dirtylibrarian

Home at last! This was not too bad of a trip to Spokane, all things considered.   Not that I have any desire to go back anytime soon.

Down side:
1. Trapped in Spokane for 5 days.
2. Baby brother drove me crazy.
3. Icy and cold.
4. Yearly obligatory mass.
5. Airport delays.
6. Working 10 days before and 3 days after to make it work.

Up side:
1. Good quality time with folks.
2. Shopping with oldest pal.
3. Snow!
4. Snowshoeing.
5. Hikes.
6. Took a ton of pictures (347 downloaded, more edited out earlier).
7. Watched a bunch of movies
    a) Charlie Wilson's War (pretty decent, but Phillip Seymour Hoffman made it for me...I adore him).
    b) Year of the Dog (sucked ass...do not watch this movie)
    c) Blood Diamond (pretty good, though I slept through a bit in the middle).
    d) The Golden Compass (lovely and everything I could have hoped for...armored bears were especially AWESOME).
    e) Train Man (sweetest Japanese geek romance ever!)
    f) Sweeney Todd (again, all I hoped for)
    g) Lucky You (I could not stay awake at all...so boring to watch people play poker).
8. Volunteered.
9. Excellent presents.
    a) fancy pepper mill I've longed for
    b) awesome heirloom scrimshaw from Grandma
    c) cheese knives!
    d) very nice socks
    e) more I am totally forgetting because I am tired
10) Introduced the family to Hot Apple Cider with Buttershots.

Now I must go to bed if I really hope to get up and swim before work.