Sept. 4: Hung out at the house, checked email, and registered a domain name for my travel journal (OnHiatus.com). In the evening Tim, Amy and I went to diner at Mamma Melina's, my favorite Italian restaurant. Met up with lots of old rowing friends at the Trolleyman. Shane who I haven't seen in two years, Cora who I last saw in Rabat over a year ago, and Gail, Matt, Carlos, and Lisa who I haven't seen since being in Seattle last summer. Lisa and Carlos have just got engaged so there was lot's of celebrating. Gail and I went for a late night snack at IHOP so she could flip through my photos. Back at Tim and Amy's around 3:30.

Sept. 5: Hung out at the house. Fixed the driver's side door in my car (wouldn't unlock). Went to Steve's for a party - and the door broke again. Ended up staying the night at Steve's - an amazing guest room. They might have trouble getting rid of me...

Sept. 6: Spent the gray rainy day at Steve and Michele's migrating my journal program to my new provider. Went out to diner with Steve, Michele, and Ryan. Watched the movie Bullworth in their home theatre - I definitely need one.

Sept. 7: Had lunch with my old Microsoft group at Saporo's - Teriyaki! Went out on Lake Washington with Steve, Jeremy and some of Jeremy's co-workers on Jeremy's boat. Went shopping at Fred Meyer's - ended up buying five CDs, a shirt, and some toiletries. Went and swam with my old swim team - the coach was the only person I still knew (though she told me there were still a couple of the others around). On my way to Tim and Amy's stopped at REI to spend my dividend and ended up spending a lot of money. Bought a daypacks, a fleece top, a pair of pants, a shirt, a pair of shorts, a flashlight, and a bunch of small things.

Sept. 8: Tried to schedule appointments with the dentist and the travel clinic. Eventually managed to get an appointment with the dentist for tomorrow morning, but the travel clinic is booked until October - doesn't do me a lot of good. Spent some more hours migrating my journal to my new internet provider - got most of the journal script running. Had lunch, got my eyes examined (not much change in the last couple years), and did some more shopping (Books, soap - nothing exciting). Had diner with my cousin Deirdre in Seattle. Good to see her, but reminded me of how strange it is just popping in on people once a year or so.

Sept. 9: Two hours at the dentist - he decided to replace a filling that he'd put in four or five years ago. Went shopping then hung out at Microsoft. Called Dave to arrange a visit in Colorado. Met Rose at Redhook, and had a great evening remenicing about the old days.

Sept. 10: Dropped by the Redhook offices to say hi to friends. Met up with the Microsoft gang to go for lunch at Dixie's - Steve, Bryan, Matt, and I. Huge line so lunch ended up taking an hour and a half. Back to Tim's, spent the afternoon working on the journal code - need to get it to work with distributed photos. Went out to North Bend and had a great diner with Marcie and David, and Allegra and Tim at Allegra and Tim's. Ended up sitting up talking late and didn't get home until after two.

Sept. 11: Had lunch with Julian and Kandice. They were leaving for the weekend so it was pretty short (especially since I was so late getting there). Went to a party at Matt's (whole MS crowd was there). Ended up being a full night and didn't leave until after midnight.