The weekend began on friday when I drove to Seattle to meet up with Ms. Jennifer Elledge from Anchorage, AK--my next door neighbor, co-car owner, and best friend from my New Zealand semester! Not often in the "states" (as she refers to the lower 48) it was a treat that our timing coincided with me living on the west, and her visiting Seattle. I met her, about an hour late, and FINALLY got to meet her boyfriend, Terry, (who she was dating, long distance, during our NZ semester) and Terry's parents, who were in Seattle on business. We had a fabulous night the five of us, we checked out some of the nicer places for drinking in Seattle, and then brought the parents to a club so they could experience the "young" seattle. The night quickly slipped into debaucherous messy-ness and despite thinking about leaving the club at 1 i don't believe we made it home before 5:30--and it took until 7 to fall asleep--circumstances sometimes keep you from your best judgement--or something like that! Saturday afternoon Dara and Leslie came into Seattle and our second trip with parents began. Sunday we had brunch and headed off to the Experimental Music Project (EMP) an amazing museum in Seattle that abounds with music artifacts, and interactive rooms, and for this year, is featuring Bob Dylan. The exhibit is comprehensive, impressive, and an experience that was great to gain. (yes i was there this summer with ATW, and no i had no idea the exhibt existed at the time, though it did, and no i doubt any of us got to see it over the summer!) Sunday night, after a fabulous dinner I headed off to Olympia for a night on my own. Dara and Leslie stayed in Seattle and Monday while I slaved away at work (ok, fine, i totally called in sick to CWIS, and only made it to babysitting, which started at 1 and went until 7pm) took a tour of the northwest part of the state.

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