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The last few days were absolutely fantastic.

7 of my wonderful second family came down to help me celebrate my 20th birthday properly – Stephi, Kailey, Ali, Scott, Lisi, Yeolee and Jason.

We came down on wednesday afternoon after a tiring day full of packing and moving.  In my car, Ali managed to have a gargantuan nosebleed after he held his breath going through a tunnel.  His nose literally started gushing blood and it took it about half an hour to fully stop.  20 of those minutes were spent at a gas station about 10 minutes from the border, and we were lucky that it finally fully stopped about a minute before we had to talk to the border guard.

That night managed to be a little less eventful, as we just ate some delicious fast food only found in Seattle (courtesy of the awe-inspiring Dick’s Drive In) and all piled onto the couch/floor of the living room to watch a movie (Stomp the Yard – also awe-inspiring, but for different reasons …).

The next day we began by heading to U-Village, because Stephi wanted to stop by Anthropologie to do some shopping, and after that we headed over to Broadway for about an hour, spending most of our time in a goofy thrift store trying on ridiculous clothing.  We then headed to Ezells for the best fried chicken in Seattle, managing to get there right as my old high school (which is right across the street) was getting out for the day.  After eating we headed downtown, and from there walked to Pike Place Market and lazed in the sun at the park right next to it for a few hours reading The Stranger and enjoying the fantastic view of the water.  Then we headed home for a second before walking to a park near the house to throw a baseball around, enjoy the last rays of sunlight, and play on the swingset.  After that came indian food at Taste of India and then an early night.  Little did I know the prodding for an early night was only for the purpose of sneaking up to my room to scare me at midnight.  It didn’t work, but we staged a photoshoot as though it did.

The next day was a little less crazed, including a trip to the zoo and ice cream by greenlake, and then batting practice followed by the Mariner game (which was absolutely fantastic!!!!).  We managed to get 4 of my friends baseballs at batting practice, and to almost get hit by two balls that were hit out.  After the game we headed to Gasworks park for the most awesome view of the Seattle skyline at night, but at around 11:45 the cops came by to tell us that the park was closed and we headed home to get some sleep so that we could get up as early as possible for the drive up to Vancouver.

It was a long couple of days, but I’m sad that it’s over, and I miss my little Vancouver family.  Now I guess I’ve gotta get back to the real world and find a job…

Well, hopefully I’ll get some pictures that mom can put up, but for now I will just leave you with a completely unrelated picture that I think is absolutely wonderful.  I call it “High Five Failure”

Ashlan

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