But I digress. My original point was that while two weeks seems like a long time in theory, it actually feels far shorter from smack dab in the middle, especially when you have yet to finish a great deal of your assigned work. At the same time? Man, it's good to be home.
So, down to business. I know I missed last Sunday's post; this was partially because I was spending the weekend trying to catch up on sleep and relaxation, especially after my awful bus trip home (let's just say that what was supposed to be a two-hour trip to NYC turned into four hours, meaning I missed my bus from NYC to DC, meaning I spent nine hours in transit and got home at midnight... Not the worst travel experience I've ever had, but definitely not the best, either). On the other hand, it was also because essentially nothing happened during the last week of school before break. No, really. Not even me narrowly averting a psychotic break through late-night application of ice cream. I went to class, went to work, did homework, had a midterm, hung out with friends, made some couscous so I could use up the last of my vegetables (leeks, asparagus, onion, and a little bit of eggplant), and then went home. Dull.
Of course, then I got home and went to a Capitals game (Caps vs Toronto Maple Leafs) and the Caps WON, which was terribly exciting! Doubly exciting, actually, since I usually think of myself as game poison, doomed to perpetually watch my team lose whenever I attend a game. Maybe my curse is broken?
ROCK THE RED. (The Capitals are DC's hockey team, by the way; hockey is pretty much the only team sport I enjoy watching. [Besides Olympic teams, at least, but I get Olympics fever.] I don't know why that is, but I think it has something to do with the aesthetics of skating; it makes all the action seem so smooth and quick.
I also played host to Delightful Neighbor Kristen and Flatmate Katie, who descended upon DC on Wednesday and left on Friday, and dragged me downtown on Thursday so we could go to the Air and Space Museum (SPAAAAACE):
and the National Gallery:
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| "Roses," by Vincent Van Gogh |
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| The underground walk to the east building is gorgeous. There's a waterfall, too, in addition to the shiny lights. |
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| "Cakes," by Wayne Thiebauld. |
...I was tired, okay. And cake.
Anyway, after our museum adventures I pulled them over to the Good Stuff Eatery, which is owned by former Top Chef contestant Spike Mendelsohn (right next to his other DC restaurant, We, The Pizza) for burgers (mushroom burger for me — fried but deliciously cheesy) and fantastic milkshakes, although neither of them took my advice and got the toasted marshmallow milkshake, despite the fact that it is ridiculously delicious. Instead, Delightful Neighbor Kristen got plain chocolate and Flatmate Katie got the Milky Way Malt, which I thought was good but a little too sweet for my tastes, containing as it did fudge sauce, butterscotch (or was it caramel?) and bits of malt balls. Good, though.
(We, The Pizza, makes excellent homemade sodas, by the way, in case you were curious about their drink specialty.)
A good time was had by all, I believe. But since it is Spring Break, I think I'm going to cut this post a bit short today rather than tell you all the rest of my inane vacation details. Tune in next week for my sure-to-be-scintillating analysis of the pros and cons of where one sits on a classroom. GET EXCITED, PEOPLE.
And, in conclusion, something I discovered in the wild land of tumblr:
[Original tags on this post: adorable things because I am boring,capitals, cute fluffy things, DC IS AWESOME,delicious food,hockey hockey hockey, home, LOOK I DID THINGS, pretty pretty pictures,seriously you guys should all come to DC in the spring,spring break,summer is a hideous season of sweat and misery but spring is PERFECT, tourists are… tourists,vacation!!!]
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