Graduation Aside...

Last night didn't quite go as planned.

Lance's plane got in from MSP around 4:45. He texted me when they arrived, but I was still at work anyway, so I figured he would have his luggage in hand well before I even got there.

HAHAHA. What a stupid assumption.

I took a different way to the airport than usual...a MUCH BETTER way that was not the least bit congested with rush hour traffic. So I think I might have gotten there faster than I would have otherwise. Lance texted me while I was on my way to tell me that he was at baggage claim 8. I was still quite a ways from the airport. I told him to call me when he got his luggage.

I got to the airport finally and was surprised as I started pulling into hourly parking that he hadn't called yet. Finally, he told me there was a 20 minute delay on his luggage.

And 20 minutes turned into 45...

He didn't get his luggage until ONE HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTES after his flight landed. Is that not completely insane? And we have no idea if this was the airline's fault or the airport's. All they said on the loudspeaker was that there was an unspecified problem and the luggage would be delayed.

So much for us having a nice sit-down dinner before we had to go to Petsmart.

And generally, I only have to pay for about half an hour of parking. I ended up going over that this time.

Finally... with luggage in hand, we loaded up the car and headed to Petsmart. We were contemplating where to grab our fast food dinner, and then Lance remembered Zoopa. It's a buffet, it's close to Petsmart, and we could still do our sit-down dinner.

A few minutes later, we were piling plates with salad, pasta, soup and breadsticks, and eating dinner.

Good idea, in theory. But my stomach didn't agree, especially since I had been out to eat at lunch too, and had teriyaki chicken (which isn't particularly greasy, rich or spicy, so I don't know why my stomach was hurting). By the time we got to Petsmart, I was very very uncomfortable. But I had to suck it up and deal with it, as I always do. Me and my ridiculously sensitive digestive tract...

Once we finally got home, I just laid around, clutching my stomach and moaning mostly. I went to bed before midnight and fell into a deep sleep, only waking up when Lance and Munchy came to bed after 1.

Now I'm just being an insomniac...up because my brain won't shut off. I'm hoping to get back to bed here soon and get in a couple more hours sleep. It's going to be very uncomfortable today (Washington is under a heat advisory all weekend) and I need to sleep while it's still relatively cool in the house. And I have to try and get all my domestic stuff done while it's still comfortable to do so.

We're taking Reece to Marymoor Park today...like Disneyland for dogs. And thankfully there is a nice, cool lake.

So...hot...

It's so hot and miserable right now.

It's in the mid-80's outside right now, and the temperature is slowly dropping. So we have the windows open now...it's 86 in the house, slightly warmer than it is outside.

Anyway, our day today was all about Reece. We drove up to Redmond to go to Marymoor Park, where they have an absolutely huge off-leash dog area. There is a lot of water for dogs to splash around in. We met up with the woman who fostered Reece, and several other adoptive parents were there with the dogs she had fostered, including Reece's biological sister, Annie. It was amazing.

Annie looks so much like Reece. Her coloring is slightly different and she's a bit shaggier (which only reinforces our belief that Reece is part Border Collie), but in the face, they look identical. And their personalities are the same.

In fact, we were recognized by a total stranger because of Reece. We had been waiting at the wrong park entrance for the entire group, and we finally gave up and went in the park. This total stranger came up to me and said, "Is that Reece?" I was a bit taken aback, but I understand now that it was Annie's mommy, who also knew Reece when she was smaller. So through her, we found Reece's foster mommy, and then we spent the rest of our time with them, Reece getting to play once again with her former playmates.

She was indifferent to her sister, however. Sad.

Lance finally got her into the water. She almost seemed to enjoy it...but she wouldn't go in until both Lance and I were in, so I had to roll up my capri pants and I went in with my flip-flops on.

We left the park at 1. It was around 90 degrees at that point and I was starving. They actually had a Subway at the park, but we didn't think it would take long to get home (it took half an hour to get there), so we decided to wait until we got back to our end of town. And then we were stuck in traffic for ages.

I think it took an hour to get home. I dozed some of the way. The heat completely zapped my energy.

We stopped at Subway. Then we stopped at the grocery store so I could get some fixings for dinner tonight (I'm just putting together a tray of finger foods).

I was almost nauseous when I got home...a combination of being so hungry and hot. I very gingerly ate half my BLT sandwich (I got a footlong to save half for tomorrow's lunch), took a quick shower to clean off the grime and sweat from the park, and then slept for a good portion of the afternoon.

Now it's almost time to get dinner ready. We are having our usual smoked sausage, crackers and cheese. But I have a baguette with strawberry cream cheese for Lance and bruschetta topping for me. Getting hungry now...getting a little energy back.