4 days of no work and I sat around for a good 75% of it! It wasn’t planned though.

Wednesday after work I headed over to Zac’s to find out he had developed a cold. He didn’t seem too sick at the moment so I stuck around. We had tickets to see Henry Rollins that night too.
I’ve never seen Rollins live before. It was really cool. It was funny, serious, and educational all at the same time. He is always in this semi-attack stance while on stage. It must come from years of punk rock shows. He looks like he’s ready to pounce at any second. It’s amazing how busy he keeps himself. He says he doesn’t like down time. He goes around the world (when he’s not giving a speech) and just walks around talking to strangers, asking them their thoughts about America, the current state of the government (their & ours), and other current events. He’s just trying to unite the world one person at a time. It’s really courageous.

Thursday we (mostly Zac) slept in and waited for Thanksgiving dinner. Plus EVERYTHING is closed that day so there really is NOTHING to do. I kept getting text after text from friends seeing what I was up to that weekend but I brushed everyone off (sorry). I’m so amazingly broke that I needed to lock myself inside and not spend any money on anything. That evening we headed out to 13 Coins for dinner with my mom. It was kind of a big deal since Zac was meeting her for the first time. Things went well. They talked about diving most of the time (a hobby of both).

Friday we (Zac again) slept some more, just trying to get better. I was getting worried because I was developing some sniffles and a scratchy throat.  Thankfully that boy has THE BEST cable package ever so I watched movie after movie all morning.  Something wasn’t sitting right with Zac’s tummy and he hurled that afternoon, and slept more. That evening I talked him into finding real food and we headed over to Piccolo’s (where he hadn’t been yet) and got pizza. We wandered around Scarecrow Video afterwards (another place he hasn’t been). Neither of us has an account there so we just browsed. We avoided the Black Friday craziness since I can’t afford ANYTHING and he wasn’t feeling well.

Saturday we went to Kauai Family Restaurant in Georgetown for breakfast/lunch. I’ve never been to a Hawaiian restaurant before. The Crispy Ginger Chicken I had was very good. We also went to the Elliot Bay Book Co. I’d never been here for some reason. I found a 2009 calendar for my purse. I’m so particular about my planners, I had to find the perfect one! I found a cute shiny silver notebook (for my purse) and Zac & I created lists of places the other one hasn’t been to yet so we’ll always have something to do.
Later I had to head home for clean clothes. I also received the DVD of the pictures that were taken last week.  I don’t like any of them. I could be a bit harsh on myself too. I am my biggest critic. I’m just going to put  the disc away for a while and think about it. I feel defeated. It makes me not want to pursue this dream of mine. Why spend the $500 on Burlesque School if I can’t do something as simple as take a good picture? But I have time to think. I’m just bummed.

Sunday we managed to get out of the house by 11:30! We headed over to Capitol Hill to go to the Honey Hole for lunch. (check one off Zac’s list). That night we had tickets to see The Decemberists. I was so excited!!! Zac was only able to get 1^st balcony seats which were 1^st come, 1^st serve. We got OK seats. You could see the band pretty well.

Colin changed guitars about 20 times, lol. They use so many different instruments, it’s amazing. They played all the good songs: Engine Driver, Dracula’s daughter, Crane Wife (during the encore), Chimbley Sweep, etc. During the last song they invited all the lucky jerks in the front to come on stage and sing too, lol.

My biggest complaint were the girls behind us. They obviously thought they were the biggest fans, yet didn’t get tickets soon enough and had to sit upstairs, NOR did they get there early enough to get good seats. So they proceeded to (what they thought was sing along) yell along with almost every song. I swear I’m a douche magnet when it comes to concerts. No matter where I sit/stand, I get the best concert going douche next/near to me.

My big news for today was that I booked my hostel stay for the San Diego Comic-Con. I’m not sure what hit me but I thought, what the heck. I called the same downtown hostel I stayed out last time and they had NO private rooms left! (and it’s only mother f’ing January!!) I settled for an all girls dorm room. This will save me majorly on rooming costs. I will plan for airfare after the 1^st of the new year. I don’t know if I’ll have a job then so I’ll save some money. Plus it doesn’t cost me to book the room, I can always cancel if need be. This will be a big adventure for me if no one tags along.