Until I was sick last week, I had never ever EVER missed a single day of school. (Right, ZERO absences in three years!) But I was allowed to be absent on Friday so we could leave for Seattle on Thursday afternoon.
We woke up to a sunny and warm morning in Seattle on Friday. I watched some construction (way better than television) while I waited for my breakfast. Apparently, they are building another Hyatt just for me.
Even if I told you, you would not even believe how much I ate for breakfast. I will submit proof of that shortly.
After breakfast, I swam some laps. I am still small enough that it tends to surprise people when I enter the water and proceed to swim lap after lap of front crawl. Or swim underwater from one end of the pool to the other. I wonder what they would think to see me jump off the platform at my diving lesson. Speaking of diving, I can now do a backwards somersault into the water! (Note: I did NOT practice any diving at my hotel pool. It is too shallow. Safety first. Like my diving coach bluntly tells us at every lesson: if you don't follow the rules, you will drown or die.)
After swimming, we went walking. and walking. and walking. and walking. We logged more than five miles. It was during our walk that it became even more apparent that I had eaten too much at breakfast. Around downtown Seattle, where some of my favorite food is, my mom kept offering me snacks. cookies, pastries, drinks, pizza, donuts. Even at Le Panier, I couldn't be coaxed into eating a croissant au beurre; I could barely manage to choke down a glass of milk while my mom enjoyed her caramel macaron. oh the misery.
After our long walk, I used my gift card to buy a Lego set at Barnes and Noble. No trip is complete without a new Lego set.
On Saturday morning, Trinity picked me up early (I won't say bright and early because it was dark) so my mom could go to her race. She participated in the Rainier Tower stair climb. 40 flights!
Saturday was fun. more eating. more walking. more Lego. more talk about how badly I want to move to Seattle. tomorrow.
Our view from the ferry as we left on Sunday morning . . .
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