I saw Wild_Irises this morning

After we figured out the reasons for yesterday's confusion, I emailed wild_irises to ask if we could reschedule while she's in town. She said yes, and after several back-and-forth emails to sort out bus schedules and agree on a time, she visited this morning for a couple of hours of good conversation.

I feel caught up and connected, as well as pleased that I thought about what the week looked like, and decided I had the energy for this, and that it couldn't hurt to ask about rescheduling. Debbie offered to come out here because she didn't want me to have to schlep again. In the end I walked her to the bus back to Seattle, instead of giving her directions, in order to have another 10-15 minutes of conversation on the way over and while waiting for the bus. Pho for lunch, since the local pho place I like is a block from that bus (a steep block uphill, but just one block.