My Dad took me to the San Jose Airport. I arrived at 8:00am to check in my baggage at Southwest, got my boarding pass, and passed through security. My boarding pass number was in the upper 40s. The flight was about 33% full. The flight departed on time 8:30am.
I read "The Choice" by Nicholas Sparks during the flight. The book was my first fiction in a long, long time. The fiction was a change from the business, leadership, technology, and self-improvement books.
A baby dropped his baby bottle on the floor. I moved in for the action to pick up the bottle and return to the father. Nice =) The same baby poo-pooed several times. Stinky **; The snack was a Honey Maid Soft Baked Apple Bar with raisins. I ate the bar. I hate raisins. After eating the bar, I try raisins again separately. I don't think I enjoy raisins with bread and muffins :P
Welcome to Washington
The plane arrived early before 10:30am. I walked to the baggage claim and I saw a headline in a newspaper stand stating the auto industries needed money. I got my baggage and saw Steve driving up to the arrivals. I surprised him by walking to his car with my luggage while we were talking on our cell phones.
We drove on Southbound I-5 freeway at 10:45am. There were no pot holes on the freeway. The air was crisp and cold. My favorite weather conditions. We talked about car registrations. I paid $183 for my car registration. Steve complained at first for his $85 registration, then he said, "Oh, never mind." Steve said residents must purchase a new license plate with new numbers and letters every seven years.
I saw the new bridge under The Narrows on Highway 16. The bridge was completed ahead of schedule and under budget. Governor Schwarzenegger, California fails :< Each bridge span was four lanes in each direction including one carpool lane. The toll was $4 for drivers southbound. We were northbound.
We ate lunch at Taco Time in Port Orchard at 11:34am. Taco Time was the same fast food restaurant we ate first in the '05 vacation at Gig Harbor. I entered the restaurant and my first thought was, "I see white people working." ~~ Steve ordered the vegetarian burrito and I ordered the original. Tater tots came with our burritos. We talked about classic rock music including 98.5 KFOX the best classic rock station, classic movies, Stanley Kubrick movies, and foreign vs. domestic cars.
The next stop was Walgreens at 12:14pm. I purchased deodorant, shampoo, and water. I told Steve any drug store or supermarket except Rite-Aid -__- The Walgreens store front was being renovated.
We arrived at Steve's house at 12:36pm. The plan for today was gamble at an Indian casino. In Washington, all casino games are available to play; in contrast, California the games are slots and card games. I brought my baggage, backpack, and laptop inside the house. Steve gave me a tour of the cozy and clean house. Here is a pic of me on Steve's backyard deck overlooking Downtown Seattle overcast. No more polo shirts `__^
Number 10
We drove off to the Indian casino in Poulsbo. The name of the casino was Suquamish Clearwater Casino. Steve wanted me to visit a different casino. We went to a few others in '05. We stopped at a small Japanese store which was a Japanese house at 12:52pm. The store was closed. We then drove through downtown Port Orchard. The only change was the outside paint color of the buildings. I saw a gas station selling gas at $2.15 $-) Cheaper than California. We saw a Dodge Charger with the license plate "Beagle" on Northbound Highway 3.
We arrived in Downtown Poulsbo at 1:30pm. Anyone want a triplex? Live in Poulsbo. The real estate company marketing the triplexes was Penny's Team Real Estate. The owner must have been inspired to start the real estate business with a penny in the pocket, LOL! We drove around downtown. The downtown theme was Vikings. Most of the shops were bakery and gift shops. I saw the local firefighters selling the 2009 firefighter calendar fund raiser O__O
We reached the end of downtown and we turned around at a neighborhood looking like the neighborhood from Indiana Jones IV. It was the scene where Dr. Jones walked into a neighborhood to be destroyed by a nuclear bomb test. I like Ike :> The last stop before the casino we visited Seattle's grave at 1:51pm. Seattle was chief of the Suguampsh and Allied tribes. The white people named the city Seattle after the chief's name.
At 2:00pm, we arrived at the Suquamish Clearwater Casino. Steve and I stayed in the casino for 2.5 hours. We played $3 craps. The table started cold and I was about to give up and play the slots. Then the table warmed up big time and continued hot for a long time. My strategy was to play the $3 minimums for the Pass and Come bets and play $5 for place bets and double for the odds bets. I started with $40. I ended with $191. I almost won five times what I started $-)) There were lots of 10s rolled. (For Bleach and Toushiro Hitsugaya fans, I call the 10 roll the "Hitsugaya Roll" `__^) I tipped the stickman and the two dealers $15.
Steve and I choose to eat pizza for dinner. We ordered Papa Murphy's pizza at 5:20pm. The store was busy. After the order, we walked to Albertsons to purchase soda. I purchased Coke and Steve purchased Diet Coke. There was no recycle fee in Washington compared to California charging $.10 recycling fee. We put the sodas in the car and walked back to Papa Murphy's. While waiting, there was a customer in a great mood. He must have watched his favorite college football team win. The customer wanted everyone to cheer with him and clap. Some of us did including me. The customer had a 12 pack of beer. Imagine what if he drank one can before getting his pizza ^^
The pizza was ready and we picked it up. The worker who made the pizza had the same first name as me. He said Raymond was a good name and he started to have a good time now. He must be gay O__O
Pizza Time
We arrived at Steve's house at 6:00pm. The nighttime activities were watching Simpsons, watching movies, and playing Betrayal at The House On The Hill board game. We watched the Simpsons Halloween special and another Simpsons episode while the pizza was baking. Steve TiVoed The Simpsons. The opening scene in the Halloween special was Grandpa holding a sign stating, "I Still Like Ike." LOL!
The pizza was ready and we took our slices. The first movie we watched was "Easy Rider" starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Jack Nicholson who I believed won Best Supporting Actor. The next movie was "Defending Your Life" starring Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep. Meryl Streep was gorgeous ^O^
The nightcap activity was playing the board game Betrayal At The House On The Hill, one of my favorite games. Each of us played two characters because the game was a 3-6 player game. Steve wanted to end early because we needed to wake up early tomorrow. I said let's play up to midnight. The first game started at 10:15pm. We played two characters. When one of our characters becomes the traitor, the player gave the second character to the other player. We completed two games before midnight. Steve brushed his teeth and went to bed. I settled down, showered, brushed my teeth, and went to bed.
I'm growing up Finding Raymond Mar
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