Seattle Sunday

Josh and I are all settled now and had a wonderful weekend with his family. I HATE moving, but the experience turned out to be a lot of fun and I learned a few things in the process. For one, moving is really expensive and you can budget all you want, but let's be honest, mediums don't exist and you can never predict how much you are actually going to need. Second, all valuables should have a GPS attached to them. Like glasses. I'm missing two pairs. No bueno.
I love where I am now. There is a full on gym here, and now, I have no excuse not to exercise. Neither does my husband. He might hate me now, but he'll thank me when he doesn't die of a heart attack. It'll take me awhile to grow accustomed to a warm, clean house, but I think I'll manage. These past two days I have woken up feeling human. I like that.
So, in short, Saturday we worked our arses off. Sunday, we played all day in Seattle! Josh, his brothers and I split while his parents had the day to themselves.

Here we are on the ferry. You can totally tell Josh has a head cold :(. 

I do love Seattle, but only in small quantities; kind of like cake, or anything fattening. Nevertheless, no city has ever been able to remind me how inept I am of dressing myself or how 'unnattractive' I am by urban standards. Seattle is full of beautiful people, but none of us could get over how depressed and angry everyone looked. The boys passed the ferry ride trying to imitate the faces of passerbys. We were the only ones who looked as if life was worth living.

Every time Josh's brothers come to play, we always make it a priority to stop at Pike's Street, H&M, Urban Outfitters, and, most importantly, Vital Tea Leaf. It just so happens to be our favorite tea shop. Not only is the tea beyond delicious, but the atmosphere is soothing and the women there are very kind. Ben was really only interested in the women though. Pretty much any asian woman. Anyway... We all enjoyed sipping out Oolong and tasting different flavors. Jake was very pleased with his purchase. While Josh is very much the coffee connoisseur, Jake knows his tea.

Next door to the Tea bar was a hat store. Every time I go by said hat store I beg Josh to let me go. This is always met with an emphatic, "No." BUT, but, just after he crushed my spirit with his 'no' it dawned on him that this store just might possibly have his Greek fisherman's hat. In the end, I got my way.

"Can I get it?!"
"No."
"WHY?!"
"Because you look like a dork."

Josh is now the proud owner of an authentic Greek fisherman's hat and the Greek economy just grew a little.

I shall now fast forward to dinner. The middle of the day was spent clothes shopping. This is not the part where I admit I don't know how to dress myself and let my husband pick out my clothes. This is also not the part where I tell you that not eating all day and climbing three flights of stairs results in wicked vertigo. Not only vertigo, but the deep desire to punch every annoying Forever 21 salesperson. 

*spanish accent*
Hello. My name is Miguel. I am Japanese Chef.

That's right. Ya, we ate at Benihanas. It was awesome. Our chef was hilarious, my sushi was fantabulous, the fried rice was to die for, and the shrimp tasted like bacon. Anyone who can make shrimp taste like bacon deserves a hug. However, the woman sitting next to us. Oh my. Somebody must have peed in her cornflakes that morning. I have never seen a more unhappy, bitter looking woman in my life. Nor have I had the chance to figure out how on earth it is possible to eat at Benihanas, barely speak a word to your husband, and when speaking, talk the whole time about getting time off. Why can't you just enjoy the time you have now? hmmm?!  Oh. And green tea ice cream. It tastes like mud. Ew.

We ended the night at Ikea. I didn't realize that going to an Ikea store was equivalent to parking your car on a small planet. Good grief that store was enormous. Small city enormous. I don't even now where to begin enormous. It was definitely and experience alright. Josh and I finally had a chance to spend our very last wedding gift on an entertainment center. I'm happy to report we are both pleased with our purchase. 

There you have it. We didn't go to bed until two this morning. I've been straightening up the house all day and now I'm bored and a little sleeping. Perhaps I shall blog later.