The real deal!

So the real reason I went to Seattle is this.

My lovely BF Samantha found out she is prego.


Completely unplanned prego.

Stressed out prego.

Ohh my GOODNESS prego.

So she needed a little support from her

BF and sister.



It was the craziest travel experience I have ever had.



First I packed on my lunch break from work. My packing included some dirty clothes, yeah that's right (and gross) dirty laundry! I did get to wash it at my friend Faith's moms house before we actually left, but still!

Then my sister drove up from Maple Grove to drive me to Brooklyn Park....Does that make sense or what!

Then I stayed up until around 1:30 doing random little things like STRESSING out about flying.

Ohh yeah did I mention I HATE to fly?....cause I do...A LOT!

At around 4 we woke and got showered and ready by 4:30a.m.

Got gas and was at the airport at 5:10, boarded at 6:10 (after checking in a snowboard....stressful).

Then we were off, me screaming (on the inside) the whole time.

Landed in Seattle around 10:30 (12:30 our time) only to find that the snowboard did not connect with us. URG.

Yikes, then we went to the funeral home where Samm works and let's just say I hate seeing body bags almost as much as I hate to fly. I am really bad at keeping quiet about anything, so hanging with Samm's co-workers for 3 hours was torture! At this point Faith and I were not making any sense and were complete zombies, not able to make any decision...not even about food (that is how you know it was bad). So Samm decided for us that we would make necklaces and eat pizza from this amazing pizza joint right by her digs. I hardly remember that night I was so tired!

The next day Faith and I were a little more alive. We drove around Seattle and took some photos, saw the first Starbucks, and all that jazz. I have to say Seattle is a really interesting city. I didn't get to see much of it because of our short adventure, but when I go in May I am looking forward to really exploring it more with my camera. Later that night it was Samm's company X-mas party. I guess whenever they all go out they drink a lot. So Samm was really nervous that they would know right away she was pregnant! (Did I mention her boss made a strict rule about Samm and Shawn dating? Have I mentioned Shawn yet?) So we got there and her boss hands her a fist full of drink tickets, and Samm had to tell him she wouldn't be drinking..and to our surprise he didn't even ask why. Then her other co-worker screamed "she got too drunk last night with her friends." Perfect cover, we just went with it. So we ate and bowled and had a really good time, besides a few awkward moments in which I almost had to explode (like I said I am really bad at keeping secrets).

Shawn
Shawn is Samm's boyfriend. He is from SoCal and hates Seattle, so much he was planning to move there....until Samm showed up. His uncle (the owner of the funeral home where Samm works) told Shawn that he was not allowed to date Samm (because it was unprofesh). So of course they were perfect for each other, and couldn't keep away from each other. Because that is normally how that works right? He really impressed me...A LOT. I think that might be hard to do...really hard! So I approve.

End of story, they are both really happy about the baby. And we are too!
There is so much more to say, but I am just going to upload photos!