nothing to prove

the land of cougars

Five hours after leaving Seattle we ended up in Pullman, which is basically a college town for Washington State University. Our friend Jennie was in town having a drink with some friends so we met up with her there. Of course I was in sweat pants and getting lots of fun stares but I was just happy to be hanging out with my friends again. Later that night we went back to her apartment but stayed up pretty late just talking and catching up on life.



The next day we all slept in but eventually got up to head to Sunshine Park. We spent the next couple hours hitting the volleyball around and laying in the sun. Then we went into town to get some smoothies and sit around before Joy got into town with her parents. That evening we all made dinner together salad, rolls and lobster corn chowder with yogurt and strawberries for dessert. Of course we had beer and some good red wine to go along with it. Afterwards we got ready for a night out in Pullman. Zzu, pronounced zoo, was the bar we chose to drink at, mostly because of the drink specials, but it turned out to be a fun place. It wasn’t overly busy but there were people to fill the place for a little while. Plus there was air hockey, billiards, and darts. We ended the night on a drunken walk home and an episode of Boy Meets World on TV.



Joy and Jennie got up for church the next morning while Mark and I slept. Around noon they got back so everyone got lunch at the Old European that oddly reminded me of the Sunny Side-Up Café. It was still good food and we all walked out of there stuffed. Then we got to help Joy unload all of her boxes into Jennie’s apartment. It wasn’t too difficult though and afterwards we took a short trip to neighboring Moscow, which is actually in Idaho. Everything ended up being closed in Moscow because it was a Sunday but we still got some Baskin Robbins, actually the first Baskin Robbins I have ever had in the states, before going back to Pullman. Sadly Mark and I had to get going so we could get back to Seattle at a decent hour so we said our good-byes to the girls, at least until Christmas time, before beginning our long trek back to Seattle.

posted by Aaron @ 11:37 PM