I am a bit late on this post, but work has been crazy!
After another religious holiday weekend, I have come to a couple conclusions. First, if you are not religious or Christian and live in the states (or another mainly Christian country, take advantage of these holidays. Meaning…. if you are a teacher and only do a little grading, people forgive you because they were doing asinine stuff.
Second, I have more proof that religion is just an excuse for what humans really need… loving each other. And no… I am not talking dirty. Get your mind out of the gutter!
My fun actually started on Saturday. I got to sleep in a little and then met up with my good friend Alyssa and we had to do the dreadful… Shopping. And i do not mean good shopping like, “let’s go to the thrift store and see if we can find anything.” I mean the, “Oh boy! We have a costume party in 2 weeks, are in Canada curling next weekend, as we have to find Mel a costume…. Now!
We had figured out weeks ago that I was going to go to this circus costume party as a sexy magician. Good idea right!? No frumpyness for me. Well we have come to find out that there are no good magician costumes or stuff. We were really having to piecemeal stuff together. And did you also know that those men’s dress shirts with the ruffles in the front are not really made anymore and that is why we could not find one. Well we did… at a costume tux rental shop on Capitol Hill.
But that is the painful part of the story. Really my day was fun. We started out eating Dim Sum in the International District. Then we went to the monstrous Good Will and found a skirt for me and books. Went to Champions and found some ribbon for a raffle we are running. Then went through a Condo open house near by. Went to my place to freshen up. Walked back downtown to the Magic Store in Pike Place to get some tricks, but really that store is just a gag shop now with a few really expensive magic things (i.e. a $90 magic wand). Went to Gelato, walked back to my place and had a beer, then went to John and Ying’s stag and doe party (which if you do not know is like a pre-wedding party.
The next day, Alyssa and I went to yoga and then the Ballard Market (per usual). I then met up with my old roommates (Jo and Randall) and Jo’s parents and brothers at Rock Salt for Brunch. We then went to Jo’s parents boat and hung out and did an Easter Egg hunt for their 1 1/2 year old son Andrea. Jo is going to have a baby girl in September. I went home, rested and curled as a sub with my friend Shane and Amy. Phew.
While to most people this sounds busy, and exhausting, it is the most fun I have had in awhile. Just being with people and having fun and playing games was awesome. Feeling like you belong I think is something that all humans need. We are usocial for goodness sakes. One of the most horrible situations a person can be in is to feel like they do not belong. This is done very intentionally by many people. They feed off of other’s people sorrow to be happy. Very unhealthy on both cases. But none of that happened this weekend. There was just laughter, goofiness, and comradeship.
All of this without much talk of Easter anyway. It was awesome. So rarely do I really feel like I belong. And not that I feel that people are trying to make me sorrowful and then become happy off of this. But I feel so goofy and out of place in most circumstances because of my up bringing and not associating with my family anymore. I cherish the times when I feel like everything is balanced in the world for me.
Tags: Downtown Seattle, Easter, Shopping
