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• Friday night my neighbor (Jennifer) and I hung out with some of her co-workers for dinner, knitting and bitching. We drove out to Alamo, which was a tad bit of a hike. It was pouring rain. But Jennifer is a great driver and got us there and home safely. It was a nice evening. And I got a little bit of knitting done. One woman has been knitting since she was 8. Man! She was starting a sweater. Sigh, some day ...
• Saturday I did the boring laundry. After I came home Curt and I kinda hung out and then we went shopping. My boss had given me a gift card for Christmas to an outdoorsy store called Royal Robbins. So Curt and I went there. I got a sweater and a shirt. Afterward we headed to a store called Title Nine. I had gotten a catalog from them in the mail and liked a black dress they had. So I decided to check them out. The store has nice comfy, good-looking clothes. But they are rather pricey. If only I was rich ... sigh ... But I did get the dress. It will be great to wear in Europe. You can dress it down or up. And it will be fine stuffed in a suitcase.
  After all that shopping we were hungry so we headed to the Pyramid Ale House, which was nearby. We had a good lunch, which included yummy garlic fries. And we both had the Crystal Hefe. (Ed, you are gonna love this place!) We watched a little basketball there. And then headed home.
  Once home, more basketball, then a nap for me. We watched "Wedding Crashers" and "Good Night, and Good Luck" Saturday night. Crashers was pretty funny. But there were a few weird things. There was one part Curt played over and over again. He thought it was hilarious when they go to an Irish wedding and they both give their Irish names and then Owen Wilson's character says, "I'm ready to get drunk." Good Night was good, but kinda boring, too. But it was definitely interesting.
• Sunday we walked to downtown Berkeley to hit some bookstores for maps for our Europe trip this summer. I finally bought some liberal bumper stickers from the guy who sells them near the bookstore we frequent. I got three: "If you can't trust me with a choice how can you trust me with a child"; "If men could get pregnant abortion would be a sacrament"; and "He's not my president!" We walked back home and had lunch. Then another nap for me--my allergies have been wiping me out lately and naps on weekends and early bedtimes all week are the norm right now. When I woke up I had a headache that lasted most of the day and evening. I was supposed to do some more spring cleaning and didn't. Oh well, there is always next weekend.
  Happy Monday!