Let's see.. what's happened since the last post? Pride was the last weekend of June and as always, that's a treat for the eyes. There isn't a part of me that takes Pride seriously but it's good for the people watching. We decided to stick around this year and root on our adoption agency and show support. So, the parade starts out with float #1, right? Well, turns out that our agency was float #204.
Yeah.
So almost 4 hours later our agency crosses in front of us and everyone goes crazy and they ask us to walk with them and we tell them not on our lives (are you kidding? we're shy!) and then we fold up the chairs and say goodbye to the sidewalk friend that we made and then we head to Gordon Biersch for lunch.
Whew. The End.
The first weekend of July brought around Kristen's 29th birthday and the start of the last year in her 20s. This was the first year that she's had a party as a big kid and I think that it turned out pretty good. I really tried to make it special for her. We had a big ol' BBQ at the house with all of our friends. With her birthday being the weekend of the 4th of July is always a party around here.
The second weekend of July was the NKOTBSB concert. Now, had you told a 12 year old Misty (some 20 years ago...) that she was going to see Jonathon Knight is concert (SHUT UP, I LOVED HIM!) I would have gone crazyyyyyy. But you say the same thing to a 33 year old Misty and I'm like, uhh.. we're both gay now and aren't they like, super old?? Anyway, Kristen was super excited and that's all that matters. The whole night was a super surreal experience. Nothing like a Tacoma Dome full of drunk, hot and bothered 30 and 40 year olds!
Jon, Joey, Jordan, Danny and Donnie!
The next weekend was Warrior Dash! Woot woot! I'd been waiting on that run since January! The whole day was crazy fun and I can't wait to do it again next year. It was just fun to hang out with my gang of muddy friends. I'm debating wearing a costume next year! It was really fun to see everyone all dressed up and just having a good time.
All clean before Warrior Dash!
Andddd... after.
Last weekend was the annual kickball tournament where we have yet to win a single game in the three years that we've been playing. I get really bummed about losing (who wants to lose ALL of the time?) but then I remember that it's all about hanging out and having fun. I'm just not a very good loser. Ha.
Kickin' it at kickball.
I've done a pretty good job of trying to stay busy and keep my mind off of one, losing the cats and and two, the adoption thing. I definitely go back and forth about the waiting process. And I've definitely had my moments lately. For the most part I've been okay... definitely too busy to think about it a lot but then there are those times maybe during the day when I'm drafting or at night when I'm listening to Kristen falling asleep that this whole process has really starts to wear on me. So much (or is it so little?) for so long that it's really frustrating.
I found out some pretty depressing news about the husband of a girl that I graduated high school with. Bad headaches led to a brain scan which led to news of a tumor which led to the news of Stage 4 brain cancer. Just like that. Here I am, trying to speed up time so that I can move on with my life and I bet more than anything in the world she is trying to find the pause button on time. I know that everyone says it, but hearing news like that really puts things into perspective, even for someone like myself who isn't really a part of that picture but grieves for my friend all the same. It's a reminder that tomorrow isn't promised to us.
