Kevin's Hetero MFM Poly-Fi V

I grew up on the Muckleshoot reservation, so it's second nature to buy alcohol from tribal smoke shops whenever possible. No taxes! Any time I buy it retail, there's always huge sticker shock.
 
We do have a Mom/Pop Italian restaurant in Yelm, in walking distance from our house. It is called La Gitana. We have eaten there before. It's pretty good. They also make good pizza.

And we have a local chain, Casa Mia, just a bit further away. It's pretty decent also, and we have had their pizza a number of times.

Not sure why I had Olive Garden up on such a pedestal, I remembered the place as being better than it is now. Not the end of the world, so now I know different (and will save money in the future).

We do have the Nisqually Reservation not too far away, though I don't know if they have any tribal smoke shops. They do have a casino ... Red Wind.

I suppose with Total Wine, one thing you're paying for is the selection. The place is ginormous. I guess if you only go there once in awhile, as a treat ...

Such and so are my random thoughts.
 
I used to go to the Nisqually rez to buy cigarettes, they were cheaper than elsewhere for a time, but I think they caught on to that fact and either raised the prices, or the State closed the loophole, at least for tobacco. No idea what their alcohol selection is. Such a pretty drive out there, as I recall.

Since you know the area, Kevin, I'll tell ya, I used to live on Timberline Dr, off of Mullen, there in Lacey. It was awesome. There was a neighbor on our street who had built this amazing terraced pond and waterfall at the base of one of those super tall evergreen trees and you could hear the water moving, even way down the street. I miss it sometimes.

One thing though, I made the mistake (once!) of going to Nisqually for their 4th of July. OMG. That was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life. They had a field with shacks and shipping containers full of fireworks for sale, stuff that isn't legal anywhere else, and loads of drunk Natives and their wild unsupervised kids running around blowing stuff up everywhere, like in the middle of a big crowd of people, and right next to the stockpiles. Embers raining from the sky and smoke so thick you could barely see. I have long hair. I was seriously worried about catching on fire. It was the craziest chaos I've ever seen.
 
Hmmm, interesting. I knew traffic got heavy in Nisqually around the 4th, I didn't know things got so crazy there on the 4th itself.

I honestly don't know the area that well; even for today's info I had to use Google. I don't have a car, all the driving is done by Brother-Husband and Snowbunny. I just come along for the ride. Timberline Drive and Mullen sound familiar, but I could never find them on my own. I don't know where Lacey is, I just know we go there sometimes, and I think Snowbunny's workplace is in Lacey but I'm not 100% sure about that.

I definitely know what you mean when you say super tall evergreen trees, they are everywhere wherever we drive, maybe not quite as much in Yelm itself, but definitely on the reservation. It does sound like you lived somewhat close to where I live.
 
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One thing though, I made the mistake (once!) of going to Nisqually for their 4th of July. OMG. That was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life. They had a field with shacks and shipping containers full of fireworks for sale, stuff that isn't legal anywhere else, and loads of drunk Natives and their wild unsupervised kids running around blowing stuff up everywhere, like in the middle of a big crowd of people, and right next to the stockpiles. Embers raining from the sky and smoke so thick you could barely see. I have long hair. I was seriously worried about catching on fire. It was the craziest chaos I've ever seen.
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Heh, the Muckleshoots have the same thing, about 5 blocks from where I grew up. My brother had a lot of friends in the tribe, so I'd ride my bike there and they'd give me free fireworks (like half sticks of dynamite and M-80s - surprised I still have all my fingers!). Sometimes the stands would have bottle rocket fights and a stand would catch fire and blow up. I'd be sitting up on the hill, eating Indian tacos and watching it all. :) Fireworks shows don't impress me much after a childhood on the res. Awww, now I feel all nostalgic!
 
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"Sometimes the stands would have bottle rocket fights and a stand would catch fire and blow up."
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So to continue the Post #759 narrative, Brother-Husband and Snowbunny finished installing the new light fixture. For some reason lengthening the wires was not a good option (Snowbunny said it was a long story), so apparently an alternate solution was to buy a really small ratchet screwdriver (which they did). The new fixture looks good. Much less bulky than the old light/ceiling fan. The living room looks more airy now, if that makes sense.
 
My favorite thing about them is their bottomless salad. Good stuff. Still, even that wasn't quite as good as I remembered.

Dammit, now I'm hungry. :)
 
In about a week, Brother-Husband's parents will be flying out here to stay at our house for about five days. It will be a challenge. They need to be constantly entertained, and Brother-Husband's father is very assertive. Also they're staunch Catholic, which is a particular problem for me as I am staunch atheist. They'll be here on Sunday, and Brother-Husband and Snowbunny will surely go to church with them. Snowbunny will be less than thrilled. But, Brother-Husband would be heartbroken if we just wrote them off, so, we will do our best to appease them.
 
I'm a little extra tired and stressed-out today. Not sure why. The cats are here with me so that helps ...
 
