My Friends RULE!!!

Really, this started out as a pretty typical Sunday for me. I slept in WAY too late for my own good this morning. I had the night off on Saturday...a rare occurance this time of year. No games to go to around here. Originally, I was supposed to go to Kennewick with Kristi and Jacque for the Tri-Cities/Spokane game. But when I got home on Friday and saw that they were expecting 12-24 inches of snow in the mountain passes, I quickly called that trip off (lol). So I wound up staying home and finally watching the third Lord of the Rings movie. Which, for me, is an accomplishment upon itself. I think that all three are good movies. They're well-directed, the camera work rivals some of the best of all-time and I appreciate the grand scope of the whole story. But I'm just not that into sword and sorcery stuff. That and I can't stand looking at Elijah Wood (lol). I was hoping he would die sooner in the story. But I guess the end worked okay for me. Even though I was rooting for that spider (hahaha).

Okay...once again I have strayed off-course. Not unusual. But still regretable (lol). Anyway, I was so tired after watching the LOTR last night, that I just kinda got on the computer a little bit afterwards, then decided to just go to bed. Which just happened to be about 10:45. I was so beat, that I figured I would just lay there whether I fell asleep or not. Well, I did fall asleep...and didn't wake up until almost 11:30am! So I must have been a little tired (lol).

After I came to my senses, I gave Lindsay a call. Today is her 23rd birthday. So I had to shout out to her really quick. She's been having a good time all week. She's made a bunch of friends at work and they tend to enjoy going out after work and get sloshed (lol). Which is good for her. She's spent so much time at home these last few years by herself, not getting out much, that she deserves to let loose now. Although, I think she's starting to get an idea as to what it's been like for me over these last few years with working and traveling all over the place for the hockey games. She seems tired alot. Which I was, too. That's a big reason as to why I've laid off a little bit this season. Perhaps not as much as I had originally planned. But I'm still going to fewer games.

And today was almost one of those games that I missed...although it wasn't by design. After talking to Lindsay, I went and took a shower then headed out the door. It was about 12:30 at that point. I went up to the 7-11 to buy some stuff. And then, as I was walking out the door, I noticed that my right-rear tire was flat as a pancake! Somewhere along the short route between my apartment and the 7-11, I had ran over a nail. So I went back into the store, bought a can of "Fix-a-Flat" and filled the tire up.

At that point, I was pretty much content with just staying home tonight. But as I pulled back into my parking lot, I saw that both of Tom W's trucks were parked there. Briefly, I thought about calling him up to see if he wanted to go to the game with the ticket being on me. But then I remembered all the Seahawks glorious results lately and the fact that he still isn't answering his phone when I call (lol). So that idea was scraped pretty quickly. Then, I remembered that Karin said that she was working today and that Rick was going to the game instead. So I called Rick up to see if I could get a ride. He said that he was already up there, but that I should call Karin to see if she would drive me. "Isn't she working today" I asked. "Nope. She's home with that bad leg right now". So I thanked Rick and gave Karin a ring. I asked her if she would drive us up there with the ticket being on me. Of course she said yes...it really wasn't much of a sell (lol).

So Karin came to my rescue and up to Seattle we went. We got there about 10 minutes into the first period. But I wasn't complaining at all. At least I got to the game!!!

I felt a little better during the 1st intermission after hearing about all the woes Kristi and Jacque had earlier that day concerning Jacque's car. Apparently, they had to park it in a church parking lot the night before. And when they got out there this morning, the good people at the church had her car towed away. As always...the brotherly/sisterly thing to do (lol). So they went to the tow-yard or wherever it was to fetch the thing. And the woman behind the desk started flipping them all sorts of shit. The main one was how Jacque needed a Washington State driver's lisence or military ID to get her car back. She didn't have her lisence, but she did have a passport with her. That wasn't good enough for the woman behind the desk, though. Jacque told her that her lisence was somewhere in her room, but she didn't know exactly where it was. Which inspired that idiot behind the desk to make a snide remark about the state of cleanliness of her bedroom.

From what I could gather, the woman behind the desk changed her attitude when small claims court was mentioned somewhere in the conversation. Strangely enough, having a Washington State drivers lisence wasn't required all of a sudden. So I guess they got the car back at that point. But it was still good to know that I wasn't the only one having a shitty car day (lol).

To Jacque:

The three of us will get that roadtrip in one of these days. I text messaged Kristi last night asking about maybe going to Vancouver this Friday. But she said you had to work. And I think last night would have been a good one if it wasn't for all the snow. But that's the way things go this time of year. But after talking to Karin about it on the way up to the Key today, I came to the realization that I would love to take the two of you somewhere. That way, when Kristi eventually ditches us, I'll still have someone to hang out with (lol). We'll go out to some bar after the game, get shit-faced, hit on members of the opposite sex, laugh our asses off. Basically, have a great time (hahaha).

Oh yeah...the T-Birds lost to the Prince George Cougars, 3-2 in a shootout. PG is a pretty good team this season. Too bad they're in the same division as Kootenay, Vancouver and Kelowna. And the Thunderbirds are starting to pick things up. They had like 50 shots on goal tonight. But Real Cyr was dynamite for the Cougars in net. And the Seattle power play is starting to look good, too. They still aren't scoring all that much. But they're passing the puck around with confidence like a good pp unit does. If they keep it up, their man-advantage woes will be cured soon enough.

So that's about it for tonight. Ordinarily, I wouldn't have written about tonight. But I still had to thank my friends for coming through for me once again.

Thanks Rick for the advice on Karin!

Thanks Karin for the ride up there! (and back home again...lol)

Thanks Kristi, Jacque and yes....even Emily (haha)....for boosting my spirits!!!

Thanks Kelly for filling me in on the rally at Qwest Field today!

And last, but not least:

Happy Birthday, Lindsay!!!!!

You're still one of the best things to ever come into my life!!!!!