A crazy weekend. SERIOUSLY.

Friday:
- Went to court to finalize Isaac's adoption! Bella was beside herself with excitement about going "To Courts", and was the proudest big sister ever. Isaac was well behaved, but giggled at the court clerk non-stop. So Sir Squirms ESQ is 100% irrevocably one of us. YES!

- Got home, and sent Bella over to JeMae's for a long weekend slumber party with Jenny. Then, CLEANED THE HOUSE. Got us down to 5 zones of chaos (3rd floor closet, 2nd floor workout room, 1st floor dining room (back half), 1st floor Computer Room (Couch only), and basement Tool Room. Each zone can be attacked.

- Caesar and Miho arrived at 10pm from Seattle. Caesar was one of my Tokyo buddies, and a musical collaborator on the Project Manager super-group. He's in town to speak at a school, since he's a super high-up game developer guy. They arrived safely, brought their rented SUV (they heard about the weather), and we had a total blast together until 2am.

- Pamela took off at 1am to get in line for preschool registration for Bella and Isaac. It's totally first come first served, and it's a "cherished" tradition to start the line at midnight. Even at 1am, Pamela was 10th in line. Fortunately, there is honor in the line, so people can sign up their place in line and go back to sleep in their cars. Which Pamela did. She got all the classes she wanted!

SATURDAY:
- Pamela came back to us at 9am, and had breakfast with me and the guests, and conked out at 11. Caesar, Miho, Isaac, and I went out to Target (They have them in Seattle, but Miho was curious if the "Home State" ones were any different), then to lunch at the new France44 deli. Miho, a scotch fan, picked up a bottle of Caol Ila 18 year from the France44 liquor store, too... though I didn't get a taste, because...

- At 3, Caesar and Miho headed out to the Mall of America, and I took Isaac over to Grandma and Grandpa's for the night. I came back and got Pamela for our Night Away. (Caesar and Miho went to the Orchestra to see The Bear conduct and see Uncle Chicken, then housesat for us and watched depeche mode videos until 2am again).

- At 4:15, we checked in to the Graves 601 hotel in downtown Mpls just as the snow was starting up. Turns out a foot fell in the next 20 hours, and we were oblivious. Because we never left our sanctuary. Yes, we had dinner downstairs in the Cosmos restaurant (Deelish - I had foie gras and Char, Pamela has Scallops and Bass - among other things...). Then to relaxing-land. We watched the snow fall from our 18th floor window, watching the ant-cars sliding around the ant-trails...

SUNDAY:
- We slept until 9, had breakfast at 10:30 in the room, Pamela napped again into the afternoon, I read a book and did the crossword and sudoku. We left at 3, got Isaac, got Bella, came home, and are about to eat some food and prepare for the Oscars. Caesar and Miho are now in a hotel in Roseville for the rest of their stay... back to normal around here!

And that's how the weekend went. WOW.