Awake: 6:45am Temp 52 sleep 6+54 cloudy overnight @ Issaquah, WA.
Drive Kathy downtown Seattle to the BIG thrift store, Salvation Army, for shopping. Eriko picked Katrina up @ Zack’s place & they are (15) min ahead of Kathy. The Foote Family arrive about (30) min later; they rode the bus. I look the place over, talk with our gang & then drive to Nick & Eriko’s condo. I’ve been asked to baby sit little Jerry for (2) hrs while Nick & Zack attend a mandatory company meeting @ Isilon.
Arriving @ the condo, Jerry had just fallen asleep & Nick was putting him down for his late morning nap. Nick instructs me as to where the diapers & wipes are kept, what food to give Jerry when he awakes, etc. Shortly after that, Zack picks up Nick & I am alone with a (1.5) yr old
Taking advantage of some free time, I call Linda in Alaska & ask to have our mail forwarded. Then call one of our ole neighbors from Alaska; they are now living in Tacoma & we plan on a rendezvous for next Sunday. Next I settle down with a good magazine & before I know it, Eriko & Katrina arrive. We talk for (10) min & then who comes walking out of the bedroom with all smiles: it’s Jerry. My baby sitting job was a complete success; nothing to it!
Then we all meet @ the Children’s Museum @ the Seattle Center about 2:00pm. Nick & Eriko are members & bring Jerry here often. There are many things to see & do for the young kids & they really have a ball & we have fun watching & playing along with them.
Kathy made sure that a family picture was taken since Katrina will be leaving & flying back to Denver later today.
After (2.5) hrs @ the museum, K & I with Katrina, hustle ahead of the gang & back to the hotel where she has her suitcase & bags stored; get the bus schedule to Sea-Tac Airport, walk across the street & see her off. It was extremely nice that she could join us in a mini-reunion for a day & ½. We did all sing “Happy Birthday” to her a few days early as we were leaving the Children’s Museum.
Dinner @ the hotel with the Foote Family: beef stew with a mixed salad. Afterward, Kathy, Zack & I walk to the nearby Safeway grocery store & buy some ice cream for the evening dessert upstairs in the Foote suite with the rest of the gang. Back to our bus @ 8:55pm.
We watch ½ of the DVR movie: “The Ideal Husband.”
Lights out: 11:22pm
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