Going to Chilliwack to celebrate a birthday...

Eric picked me up at about 5:55, and we talked about traffic / worship practice / Purell, lip balm, and gum NOT "getting gussied up" / the rain ruining my suede jacket (it wasn't raining when we set out!) / the exits / No. 3 Rd. Bridge out near Chilliwack (Yarrow and Cultus Lake / Lickman Rd. and Exit 116 (I'm not taking the name of the road as a command! :P) / plans / his radio's reception. It was mainly a quiet drive to the Chilliwack parking lot where we picked Korey up after 7:10, but that was okay. I was kinda tired, and definitely not hyper. (that would come on the drive home!) It was good to see K again, of course - he squeezed my shoulder and asked how it was going. I smiled, and said it was going well - he commented later on the drive into Abbotsford that I was really quiet. I was just doing my "staring off into the distance" thing that I do when I need to think or (in this case) get used to something. It's not that I didn't want to talk to him, but I knew that he'd need a chance to catch up with Eric too. They talked about babies, the bar, Willow Video Games, directions, the cousins' dogs, drama, Ryan, Alison, and more. We went to the Keg, but it was way too busy - Red Robin's it was, which appealed to my sense of nostalgia for the days when the Fellowship crew would eat second dinners! They teased me about parroting stuff that Eric said (I *always* do that with people, and I bet it gets annoying! :P), to the point where I mock-threatened them with a knife and fork. We had dry ribs, a banana milkshake (GINGERBREAD was seasonal!), chicken, fish and chips, burgers, and water.

When Eric left to go to the washroom, I took the opportunity to give Korey his presents - Eric teased us about hiding the bag when he got back, but it was okay. Then there was the time he went to grab his digicam from the car, and I showed Korey what was in there - Eric wondered why we always hid the bag when he got back! Some stuff IS private, I guess! I didn't mind when he teased me about the bling on my shirt. Talked about Ryan, Alison, wearing my Santa hat (which K liked, especially the five stars!) on New Year's Eve (I don't THINK so! Eric says K has to get used to my CHRISTMAS definition, haha...), sushi, friends, and the memories they shared from their history together - it was really nice. I didn't demur when K offered me gum, and I managed to smile when the guys joked about "World War 4" at his place if I ever visited. Eric thinks that K's cousin and I should both apologize, but maybe the cousin should make the first move. K said that they had to put their heads together and protect me since he doesn't want the cousin to eat me alive. The cousin will probably just sic the dogs on me, which would lead to a bad outcome for me personally! Discuszsed my REJECTED icon on Facebook - K thinks it is morbid, and his friends always ask why his girlfriend has such a picture on there. It's a cloud bleeding from his anus and drowining in the blood! :D (hee hee hee...) Maybe I'll change it later, haha.

We drove K home (encountering a police drinking / driving roadcheck along the way), and he requested a drop-off by the driveway as he didn't want to walk in mud - fair enough, but we noticed that he DID walk in some to get to the front steps! Interesting, indeed... he also needed to talk to each of us when we got home - fair enough! (WORLD OF WARCRAFT) I told him that I wasn't mad at him, and put a reassuring hand on his shoulder for most of the way to his place - holding hands also helped, I hope. We also saw a mansion where the owners had won the lottery - metal gate with French plaque, indeed! After that, Eric and I made very good time, arriving at home in an hour and 15 minutes. (that's how long it's supposed to take)

Discussed I AM LEGEND next weekend, remembering BLADES OF GLORY / THE PRESTIGE, New Year's Eve plans, Surrey, Langley, losing 2-1 to Edmonton in a shootout (UGH), the redundancy of "Mastercard card" (that made Eric frustrated - he turned off the radio in retaliation), chicken two nights in a row, proving Deborah's (filteredthrough) existence, butt jokes, steamy windows, Big Sugar songs, splitting stuff, needing to pee, threats of peeing on him / cleavering his skull, Oscar Mayer wieners (Reason for existence? To be eaten!), crazy stuff / insanity and entertainment, Riverview, and more. Good times, indeed. Later, Korey thanked me for the gifts even though he doesn't understand them - cool beans. :P (the Earls giftcard because he likes to eat out with people, the Nativity scene candle holder since he likes candles, the pink journal for noting down stuff he'd otherwise forget [Eric joked that I wanted it back in a year with his musings on me!], and the Christmas bubble bath because he likes bubble bath in general!)