Last night my boss invited me out to dinner. Peter wasn't invited, because that's how they do things in China. He took me to a candlelit Portugese restaurant. When I came home, however, the Portugese had apparently decided to take revenge on me for ordering Italian, and I wasn't able to come to the phone, so to speak.
Today this happened:
Me: ...and we need to pay the rent, and the electric, and the shipping, and eat Bejing Duck at least one more time, and you wanted to go to the all-you-can-eat seafood buffet again.
Peter: Maybe I just want to eat seafood when we get back to the US.
Me: We could stop by the fish market before we leave Seattle. Or we could go back to Joe's Crab Shack.
Peter: Yeah. I don't know which one I want. Look up the menu for Joe's crab shack.
Me: Okay...hey, look, this is the couch I want to buy if we ever have that much money to spend on furniture.
Peter: Okay.
Me: Do you like it?
Peter: I don't care.
Me: You think it's too expensive.
Peter: No, I just don't care.
Me: Just tell me if you like it!
Peter: I don't care.
Me: Well, do you hate it?
Peter: I don't care.
Me: I get that you don't care, just tell me if you will hate it if I ever buy it.
Peter: I---
Me: Remember, when we go to Joe's I order chicken. Now tell me that you like this couch and I'll show you a picture of shellfish.
Peter: I quacking love it.
The couch in question is the Tidafors corner sofa in dark brown, because I know someone's reading this and wondering about the couch. I don't know if we'll ever be the kind of people who pay retail for furniture, but if I were to pay retail for one piece of furniture it would be a good couch in a neutral color. Also a mattress. Probably the mattress before the couch, but that's just because I'd prefer to sleep on a marshmallow and Peter thinks concrete has too much give, so we will, one day in the future, probably buy a sleep number bed. (I'm still hoping he will spontaneously decide he likes memory foam, though!) Or go all Lucy and Ricky. (If you enver want a giggle, ask Peter to say, "Lucy, I'm home!)
Why am I couch shopping? We're still almost two months out from the US and probably four to six months out from having our own place, but a girl can dream, can't she? I've had almost no say over my home's furniture or color scheme for three years, I want to make something pretty, dammit.
Later tonight we are going to watch the olympic opening ceremonies. I am a little afraid, because Peter showed me the olympic mascot last night, and it's terrifying!
Right now, however, I am applying for jobs online and Peter is telling me how awesome low-riders are and how much he wants to have one. Yeah, I'm so ridiculous with my couch. At least he found a low-rider the color that I want to do our bedroom in. Because it's best when your urban transportation matches the bedroom drapes.
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Your Blackberry has an audio recorder function -record your version of Mr. Ricardo and post it on Facebook. Or send me the audio file and I'll post it.
Hey - I was just talking to Joce who told me you may not be able to bring Max?! Is that true? She said something about it being really expensive. Can we fundraise for you?
We will get to bring him, but not right away. The cost of brining him with us now was $1,200, but the window for changing our tickets has already closed. That $1,200 is enough for another round-trip ticket to the US if we plan ahead. So instead Peter's mom is going to take care of Max for a few months until ew get our own place, then we're going to buy her a ticket to the US and she will bring Max to us. If that doesn't work, Peter will go get him. We don't like leaving him behind even temporarily, but this is a little better since when we get back we will be living with my parents for a little bit, and they're not dog people. I really appreciate the offer of fundraising, but I feel like there are so many other worthy causes out there to rise money for. We will get him to the US, no worries.
Oltar, I will make a video of him soon.
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