thagandizzle

My sister-in-law, her fiance, and their girlfriend came to visit us this past week. They all live in Atlanta and this is kind of the first time we've all gotten together without parents around. It was so much fun! We took them to all of the major Seattle sights and spent a couple of days in Vancouver. This included a sort of impromptu visit to Science World in Vancouver which features Stan, the second most complete Tyrannosaurus rex fossil in the world. I cried. Possibly more than I cried when I saw the fossil of Lucy. I just... I don't know... Seeing history right in front of my eyes like that is just so emotionally overwhelming. I spent a really significant amount of time looking at him and it was wonderful!

We also got no small amount of British candies. Also, ketchup-flavored chips. Why aren't those a thing in America?? They legit just taste like fries dipped in ketchup. America LOVES fries dipped in ketchup!

But I digress! We really did have such a lovely time with them and are looking forward to the next time we can all get together. It was also the longest amount of time that J and her sister had been able to just hang out together in a really long time. J is seven years older, but they're really close and it was nice for them to be able to have that time.

I also watched season four of The Magicians, which is a show I've been HARDCORE binge-watching over the last few weeks. I have thoughts about the finale which I don't know are solid enough to articulate. There are feelings; some of them are complicated and quite mixed. I keep waffling between loving it and hating it. Mainly, I'm just sad. Either way, I chipped away at a drawing of Margo over this past week and I like how it turned out:

Click to enlarge--the thumbnail makes the drawing look a lot darker than it is!