Weekend wrapup

Yesterday we undertook our new regimen- one day of doing something fun together. The following day is reserved for the other crap that normally fills up the entire weekend (tv, books, internet, movies, cleaning, projects, etc.). I just really want to maximise my time with Kenga before school starts, wherever I wind up.

So this weekend, we started with the Seattle Underground tour. Was pretty interesting, albeit a little spendy for what it delivered. I enjoyed the history quite a bit, but thought that it was pretty slender vis a vis actual sightseeing. But I'm glad we did it. And with lovely weather- couldn't be beat.

We followed up with a walk around the U of W campus (bastards who wouldn't accept me into either their Grad or Law programs). We were looking for the fountain that remains on campus from the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exhibition of 1909. It's still there. It's under construction. (according to Kenga- it was ready to roll in 1907, but competition from the St. Louis World's Fair (Meet me in St. Louis...Clang, clang, clang went the trolley- done in Judy Garland's voice) put it all on hold for a couple of years) Interestingly enough, you can still see where there was a cascading fountain on the side towards the lake. It's now flower beds- very much in the Olmstead tradition- and will re-open on April 30. So we'll go back. In the meantime, we found the boat arena, and plan on renting canoes sometime, went out on the football field at the stadium (surprisingly not locked, unlike ASU), and found medicinal botanical gardens starting to prepare for spring. I didn't know prior to yesterday that holly has little yellow flowers that smell nice.

Dinner was at Latona, with friends whom we haven't seen enough of lately. Too many crises in their lives, unfortunately. Hopefully we'll remedy this soon. (the time, we can't fix the crisis elements).

Good day. Today was much more prosaic. But the sun shone, no rain, and I had my Miata driving lesson, and didn't embarrass myself. Kenga was pleasantly surprised. Later I took a late-afternoon nap with the cats, and am now prepared to greet the final two days of the job. I'll probably debrief about the job later this week. There are lots of details. Suffice it to say, it's been quite an experience.