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a week or so ago, justin wanted to head out to a show at the 7th street entry to see a band who had tweeted him to come. he was bringing tommy, and i last minute got a hold of heather. she agreed to come. i also had not seen my lovely cuz, casey, in quite some time, so i asked her too. she also agreed, and brought our cuz-in-law (and her bestie), jacquelyn. we also ran into kristin, who was working that night. short but lovely hangs happened. i love those girls.
in worse news, that night. most of the first ave stars were painted over. boo. if you remember, motion city soundtrack had just gotten theirs a few months ago. however, i hear it from inside sources that MCS still gets theirs back once the building is redone. i do hope so.

that weekend, heather and i had a date (since justin was/is out of town writing with miss jenny owen youngs). we went to a new blaine restaurant, the tavern, which surprised us in its veggie food options (especially for a blaine establishment, where most people here are hunters and all into the meat gig).

we then decided to get a drink, as both of us were free for the night, and we went downtown to try ::gasp:: NEW THINGS! we checked out a bar that heather had been to once, and it turned out to be relatively douche-free. saw derek and gremlin next door. overall it wasn't a complete bust!

a few days ago the bamboozle roadshow came to the cabooze. i wasn't planning on going, but when i received a text from a 4-year-friend-but-never-met-in-person-although-have-talked-for-many-years-via-our-mutual-friend-connection saying she was in town, i jumped at going to meet her. kat was more amazing in person than i even thought she was going to be. we decided we were in love pretty quickly. she was working for PETA on the tour, and i basically hung out with her the whole time, as i was not thoroughly interested in most of the bands playing (although it was fun to witness). saw a lot of friends, including: tiffers, gremlin, sara kiesling, heather s., tam, some of pat brown's friends that i never quite get their names to stick, bruce, etc... it is fun standing back and watching hoards of girls chase down the members of boys like girls and other young band members.

the highlight was seeing third eye blind, a band that holds nostalgic memories of teen-hood. and i also met someone from iceland, which was a first.

this week was my last week of work, as i am now officially laid off. it was a sad week, but all of the staff, kids, and families were so supportive and offered so many kind words. i am terrible with drawn-out goodbyes or public emotional scenes, but i did my best, and managed through the week with minimal tears and sadfaces.

my boss bought me, as a going away gift, a vegetarian cookbook, which i am SO excited about. i can cook a grilled cheese sandwich. that's about it. eek. so hopefully i can learn some life skills, and perhaps be able to cook justin a meal, like a real wifey does.

today is laura's bridal shower (i am so bad at these types of things), but it should be good times.

justin comes home on monday (eee!), and next weekend we are going to virginia to see tony and matt's old band play for a fundraiser for a drummer friend of theirs. i am VERY excited. and it will be a good cause to support.

that is all for now, loves!