And On the Third Day God Made Cheap Mattresses

Today was another long day. My sleeping pill left me feeling groggy and moaning like Chewbacca this morning, but at least I got some sleep. Lately I've been waking up during the night from bizarre dreams. Hopefully now that I'm in Seattle the sleeping can commence. 

We had a lot that we needed to get done today. And I'm sure you would've liked it if we had done it nice and easy. But you see, we never ever do nothing nice and easy. We like to do it nice and rough. Just like Proud Mary. 

We some how managed to find our way to this Public Transportation type office area thing where we could get a bunch of schedules for where the buses go. I think I took about 50 packets. Anything that said Seattle Center or Queen Anne I just yanked it and stuffed it in my purse. That should hold me for a good long while. We were actually really lucky to find this place. We almost went into some condemned building we were so lost. But we're gonna look over the schedules and then hop on one of the buses tomorrow. 

We then went to the Bank and got two rolls of quarters, which will be used for bus fare and laundry. The bank isn't exactly close to my apt but it's nice to know where it is. Then we went to my landlord's office to sign the lease. She had no idea we were coming but improvised the situation really well. She's being really nice and accommodating and will let us move in tomorrow instead of on Thursday. This'll save my dad an airfare change, extra time for our rental car, and an extra night in the hotel room. That's like a bizillion dollars in case you weren't counting. So phew on that count. We'll do the walk through tomorrow night and then start the unloading process. He better not leave before this IKEA furniture gets assembled. Or Kiki's gonna have to go freak nasty on him. 

We ate lunch at this cute little cafe and I tried Clam Chowder for the first time. I really liked it. I'm one step closer to becoming cool enough to talk with a Boston accent. 

Now we're getting to the good stuff. For the first time this whole trip, Google Maps failed us. Actually, it didn't fail us at all, we just refused to believe the information it had given us. We got lost. And I'm talking yelling-at-each-other-and-making-pedestrians-stare-at-us lost. The map would've eventually taken us to the right spot but we cut out early and never made it. After a breather we decided to eighty-six going to this furniture store and go look for a bed. Bed shopping is way more fun when you're with Kristin Lang, let me tell you. But we actually had really quick luck and bought a Queen within about 15 mins. She'll even deliver on the day I want her to. Awesome. 

After that huge success we decided to try again to find this furniture store. With our heads hanging low because of our previous blunder we found the shop. It wasn't at all what we were in the market for so it was a quick hit. But I did take 2 starbursts so it wasn't a total bust. 

For dinner I made dad go to Toi (like TOY story) to get some Thai food. I never thought I'd say this but: I think I found the best coconut shrimp ever. For years the title was held by none other than Red Lobster. It was over this scrumptious meal that I forged a friendship with Alisa not four years prior. But today, at this restaurant, with my dad, I ate the most delicious coconut shrimp known to man. It was a sad day. The end of an era. But also an exciting day. Closer and better tasting prawns. Yummm. 

We finished off the day with a rousing trip to the Bed Bath and Beyond. I found a lot of jank stuff in the clearance section. There's a hunk missing from it? Add it to the cart.  That's pretty much how every conversation went. And to put a cherry on top of a deliciously busy day I filled out an automotive survey for an hour so that I could make $30. This is my life now.