this weekend j spent all weekend at his brother's bachelor party, and i was here. we only have one digital camera between us, so he got to take it. friday night and saturday, i stayed home doing chores & watching junk tv & posting the rest of the honeymoon pictures (see below), which has taken a LONG TIME. so glad it's finished. saturday night, i met j's brother's fiancee, c, and some of her friends, for dinner at a cuban restaurant called pambiche. the food was good and was super cheap. we went to the sapphire hotel afterwards (used to be a brothel a long time ago) for drinks & dessert. we all called it an early night. on sunday morning, my parents and a visiting old student of my mom's, n, came over to pick me up around 9:30am to go visit mt. st. helens. i've only been to the ape caves (lava tubes you can hike/climb through), so it was nice to finally visit the different visitor centers. very interesting to see the direction of the blast, what had survived the blast, and new growth and rejuvenation in the places affected by the blast. while up there, the steam coming out of vents in the middle kept changing. we hiked around a little, & got dusty. not much grass around there. on the way back, we stopped at the dairy queen. :) j was at home when i returned, wondering where i was. he had a good time at paulina lake, where the group was camping. i was so tired i went to bed at 8:45pm and actually slept almost 12 hours. now it's off to a busy teaching week. i have nine students today!