My Weekend

Well, my weekend didn't exactly start out that great actually... I had a little too close of a relationship with a bottle of wine and ended up missing Friday evening. Enough said about that! But on Saturday, eventually, Will and I went out and wandered about and it was lovely. We went to Barnes and Noble and worked on some stuff in the cafe, much like we did in Walla Walla last spring at Coffee Perk. Ahhh, I love cafes. And I love books, too, so Barnes and Noble is perfect. So relaxing. Then, since it was a nice evening, we decided to walk instead of take the Metro. And then, since we had nothing else we had to do, and some time until the movie started, we walked from Clarendon to Georgetown, which is nothing amazing, but was a nice 45 minute stroll. We saw Walk the Line, the movie about Johnny Cash. I enjoyed it very much. Will must like it since it was his 2nd time seeing it. Oh, speaking of movies, I saw Memoirs of a Geisha last week with Wendy from work, who also goes to U Maryland. It was intense, and I unfortunately can't remember how much of it was true to the book since I read it about 4 1/2 years ago. I suppose it doesn't really matter anyway.

What else... Well, classes were fine on Thursday. They are starting out fairly slowly and gently, which for once is not what I would prefer since I am kind of bored and wanting to jump into this whole grad school thing. It makes me nervous to know that there will be lots of work in the future, but without being able to start tackling any of it now. I kind of want homework!! I got one assignment and have already finished it. I am sure that before too long I will be back to normal, wishing for time and not wanting homework, but for now, that is not the case. Perhaps I will pick up a small job if I continue having extra time.

My Mom and Elroy are officially visiting in March! I am excited to show them my new little world here!

The weather here is amazing right now. I think the high today is around 62. I ran by Arlington cemetary, across the Memorial bridge, past the Lincoln Memorial, and down the mall to the Capitol, where I visited Will at work! That was fun. Since it is such a beautiful day, many people were out running and smiling and it was very pleasant.

Classes Start Thursday!

I am excited for classes to start. Really excited. I am so ready to apply myself to something. I just have to do well so that I can keep going in this direction. My classes are all on Tuesdays and Thursdays, which is nice. I am taking: Advanced Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Numerical Analysis. All mathy classes.

In the meantime, I am using my last few days to clean, do laundry, and try to find internships in Seattle for the summer and scholarships for school for next fall. Let me know if you hear about anything I should check out.

In other news, the Seahawks are going to the Superbowl for the first time ever! That is exciting even to me! I have been watching football, also for the first time ever. No, I still don't like the sport, but at least I have a reason to care. And hey, throw in some beer, appetizers, and friends, and it hardly matters what is on the TV anyway.

The Calm Before the Storm

I have had some time since I have been back to DC to catch up with a lot of things... sleep, cleaning, and so many little errands. It has been good to have time, but about now I am going crazy and I am looking forward to classes starting.

Time is kind of funny. I mean, what happened to 2005? What an odd year. I was in college, and then I wasn't. Sounds simple, but that is a weird thing to think about for some reason. It had my last semester at Whitman, which was weird because everyone knew they were about to leave and kind of excited and scared, but also trying to hang out before it was too late. And then it was the summer, when most people didn't really know what they were doing. And then it was the fall (similar to the summer). And now it is a new year. This year has no college. I think that means that that stage of my life is officially over. Only to replaced by MORE school :)

By the way, a huge congratulations to Vince and Michell, who are engaged to be married in the summer of 2007. yay!

Anyway, another thing that has been accomplished during this time off is that I finally made it through all of my pictures from my time in Seattle. See some highlights above. I prefer to be a perfectionist about the pictures, but the blogger takes so long to load them that I will just leave them as it.
First you see, from top left, Fellow Whitties Eva, Leslie, and Jolene; Mom and my Uncle Brad; Jenny and Dan when we went cross country skiing; Dad, Michell, Vince, Kristen, Marc, Kristin on Christmas Day; and high school friends Kathleen, Marissa, Diana, Austine, me, Jenny, and Martha

Les Miserables was Awesome!

Yes, I did just get back from Les Miserables, and yes, it was amazing. Will and I were sitting so close to the stage that I could feel the wind when the girls twirled at the wedding. The voices were so powerful that it was hard to listen at times. Anyway, awesome production and great story.

Also, we just received the picture that we took with Montana senator Max Baucus. Kind of cool! I think I will take a picture of it with my digital camera and see if it will look good enough to show that way. But for now, it is beddy bye time. I will bow and be on my way...

Back in D.C.

So, after an unexcusably long absence from my dear blog, I am back. I had a wonderful time in Seattle, during which I was able to spend time with both friends and family. I got to cross country ski, run, hike, and then be sore for days on end. I had coffee, pizza, burgers, and crab cakes. I had beer, pop, juice, and egg nog. I saw high school friends, college friends, and any other friends I could find. Good times were had by all.

You may be wondering about my plans. I will be attending the University of Maryland. Class start January 25th. I have not finished registering because I need to get some advice first, but I have signed up for a couple of math classes to flush out my math background. This is exciting! But also terrifying.

I just finished Life of Pi. I LOVED this book. Pretty much couldn't put it down. It was nice to think about the philisophical side of life again, because sometimes it doesn't get as much attention from me as it should.

I am going to Les Miserables tonight with Will. I am also excited for that. Oh, and Will started back up at the Senate Finance Committee yesterday, this time as a research assistant.