"Mom! That lady's neck is dirty in a circle!
I'm getting really good at this whole "wait at National Airport" thing. The US Airways terminal is becoming entirely too familiar, and I think it's a sign of some sort when the kiosk vendors start recognizing you. But, the wait was largely uneventful. I stopped at one of the kiosks that sells random Asian trinkets, and I saw a nifty silver yin-yang pendant that I really liked, so I picked it up. I showed her the tattoo on the back of my neck, and she ended up giving me a discount. Huh. Maybe I should go get tattoos of really neat expensive items I've always wanted, and see if the same tactic works. Seems rather drastic, though...
The flight was largely uneventful, though that didn't stop me from having one of my first flight-panic attacks in quite a while. Luckily, my row-mate (there was nobody in the middle seat) noticed, and just started talking to me, and that worked to distract me pretty well.
You can't get there from here...
Pardon me? Could I just get this store to go?
From Grand Opening, we went to Formaggio Kitchen, a horrible trap of a store that
Sadly, hamlet was not able to join us for the rest of the evening, as she and hop already had plans, so we deposited her back home, and then leaf and I began the long trek to the house of
A whole dairy farm full of cheese.
We got to the house safely, and what a lovely house it is! Really, ford and mute have an awesome house. It was a great setting for an evening of sitting around and eating piles of cheese and crackers and grapes and drinking wine. I had a terrific time, though I'm not sure that any of us had more fun than mute did. :)
And as an added bonus, ford and mute have a very comfortable guest room.
jer made my butt wiggly!
The next morning, mute deposited me at the house of
At some point during all of this, I learned that the red pandas at the National Zoo had died, and this made me very sad. So, jer brought out JR bunny for me to snuggle with, and she licked my nose, and this made me very giggly. Yay, JR bunny!
After this, Jer and I wandered into downtown Worcester, where we went to Seoul Leechi for very yummy Korean food, and then over to Jelly's Discs (which will always make me giggle), where I picked up a handful of CDs, and then next door to That's Entertainment, where I... completely failed to buy anything.
Huh.
After this, it was time to head back to jer's place, and so we did. I showered and repacked all my crap, and when delenn showed up, they gave me my Christmas present. I must say, they rule a lot. I mean, they got me a plush panda purse. It kicks all sorts of ass. They are great. :) Yay, jer and delenn!
And then, it was time go drink.
Does anyone know the maximum safe capacity of this balcony?
The pissup was... impressively large. I think we ended up with something like 34 people total. And the poor poor wait staff put up with us very well, considering the fact that there were only two of them on duty for the whole night. There were lots of people there, many of whom I rarely get to see (ok, even more rarely than I see most of my Massachusetts friends (yes, I know I come up here a lot; I still see them rarely, ok?)). I delivered and received a number of silly presents, and the Giant Pocky was a hit. I think everyone had a grand time, and I promise to put up pictures soon!
It was very very silly, and really, I don't think most of it can even be attributed to the booze. I mean, when we have the Youngest Gweep saying, "Well, someone has to be the mature one..." (hi
After the gathering dispersed, I went back to p's place, where we sat around and made fun of each other until we realized we were falling asleep, and then crashed.
Orcs, and then sushi.
Yesterday,
Then, it was time for food, which took us trekking to Sudbury to go to FuGaKyu. We realized that we probably should have called to get reservations when we got there and the place was packed. Sadly,

Dinner was quite tasty, and dinner conversation was quite entertaining. And, FuGaKyu had Choya on the menu, so I bought a bottle for the table. Mmm. Choya.
Driving home, p was once agian freezing his hands since he forgot his gloves and has a metal gear shift knob, so something in my pocket came to the rescue. The ribbon on the present from jer and delenn had a little teeny stocking cap tied to it, and it was very cute, so I kept it. It turns out it was the exact right size for our purposes, so p's car now has a green gear shift knob cozy. Hee!
And that's pretty much been my trip thus far. I should probably go shower and get dressed and repack all my crap so that we can be ready to head out to today's festivities (Orcs and Tacos) this afternoon.
Aloha!