North Central Washington's finest

I have had a lot of wonderful friends and family visit me, bring me dinner, send me flowers and cards and emails, and generally show their love and well wishes, and it's been pretty amazing.  I have to give a special shout-out though to a small handful of people: a group of my closest friends from high school.  Casey, Ryan, and Alissa came all the way from Winthrop and Chelan (well, and Green Lake) to hang out with me on my rooftop deck and grab some dinner.

Some Old Goats enjoying tasty Siam on Eastlake Thai food

Casey is an EMT (or paramedic? I always get those confused) in the Seattle area, Ryan owns and runs 2 successful restaurants in Winthrop, and Alissa dominates HR at a fruit shed in Chelan.  These guys are some of my best friends from back in the day and really made my day by driving hours, bringing roses and brownies, and just keeping me company.  You guys are awesome.  :)

And side note, if you're ever in the Winthrop area, you must have dinner at East 20 Pizza.  Ryan's team makes up some GOOOOD pizza!  I recommend the Asian chicken one, with hoisin sauce and cashews.  YUM.  Plus, Pearl Jam ate there once, so you can perhaps get your fill of celeb sightings. ;)