Home again, home again
05/20/2008 08:25 a.m.

Saturday it ended up being 96 degrees in Eugene, but it was beautiful anyway. So much to see, so many cool items at Saturday Market. Just like last year, I got a hair wrap (a small section of hair, underneath, in the back, is wrapped with different colored threads. It hangs about two inches below the hair line, and there are bells and a charm).

AND, Miah bought me a ring. It's not an engagement ring, it's on my ring finger on my right hand, but it's very pretty. It's silver with engraved flowers all around the band, hand made by a jeweler who makes all sorts of gorgeous jewelry. We decided it would be my "September 2009" ring.

Saturday evening, we decided to explore by walking. Turns out the "WOW Hall" event was an "OUT/LOUD Dyke week" production with several "dyke" bands who sang lyrics with "dyke" messages (sorry, THEY used the word "dyke"....). Um, kind of interesting, but we actually arrived too late to see much of it. Then we went to this club with live music, a little band who's lead singer didn't show up, so they just played the music. It was a funny mix of 8-bit, 80's style synthesizer and rock. I was definitely the oldest woman there :-(, and the dancing wasn't couples or even groups, but everyone lined up listening to the band. So Miah went up to dance by himself, and it was sort of hot, to see the women flirting with him and him flirting back. We got back to our room at about 3:00 am.

MY MOTHER!!! So, part of the reason I GO on vacation is to be able to sleep in. Except that Sunday morning, MY MOTHER calls and wakes me up at 9:30 am!!! (*@"*^#$*) And she says, "Oh honey, I woke you up, I'm so sorry...." but proceeds to talk my ear off about what's happening at home. No emergencies, just to catch me up. UGH!!!

Sunday Miah and I fasted all day to honor the appearance of Lord Nrshringadeva (spelling?), and then went to a home program instead of the temple in the evening. Awesome day. We found a funky "yard sale" in a store front rented by some activist group, bought some ecclectic items there. We walked and walked and decided on a couple of places we would visit on Monday when everything was open. We got back from the home program around 9:45 pm, ordered some takeout Thai food (yummy!!!) and went to sleep.

MY MOTHER.....that's right....calls AGAIN, only this time it's a HALF HOUR EARLIER than the day before!!!!! OMG!!! I could NOT believe it! Thanks, Mom. LOL

So we packed up the car, and went to the Eugene Toy and Hobbie Shop (we bought modeling clay and some odds and ends), and a Game store (where we bought a really interesting strategy game), and an organic store (I bought some 100% natural facial moisturizer). We also went to the New and Used music store, and Miah bought a Yamaha Alto Recorder for me. Mmmmmm. I love playing it!!! And we splurged on used CD's that were 3/$1.00. Then, we went by a mirror place, and Miah talked them out of several scrap pieces of mirror. Oh, and we found another glass store (centered mostly around stained glass), and we got some of the most interesting glass pieces with patterns. Afterward, we went to the park and took some really REALLY interesting pictures. I can't wait to play some more with the glass and the camara.

All in all (and I KNOW I'm leaving things out here) we had a WONDERFUL time.
* happy sigh *

One of the things I LOVE about my relationship with Miah is that we never seem to run out of things to talk about. For most of the 3 1/2 hour drive back home, we didn't even have any music on - we just talked and talked! We talked about creative projects we could do with the glass and mirrors and claymation. We exchanged business ideas we could have in the future. We talked about us, how we started 11 years ago, how in love we felt back in the day, and how we each tried our best to move on without one another because of our age difference, and how, 11 years later, here we are after all. He said, "After we get married..." - just slipped it in to conversation like it wasn't any big deal. My heart beat pretty wildly, and I don't even remember much of what he said after that. LOL! And we talked about our future, what direction we'd like to head in after the kids are all moved out and Meme doesn't need me to care for her. It was lovely, all of it, a near perfect weekend.
I am currently Tired
I am listening to my eyes closing