Am I Crazy?

The answer to that is clearly: yes. I'm living out of my car for five weeks by choice. But that wasn't why I was asking.

Last night, when I got into my hotel, I debated whether or not to go see the final installment of Harry Potter.  On the one hand, I already made plans to go see it with Dear Husband and some of my nieces and nephews in LA next week. On the other hand...it was the last premiere, the last midnight showing.

Although I couldn't get tickets to the midnight showing. So I saw the last 3am showing! In 3D! In IMAX!  And yes, it deserved that many exclamation points. I won't write a movie review here, because that's not what the blog is about.  I will say that I laughed, cried, cheered, and clutched my purse in the lack of anything better to hold onto. While waiting in line to go in, I started chatting with the two guys right in front of me in line.  We got on, and I ended up sitting with them and sharing popcorn. Yes, I took food from strangers.   That's the crazy part. Not...going to a movie so late that I got back to the hotel just in time for continental breakfast, then spent the day sightseeing on one hour of sleep...

I took the ferry over to Whidbey Island to visit my friend Paul. Paul and Larry picked me up at the ferry on the south end of the island, and drove north to start our tour.  We posed for pictures on Deception Pass (what an awesome name!) and then drove a little bit south for lunch in Coupeville, at Mosquito Fleet Chili.  The restaurant overlooked Penn Cove, famous for its mussels.  So of course I opted for the mussel chowder, served with grilled bread baked in store. Delicious!  And then we followed it up with some delicious ice cream, enjoyed as we walked on the pier.

 Then we stopped at a thrift store, where I found a copy of Road Food to help me pick out my dining destinations for the rest of the trip ($1.50).  We also took a walk on the beach of Puget Sound.

After a stop to see Paul's bookbinding set up (go to his site, it's awesome!), we went to Langley for coffee.

Then, exhausted, I hopped on the ferry and came back to the hotel and am now attempting to stay awake til a reasonable hour so I can get back on track. It was a wonderful day in the company of friends!