I haven’t posted anything in awhile. Things have been too busy. I know I promised an epic recap of the Solstice Scavenger Hunt but things in my world changed really rapidly the day after and I never got the time to do so. During the weekend of he Scavenger Hunt I started noticing how much my new puppy (Percy) had mellowed out and being naive I thought he was just growing up and being a good puppy. Little did I know he had an infection in his spine and I would wake up the following Tuesday morning and have a puppy that could not walk. I has been a hard couple of weeks but I am happy to say that he is walking again and back to his puppy self.
So recapping the scavenger hunt… it was so much fun and I cannot wait until next year. The turn out was just shy of 70 people and it seemed like A. most of them made it through the night … and B. everyone had a blast.
Because of Percy being sick I had to cancel some of my out of town plans the following weekend in exchange for a hot tub party at my house. Which wasn’t a bad exchange at all.
This past weekend kicked off with a gathering of friends at my house. The following night we headed over to the Fremont Zombie walk for a goulish good time and then Saturday we headed out of town to a cabin for Percy’s first vacation – which I believe he thoroughly enjoyed… but it turns out he’s not much of a water dog.
So the fun still exists, I just haven’t had time to write all about it. This coming weekend I will be missing out (once again) on ART-BQ but I have plenty of plans here in Seattle to hopefully keep my mind off of it!
This is the time of year that I live for… the sun is shining, Seattle is beautiful and if it weren’t for my messed up hand it would be perfect moped weather.
I haven’t been to busy to enjoy it. In fact, I have been beyond busy but I have made enjoying the sunshine a priority. With the puppy I have had plenty of outside time that I wouldn’t trade for the world but I am in the process of moving and training for a new position so I have been super busy.
Upcoming things I am looking forward to this month:
The opening reception for the gossamer collective
The solstice all night scavenger hunt
The lust tour
Yurt camping
I’m also looking into artbq
And by july 13th percy the puggle is cleared for the dog park!
Percy had a giant weekend this Memorial Day weekend. Saturday morning we went to puppy playtime at Ahimsa in Ballard. I originally thought it was going to be great and Percy would get worn out and he’d run non-stop and play the whole time. BOY, was I wrong…. Still pathetically walking on his collar, Percy was carried into Ahimsa the promptly crawled into my purse the second playtime began.
When removed from my purse he whimered at my feet while all the other dogs played around him. In his defense he was the youngest and towards the end he seemed a little interested but not interested enough to really leave my side. After puppy playtime Percy went home for a nap and Jessica and I headed out apartment hunting. I found a great place near my work and Percy and I will soon be moving there. He will be losing his yard but there is a dog park nearby and great places to walk. If only I could get him to do that on leash…
Sunday morning we woke up and I again carried Percy over to my friend Kurt’s house for a pancake breakfast. Percy got to meet everyone and played in the flowers off of Kurt’s back patio. [note to Kurt: sorry my puppy ruined your flowers]
I am happy to say that Percy did manage to somehow miraculously walk all the way home from Kurt’s house! It did take up awhile but he was a little trooper and so tired once we arrived home.
Monday was Percy’s biggest day of all. I had not one but two BBQ’s at my house. Complete with other dogs for Percy to play with. Between all of the people and the other dogs chasing him around he was exhausted. All-in-all, it was a great weekend for both of us!
That’s right, today for Mother’s Day I finally got to break the news to my dear mother letting her know she was going to be a grandmother. Her concerns were that I would have a mean baby that didn’t like people or that he might have lung problems – as if I didn’t have enough to worry about.
Anyways, I would like to introduce you guys to my baby boy, my new partner in adventure…. Percy.
Percy will be arriving home next Monday the 18th and I CANNOT wait. In fact, I went to the dog park today in preparation!
Also: Is it wrong to refer to the breeder as “my baby daddy”?…. for some reason I just can’t stop.
Friday night was a very mellow night but proved to be a lot of fun. Afterwork I headed to Wallingford with Jessica (I’ll introduce you later). We met with Kurt at Musashis. Musashi’s has the best sushi at the very lowest prices in Seattle. The three of us ate for under $40.
After sushi we headed out to the Barking Dog where we all ordered dessert. I got the apple flautas which happen to be my favorite dessert in all of Seattle.
After The Barking Dog we headed over to the Reading Gaol. The crowd at the Reading Gaol is always quite interesting. Their cheap drinks and boardgames are the draw… we ended up getting a table in the side room with no one else around and we spent the eveing playing the game of Life. Jessica wins at Life.
Yesterday equated to a bunch of nothing but today I am off to Marymoore Dog Park to see what all the fuss is about! Percy will be here in a week… I must be prepared!
With the weather starting to become that gorgeous Seattle weather that convinced me to move here in the first place, I have been thinking a lot about the adventures this summer will hold and I have to say, I’m kinda running out of local Seattle things to do on the list. I’m up for some suggestions… I want and need new and exciting things to do!
One thing I will be doing is attending Emerald Sprints next week at 88 Keys. This was the funnest event I went to last month and I am a sad fool for nor TWIF-ing about it then! I hope to see you there!
Tuesday, May 12th
6-10pm
88 Keys
315 2nd Avenue S
Seattle
I promise I’m not one bit grumpy I’ve just been really annoyed by the following 2 things while traveling around seattle lately.
The first one is people riding their bicycles on the sidewalks. I could sit here and argue the fact that the streets make cyclists safer from turning vehicles and such…. or I could argue that there are bike lanes made specifically for bicycles that run all throughout this city and even trails made specifically for you… but most importantly, isn’t running a pedestrian off the sidewalk a parallel to you being afraid of a car doing that to you on the road? If you’re not comfortable enough on your bike to ride it down the street, travel a less busy street or stay home. Sidewalks are for people.
My second pet peeve admitedly has a gray area that the eye cannot nessecarily determine but I’ve noticed an increased amount of people request the lift on the bus for no other reason than they seem overweight and lazy. I’m sorry if you sincerely need it and I know there’s people out there that do… but these others are just slowing down the buses and making us all late.
Wow, I really do sound grumpy… again I promise I am not.
This is more of a repost from bikebloc.com – which, if you live in Seattle, and you like bikes, you should read. BikeBloc has been a large supplier of my fun lately…
Emerald Sprints I am SUPER excited about and think there’s some amazing stuff on the horizon for them. This is just as much a spectator event as it is a bike event!
Friday night was a very mellow night but proved to be a lot of fun. Afterwork I headed to Wallingford with Jessica (I’ll introduce you later). We met with Kurt at Musashis. Musashi’s has the best sushi at the very lowest prices in Seattle. The three of us ate for under $40.
