I’m riding back to Seattle tomorrow with Ben. Unfortunately there isn’t enough room for me, my laundry, my computer, my monitor and my christmas spoils so I dunno what I’m gonna do. Jim is driving Kira’s car and Kelly is riding with them so their car is pretty full. Cass is riding with Ben and I in his Jeep but they’re also bringing stuff and its a Jeep so its small. I know I’ll figure something out but I’m a little frustrated as of now.

I’m watching the Girls BB game on FSN right now and the Men play tonight at 7:00, Vu’s gonna update me on the score. I’ll be going to the Arizona game on Saturday morning, I’m looking forward to that.

I don’t have any plans for new years so if you’re doing something gimme a call

I’m gonna go try and help my Dad fix his computer now.

Well, Christmas eve, like I said earlier, we went to my Grandparents house in Portland and had cold cuts (w/ home made ham). My cousins had all of their babies there so we had fun with that. I got to dress up as santa clause and give them all presents, after I did, I did a crazy stripper-esq “Santa Baby” dance which ended in quasi-lapdance for my uncle. I was quite the crowd pleaser. Pics here.

Christmas day we got up around 10 and opened presents with my family. I got some cool clothes including a new suit, a deep fryer and a toaster oven. My brother got a car, which is rad. He got a 1989 Toyota Carolla. It’s silver, has a manual transmission and has about 130k miles. Pretty nice ride.

After that Malcolm and I went to starbucks and I bought him coffee for christmas and then we got all the files back transferring onto my system, so as of now my system is all fixed and I just need to go pick it up. I came home and took a shower and got ready to go to my Aunt’s house.

We got to my Aunt’s about 5:00pm and we had a very nice dinner with Ham, sweet potatoes, candied carrots and other nummy stuff. We opened a few presents and then got down to business playing poker. The first game was a $1 buy in and there were like 8 people. Adam and I got First and second and since I payed for him we just split the pot. The second game was a $5 buy in and Adam and I won again so again we split the pot since I paid for him. He came out like $10 ahead and I came out like $12.50 ahead because I financed the whole ordeal. The only other winners were my cousin Allie who got her $1 back and my dad who got his $5 back in the second game, so all but $1 came home with my family It was really pretty fun and really nice to see my aunts, uncles and cousins.

Today I went to work which was weird because there is like no one there. There were about 5 cars in the parking lot when I got there and about 3 when I left (including mine). The lights were all on which is good because normally they turn them off when the site is closed. Jim and I did a lot of work but it was all mental so we don’t really have anything to show for it. We do know what we’re going to do though which is a good thing, I should have enough to do on Wednesday and Thursday. I don’t have to work tomorrow (I would but they are replacing the generator so there is no power) so I’m probably gonna stay up kinda late for no reason.

I dunno how I’m getting home yet, Nolan, Jim and Ben are all going up at different tims, maybe I’ll take advantage of all three to get all of my stuff up there Now I think I am gonna go read and listen to some music.

Yesterday and today were basically the same thing. Went to work and while I was there I got a little bit accomplished but not as much as I’d like to. Yesterday after work Jim, Malcolm and I went to Carl’s Jr. and Malcolm bought us dinner (2nd time for me, <3). We then went to the cingular store and found out they wanted to rape us on cell phones and on the plan rate so we came back to my house and got a better deal online. We'll have our phones either next monday or tuesday. Hopefully Jim and I can keep our numbers.

After the cell phone business I brought my pc over to malcolms to back up all my data and left it there transferring files overnight.

Today after work I came home and watched the husky basketball game. It was our lowest scoring game this season (54-37) but it was still an alright game. Jensen played for the first time this season after being out with a shoulder injury so it was cool to see him play.

After the game I went over to Malcolm’s to finish fixing my computer but unfortunately we weren’t able to finish, we transferred more stuff and now we’re almost done.

Tomorrow I think I’m gonna stop by Mr. Nething’s to drop off some Christmas cookies. I’ll probably also end up dropping by Malcolm’s to finish up my computer then I do the regular bjerke family christmas routine:

Christmas eve dinner at my grandparents house with my mom’s side of the family.
Christmas morning at my house with my parents and my brother.
Christmas dinner at my aunt’s house with my dad’s side.

I can’t wait to hang out with my cousins on Christmas eve and on Christmas. My cousins on both sides of the family are like the best people ever. (I just had the weirdest deja vu when I typed this). But anyway, I look forward to spending time with my aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents over the next few days. I love the christmas season

I think my laptop’s battery is about to die so I’m gonna post this so I don’t lose it all.

Yesterday:
Got up really early to get to the train station on time. We had to catch the 7:30 train to Vancouver. The train ride was nice and basically all of the people on my car went to UW. The girl that sat closest to Jim and I knew us from Excel back in the day. Her name is Kaisa, she remember me from like 3rd grade because apparently her dad like loved me on a field trip we went on. The train ride was pretty quick and smooth.

I got home and saw my mom, Adam and my pets and then went over and had lunch with Glo. She made some good Chicken Noodle Soup. When I came back home my mom was going to the docter for her appointment so Adam and I went to Borders to get my parents their Christmas presents. Adam and I left Borders and drove to this bowling alley and played pool with Aaron, Terah and her sister (Trevor). It was pretty fun.

I got home and Malcolm came over, we hung out for a while and then went to Sushi world and he bought me dinner because he know’s I’m poor. What a nice guy We ate like $25 worth of sushi too! It was sooo good.

Finally I went to the scout venture patrol meeting. We planned the snow camping trip next week, it should be fun. Mr. Nething, Jim and I are basically the only ones who really know what we’re doing (there are a few scouts that know too) so we’ll probably have our hands full.

Today:
Today I got up kinda early to go to work. It took basically all day today at work to get myself caught up on email and voicemail, get all the stuff I need installed on my computer and get all my passwords up to date. It was nice seeing all the people at work today, I had fun talking to Dan and Bryan in particular. Eric and Darren are always a riot too I didn’t get much actual work done though because it took all day to get rolling. The highlight of my day though was playing 500 at lunch with David, Tanya, Vic and Alex. That game is like a crack addiction.

After work my mom’s friend was over and we had dinner. Adam and I left to get a Christmas Tree and drove to Washougal to go to the Scout’s stand but they weren’t open anymore so we came back to Vancouver and went to a few stands and they barely have anything left We ended up getting one from a lot really close to our house for $15, and it isn’t a bad tree

Tomorrow:
Tomorrow I hope to get some actual work done in the morning but the team at hp is going to get lunch and then see King Kong so I won’t be able to get anything done in the afternoon. I’ll also miss 500 at lunch but oh well, I’ll be getting paid to watch a movie

After that I’m double booked. I’m supposed to go to The Net’s to plan some scout stuff but I’m also supposed to help my mom make Christmas goodies. Oh and maybe Nolan will come down so I can get my stuff

Woke up this morning and read some tuckermax, that stuff is so bad but very funny. Had waffles for breakfast/lunch with Vu and Kari and then sent her on her way home.

After that I packed up my stuff to go home and then ran to the bus stop to make it to my concert. The concert was amazing. We were in the Beneroya concert hall and there were like a billion people there. I sang and danced my guts out and had an amazing time.

My dad was supposed to come up and pick Jim and I up from Seattle and drive us home but he couldn’t becuase Vancouver got hit with a nasty ice storm. He tried to make it but it took him like 2 hours to get to Woodburn so he just turned around and went home.

Now Jim and I are going to ride the 7:30am (ugh) train home. That means we have to get up before 6:00am (double ugh) to get down to the trainstation on time. Oh well at least we’ll be home

For now though I’m off to sleep because I have to get up really early!