope qwest comes thru on their promise of mar1 for a re-hookup date. Kim and i are both going thru heavy withdrawals. We distracted ourselves last nite by cleaning the house, moving furniture, hanging pictures, doing dishes, taking out the recycling, and basically just making the place feel like our own. Josh’s remaining presence is a few pieces of furniture in the sun room, he’s cleared out pretty much everything else. The rug has kinda been pulling itself out from under us all month as Josh packs things up – although, ironically, he’s actually leaving the rugs. Come home and remove your coat, headed for the hall tree, only to find it is missing. The paper towels are rolling around on the counter, because the towel holder is gone. And the weirdest one, that took me a while to figure out: a brita water filter sitting in a glass of water on the counter… because the pitcher is absent.

So thursday nite Mom and Dad will start their westward drive, to arrive here by friday noonish. I hope to have the last of my parts by about that time, too, and have all the tools rented that i’ll need for the weekend (cylinder honer, ring compressor). It should all be downhill after that. Somewhere in those 4 days i need to also balance in a bit of fun and relaxation for them, as i don’t want them to come all this way just to work all weekend. And i know Mom’s going to harass me for not eating right / exercising / sleeping enough / going to the doctor for my stress-induced peptic ulcers, so i need to start bracing myself for a whole weekend of motherly guilt. Cause, you know, i don’t stress about my life enough already… ;)