Ethan!

My old friend Ethan came to visit us! He is living in France right now, but I knew him in Portland so long ago. He might move to Oslo!

Monday I found out that Ethan was coming to visit. He had a job interview! Monday and Tuesday were otherwise uneventful except for swapping out the summer wardrobes One of those funny little things that marks the changing of the seasons. Ethan arrived Wednesday in the afternoon. The children enjoyed meeting him and they had a lot of fun. We had a mextacular dinner, and then game night. Friday Ethan and I had a walking tour of Oslo, trying to hit the neighborhoods he might be interested in living in. Turns out we hit just about everywhere except where he’ll probably live. That night Ethan and I went out with Lauren to an Irish pub, Qba, and Garasje. I made Ethan stay out later than he would’ve wanted, I think… it was nice of him to stay. Ethan left Saturday morning, and the rest of the day was pretty quiet. Sunday we went to the park and had a little picnic. It was kind of chilly. I knitted. I started a cotton top based on “Isabella” in Knitty. I experimented with the purple alpaca for a lacy shrug, and debated the lace item for Missy’s wedding. I’m interested in starting lace knitting and a wedding seemed like a good opportunity. Chris has just been plugging along doing normal work things. He doesn’t talk about work so much, not as much as he used to.