A long 2 day weekend....

This weekend felt ridiculously long, considering it was only a 2 day weekend.

Anna had surgery Friday morning. It went well, but it was still distracting all day long. I just wanted to be by her side!

Instead I was a bad person and went to a Mariners game that night. Brian asked me last minute. I had previously planned on using my Friday night to clean and do laundry, something I really needed to do. Basically a chance to breath and catch up before going down to Edmonds. (It was a very busy week). But no, right after class I got in the car and went home! The car ride wasn't too bad, I had Lindsay to entertain me. :)

The Mariners game was awesome! Pretty much the instant I got home and had a bite to eat, we were out to Brian's to pick him up. Even with that, we were still running horribly late and took forever to find a spot. We drove round and round and round and round. BUT, we did, of course, find a spot. Eventually. The game itself was really suspenseful. It was 0-0 until the 12th inning. We decided they were making up for the fact we missed the first few innings. We didn't end up winning, however because I'm not following the season, their loss doesn't effect me too much. The game was fun and exciting, but the W-L doesn't matter.

Saturday morning I FINALLY got to see Anna. We went to pick her up with Janet and "Grandma" (Which I call her cause its so much easier, and thats what everyone else I interact with call her). We were able to hang out for a couple hours, but then we had to go to my Aunts 60th birthday party. (Did I mention yet that the only reason I planned on coming home this weekend was to see Anna, yet everything else ended up happening at the same time?!)

A few cousins and my aunt and uncle came to down from Vancouver and Cashmere, and we ended up having a pretty good sized get together. We had good food and dessert and really good visiting. I thought it would only last a couple hours because they would need to get back, but they ended up staying til 7pm. We rarely see these folks except for Thanksgiving and maybe once over the summer, so it was definitely nice to be able to see them! There was some family news that you can ask me about in person. It definitely helped make it feel like everything was happening this weekend. While we were visiting we talked some about my Grandpa (Dad's Dad, who's Death Day is the same as my Aunts Birthday) who I really haven't heard too much about. It was really cool. From just the stories I heard, I can totally see how its my Dad's Dad! :)

After the guests left (well I left before Brian and Britt because I was real anxious to go see Anna), I went over to Janet's and played Dutch Blitz. I love that game, btw. We also watched Juno, which I haven't seen since the first time I watched it way back when, so it was really nice to see it again. :) That took us to midnight, and Laura had already gone home cause she was sleeping, and both Anna and Janet fell asleep... :)

Sunday morning we had a celebratory birthday celebration for my Dad, who's birthdays this week. My Aunt, and Brian and Britt both came back over and we had a very yummy Brunch. We were able to video chat with Jeff, and it was like the whole family was there!

Once Anna was out of church she came over (kind of overlapping with video chatting) and we fed her some food before going back over to her place to hang out and play some more. We then went to Brad and Brittney's to see them and Evan, who we'd only seen for a short awhile Saturday morning. Just before dinner I came back home and ate with my folks and visited some more. I left Edmonds at 9, had a relatively uneventful ride up (good). It was the first time I've driven that whole way by myself. Kind of boring. :P

Now I have a lot of HW to do, I'm really tired and its almost midnight. The weekend had a very strange feel to it. It reminds me of when our family went away to a cabin for a few days. It was like I was on vacation. Visiting. It felt long, but in a good well. Extremely productive and full. And fun. Though there were more negative aspects too, like Anna having to have surgery. Though, as she said, she'll have a scar, so thats cool!!! :)