Yesterday, Snowbunny and I went shopping at Walmart (in Yelm). The bill was over $300 which sucks, but part of that was preparing for the in-laws coming to visit this week. They'll get here on Thursday. We won't be able to go shopping that Saturday, because they'll be here.

On Saturday at 5:00 p.m. (Pacific Time), my ex-SIL will have a Halloween party at her house and I'm invited. I don't want to blow that off, so, Snowbunny (or Brother-Husband) will drive me there, drop me off, take the in-laws out for dinner, then pick me up afterwards and return home. It will be crowded with five people in the car but as I said, I don't want to blow this party off.
 
So Brother-Husband's folks are here, and yesterday was ex-SIL's Halloween party. There was a new plan, Snowbunny and I took one car and went to the party, while Brother-Husband and his folks went to the Red Wind casino.

Having the folks here has actually not been too bad so far, at least not for me. They really dote on our two cats, calling them the "grandcats" (as we don't have kids). The only bad part (for me) is, they get up early every morning, so I kind of have to get up early too.

Today being Sunday, they will go to the local Catholic church, and take Snowbunny and Brother-Husband with them. I should be able to sneak out of going. Gawd I hate church. Paying homage to a nonexistent God, assuring ourselves of fictitious things like the afterlife ... Count me out.
 
So Brother-Husband's folks are back in Michigan. Now that they're not here, Snowbunny had opportunity to reveal to me that Brother-Husband's dad had questioned my role in Snowbunny's and Brother-Husband's life. Can't say I'm surprised. We are not out to him/them, no doubt they would have a shit fit if we told them, but in the meantime, here's this strange Kevin person living with Snowbunny and Brother-Husband for some unknown reason. That and the fact that Brother-Husband's dad is prone to complain. His mom seems to get it, or at least is accepting of it (the part of it that she knows). Anyway ... that's that for this year's visit.
 
Last year on Halloween, we did not get candy to hand out because we didn't think there'd be any takers. Well there were, and we had to turn them away and that sucked. So this year, we got some candy (and some mini bags of crackers). And Snowbunny carved a pumpkin, but I was too lazy to carve one. I used to get into Halloween a lot, but lately I've had less enthusiasm for a lot of things. I'm glad we have holidays, Halloween in particular, but I've become more of a passive participant if that makes sense.
 
We had a few trick-or-treaters, but only a few, so now we have a plentiful supply of candy. :)

Snowbunny got sick yesterday, so we went to Pho Yelm, a restaurant just down the road; we walked there (and back). They serve pho with jalapeño pepper slices, which is what Snowbunny wanted.

Brother-Husband got some kind of tofu with noodles ... I got like a stir fry with egg noodles. (Can you tell I'm hungry right now ...)

I think the waitress there is hot. But I haven't said anything about it. Just stole an extra look or two in her direction. She seems to like me, but that could be just her polite way of doing her job.

Snowbunny has a doctor appointment today (made before she got sick, so the timing is lucky). Canned soup/TV dinners might be tonight's menu.

And that's all I have to say right now.
 
So, Snowbunny got sick enough today to leave work early. Trust me, that says a lot. She spent a lot of this afternoon passed out on the recliner. Which also says a lot.

Not sure how tomorrow will play out. Saturday is usually "our day" for Snowbunny and me, shopping and eating out, and every other Saturday sex. That would be tomorrow. But I don't know if Snowbunny will be feeling up to any of that. I certainly won't blame her if she's not. I'm just saying, tomorrow is up in the air.
 
We skipped the sex, but we did go shopping, since snow was forecasted for the next day (Sunday). Instead of eating out per se, we picked up some takeout at Burger King.

Snowbunny is still feeling sick. She is taking today off work ... I don't know if that was planned ahead, or if it's because she's feeling sick. She usually works on Tuesday, she works Monday thru Friday.

Brother-Husband is working odd days, for someone else that needed to take off. Brother-Husband worked on Sunday and Monday ... and, he'll be off today, tomorrow, and Thursday ... then he'll work Friday and Saturday. If I'm remembering right.
 
Brother-Husband's work schedule is going to change in a week or two. He will start having Saturdays (as well as Sundays) off. Snowbunny's days off are also Saturday and Sunday. So I don't know how sex is going to work out for Snowbunny and me. Yes Brother-Husband consents to the poly arrangement, but I don't know if being in the same house when Snowbunny and I have sex is a good thing for him. I don't know if him being in the same house is a good thing for me. I'm afraid I'll have trouble performing. But, I suppose this was bound to happen eventually. Snowbunny assures me she'll work it out. So I'm kind of letting her do the worrying about it.
 
Early this coming Tuesday (today being Thursday), Snowbunny will travel to (North? South? I can never remember) Carolina where her mom and stepdad live. So she'll be there for about a week (over Thanksgiving), then fly back on Monday and get home Monday night.

This coming Saturday (or Sunday?) is close to my birthday, so we'll probably eat out at a fancy sushi place. This is my report for today.
 
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