DAYS ONE AND TWO!

Hey everyone! I'm on the Island and chilling at the Library so I can get internet to post this. Then I'm headed back to the cabin before going to the beach. Instead of the 100+ weather at home, it's a nifty 65 degrees here and overcast. Got my bike fixed and the boyfriend and I are going biking tonight. Lake tomorrow than hopefully reconnect with a long-lost (okay, so two years lost) friend who I've missed more than anything. 


It was the boyfriends first road trip, first time driving through Portland and Seattle, first Ferry Boat ride, first... well, a lot of things, including Ivars Clam Chowder! 

Here are the pics I've taken so far:

DAY ONE:

The boyfriend not waking up...

At breakfast at Denny's

Janis (the Volvo...) broke down. Again.

She was fixed by some nice guys in Roseburg, a few hours outside of my home town...

Boyfriend was entertaining himself.

Lunch at Burgerville

The first of a few pictures of a random Michael Jackson truck we saw...

Next picture

Next picture. You cant see it, but there's a statue on there.

Next picture.

HOOTERS! Haha we passed so many of those on our way to Seattle...

My car at nearly midnight on our way to Seattle after our breakdown. We were behind schedule...

DAY TWO:

On our way to Anacortes...

Kevin with his hat. 

VIDEO GAMES. Again. (In line for the Ferry)

Hey look, it's me!

Leaving the dock on our way to Orcas.

Off the back of the boat

SNEAK ATTACK! Picture of boyfriend and his chowder haha.

He's obsessed. 

The two of us on the back deck (I look so tired!) and his chowder. AGAIN. Haha.

More chowder. He looks concerned this time...

Candy on the boat. Starbursts I think.

I told him there was a sailboat coming up. He got excited.

The sailboat. Incase you were curious.

ME!!

Me. Taken by the boyfriend. Haha.

He's got a one track mind...

Making silly faces.

The Ferry!

Looking over the railing at the back of the boat.

More leaning.

Back in the car, waiting to dock, and playing MORE video games.

Last night before I went into the cabin. The boyfriend's sleeping out in the Yurt and I'm in my old room.

Well, that's it. I'm off to continue my adventure. 

XO

FREAK

There's a storm brewing outside my window...

The view outside my living room window this afternoon had a sickly yellow glow to it, because of the approaching storm. 

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Storms scare me. Thunder and lightning and wind and rain... it makes me nervous.

It always has, simply because that's the kind of person I am. 

I'm jumpy.

The storm never hit, though, just sat brooding on the horizon until it got too dark for us to see it anymore, and I stopped worrying. I have too many other things to do today.

I'm getting my car fixed...

$1,313.17 that I don't have to spend, so had to go to my mother and father.

Which of course caused conflict because that's how my life always is when I have to conference my mother and father into the same situation.

But other than that, my day was fine. 

AND I get my Volvo fixed.

Repairs include:

Fixing the drivers seat...

Replacing the battery...

Fixing the fuse that made the clock constantly drain the battery...

Rear brake pads need replacing...

As does the fuel filter...

The rear suspension and shock absorbers, yeah, those too...

And the catalytic converter (whatever that is) also needs replacing.

These are probably problematic because my Volvo is a 1988 wagon.

And a funny champagne/butter cream color.

(see below)

I'm currently saving up to paint her, but I'm not sure what color.

My mother suggested pale green.

What do you think?

Anyways,

I'm off. Must plan my summer vacation.

Because last minute summer vacations are the BEST.

This years involves going to Seattle with a stop in Portland,

Then going to the Island my grandmother lives on.

Then going back to Seattle.

Then back to Portland for WARPED TOUR.

Then back home.

Did I mention Warped Tour?

I'm excited. 

But I'll leave that for another post.

XO

FREAK

PS.

I'm still obsessing over the final episode of Doctor Who.

Anyone else?

Or is that just a me thing?