05-24-26

All retreats much eventually end.  At least we still have plenty of time until work officially starts again.

DAY 3:
Vagabond Coffee: plant love, pour joy
Happy Gilmore II in room
Visit Nikki at her vintage store

Get sandwiches for train ride

Train home, on time, but not seated together

Back to reality

05-23-26

Today was a movie and theater heavy day in Centralia.  If a froyo dessert in the corner of an old theater counts.  We had brunch before the movie, not realizing we could have food during the movie.

DAY 2
Coffee at The Station
The Internship movie in our room
Brunch at Berry Fields
Mandalorian and Grogu movie at McMenamins Olympic Club
Walk around town
Reading time
Dinner at Juice Box Public House
Froyo at Holley’s Place at Fox Theater
Spiderman movie in our room

05-22-26

Greetings Centralia!  Love murals, love small towns (to visit), love all the brick and old buildings.  This one is fun because I can look at it and say I recognize it all from memory, then turn my head and see it all in person.

DAY 1
Lunch at Mr Saigon in Pioneer Square
Train ride to Centralia
Digital check in to the Centralia Square hotel where Anastasia & Jacob got married
Digital scavenger hunt and walk around downtown

Explore the Amazon returns store.  Friday restock day, everything is $15.
Dinner at Azteca (meh for service, food, and fellow diners)
Skyking documentary

05-21-26

Vacation mode!

Watching the sun setting without a panic about needing to get to bed.

Funny how early in the week you want to wrap things up with a nice bow, and by the day of you just want the heck out of dodge!

05-20-26

Poppy has a new hedgehog toy but she wants to play with Grandpa's headphone jack.  She's a little slower today with being sick but still got the floors matted with glass noodles.

05-19-26

More and more things are pointing toward a major event next month...  I was hoping to take some time off to enjoy World Cup, but work is so crazy!
 

05-18-26

MAVen book club discussion of Lessons in Chemistry tonight, with take out from Tai Tung.  Good book, good food, good company, a little quiet and contained with no Poppy.