It’s been pretty overcast the whole week, but the sun and blue sky came out yesterday–just in time for the weekend.

My weekend started off with a fun night at Century Ballroom, salsa dancing with Kari, a summer intern at WV. She and I started off with the hour-long lesson which taught the basic step and turn. As more and more girls entered the room, we thought, “More guys better show up for the open dance session!” And they did. By the time the open dance session started, there were probably about 100 people there. It was so much fun. It was one of those dance places where people come up to you and ask you to dance for one or two songs, but they just want to dance–not get all chummy and actually talk to you. It’s weird when they DO talk. :P

Today, Matt and I took the Stynkbg to get a smog check so that I could register her in Washington. But she failed the test!! It was horribly disappointing to get the result sheet from the smog tester and read “FAILED.” I wanted to ask, “Can I do some extra credit??” The reason was the stupid “check engine” light that is always on! I have gotten it turned off many times, but it always comes back on, even though nothing is wrong with the car. So I have to take it somewhere to get fixed and then bring it back for a retest. Argh.

After that, we went to Lake Sammamish State Park, which was a little disappointing. There’s a huge lake where people take their boats or wade in (along with ducks–which means duck poo IN the water). We found some sort of hiking “trail,” which was more like a dirt/grass road with high grass and blackberry bushes on each side. We followed the trail and ended up next to a soccer field—and Costco across the street. We went into Costco with our waterpacks on our backs and snagged food samples…and then disappeared back into the bushes from which we came. It was really weird trying to be out in nature but with Costco and a main street not too far away.

Watched “Pirates of the Caribbean” after that (fun, exciting movie, but a little disappointing that not everything was resolved–which just means another movie!). For the past four hours, I’ve been posting pics to the gallery and Matt has been playing Super Mario Brothers 2. I don’t think he will stop until he finally beats the game, hopefully tonight.

I’m glad to have a gallery back up, although I’m not going to post all the pics I had previously in my gallery. There were too many, and I would like to think I have better things to do with my time. ;) I don’t know if this is standard, but my thumbnails for each gallery album is just a square. This means that some pics are cropped in the thumbnail, which is annoying to me. Does anyone know if this can be fixed?

Ugh, I smell cigarette smoke wafting through our front windows. Time to close them (discreetly) and shower. Happy weekend!!