Y3 D16

Made it home in one piece. Now that I am home, my life can settle back down a bit and I can get back into a normal posting routine. Let's backtrack to Thursday before I do yesterday. Took the kid and my two nieces to Seattle on Thursday. Our first stop was the Fremont Troll under the bridge. That was so very cool. Got pictures of the girls all standing on or around the troll. If you've never seen it, it's worth the time. It was built years ago as a halloween prank and everyone loved it so much they never tore it down. Instead they even changed the street name to troll avenue.

After the troll we went to the EMP. Wow. That place was incredible. From the punk exhibit to the history of guitars to the Battlestar area, the flying Blade Runner car, it was nerd heaven. I was just lost in a sea of nerdy goodness. We spent a few hours there and then decided to wander around the downtown area nearby. Our first stop was Thai food as we were all starving. We found a great place where we were able to sit in the window on the floor and eat. The food was great, but it was the ambience and the floor sitting that made it perfect. After that the girls all wanted to go shop so I tagged along and stayed out of their way. Finally we wrapped up by having pie at 'Pie'. Yes, that's it name. Pie. It was freaking great. Best pies we had ever had. Little mini-pies in a perfect buttery crust. We headed back and my nieces went off to a friend's graduation while me and the kid hung out with my dad and his wife. Very relaxing as we packed up and prepared to leave in the morning.

We headed out about 5am yesterday and drove for about 300 miles before stopping at the Wild Animal Safari in Winston OR. 600 acre drive through wildlife park. We had a giraffe inches from us, an emu try and attack us, and saw so many cool animals. It was worth the pit stop. We spent about two hours there total and then got back on the road.

We rolled in about 8pm and unpacked. I am very lucky to have the relationship I do with my kid. It did not feel like a 12 or 13 hour trip for either of us. We talked, she read to me from her 'Big Book of Punk Lists', we made fun of other drivers, picked music together, etc. It was a good road trip.

Now that we are home, I did laundry last night, we have no show today so the whole weekend is ours. I need to get us some groceries for the next few days, but otherwise, no obligations. I like that. My head is starting to be back where it needs to be regarding X2. It took a week and being on vacation to immerse myself in something else, but it's almost there.