Heather in Seattle

Here are a few pictures from Heather's visit.

We went to Rudy's and Nik and Heather got their hair cut:


Heather getting her tattoo done:


Nik being a Badass at the Laughing Buddha Tattoos:


and finally Erica was forced into a shot:


Just after my tattoo was finished:

2 Guests and No Kitties

heather just arrived the other day to stay with us for a week. so far nik and i have had to work a lot so her and erica have been hanging out. tomorrow night my weekend starts so we can start doing fun stuff. the kitties are currently getting their balls chopped so they have been at the vets.

plans for the rest of the week:
- get some meds for heather's stomach
- go by kurt cobains old house (it's a fuckin' necessity for any tourist)
- check out Pike Place Market
- space Needle
- ghost tour at the weird museum with the bad oxygen bar
- underground tour
- party it up at the War Room
- party it up at home
- and party it up on the streets

Pictures to come soon.

Tiny Shark

im off for a couple days unless i put in more OT this weekend (which I will). we're going down to portland to see nik's friends with liz and erica. erica just got here last night and is living with us until further notice. nik and i are so excited to have her here finally. im having one of those moments where you make a sound or look at someone and then you snap into reality and wonder how long you were doing that for and get really nervous. i was just staring at my computer keys when it happened. i am not sure how long i was phazed out. i have been working for so long this week and i am so tired. i think a bit sleep-deprived as i wanted to keep having a weekend while working during the days and it didn't exactly work out.

tomorrow is my student orientation and i am registering for classes. fuck, this message is too hard and im too hungry and tired to finish my thought.

i'm a cliche

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and i like cheap champagne.

La Fiesta

and no, not the crappy restaurant in Monroe. tonight tobin and james came over for a mexican dinner. james made amazing salsa and nikkii handled the beans and chicken. tobin and i focused on eating... and lots of it. the food was so effin' good. all of us were silent while we ate because we were too busy shoving our faces. afterwards deborah came over and james and i mopeded over to his house for a second. here are some pictures from tonight:

the deborah (aka lezbrah)


and of course james


the infamous tobin


and another of james


In other news, Theodore (the smallest kitten) has worms and a respiratory infection so I'm really worried about him. Emerson doesn't seem to have worms but he does have the same eye infection. They both have to go into the vet on Friday for bloodwork and other kitten things before we can officially adopt them. I hate that they aren't feeling well. I can't stand to have them stay the night in some place with other sick animals. Nik and I are such moms about these little guys.

Up next: Next weekend's Portland excursion, school orientation, etc.

Names

on friday i'm going to the courthouse to get an appointment to legally change my name. my entire name. i've decided to build it on 3 elements that are most important to me. myself, my relationship and my family. for the first time in my life i feel free to be who i am and to obtain that however i need to. it sounds ridiculous but i feel completely liberated. for the first time in my life i am able to completely support myself as an adult without the help of my parents. i'm living an openly queer life regardless of how accepting my family is. and im in a relationship that is undoubtedly one of the healthiest connections i have ever had with another human being. this isn't all necessarily related to a name change, but it is the freedom i feel at this point in my life to do as i need/want to. my name has never defined me, at least not in the way i think it should. so RIP jen.