Grilling out- thankfully avoided the rain!
9/11/01 Memorial at the Pentagon
Abe statue in the capitol
don't make too much fun of my inability to be artsy
Monday was uneventful, other than actually getting a REAL LUNCH BREAK. this is revolutionary , since normal lunch consists of silently eating at our desks. Since it was Cara's birthday (our secretary) i lugged a glass tray of iced brownies there as a surprise, and we all went out to lunch to celebrate. We went to an awesome restaurant with great food that also doubles as a performance space and coffee shop (called Busboys & Poets). all 4 of us came home and just ate together and watched TV- Katie and i both watch Secret Life together.
Tuesday all of the VIEW interns were off work (yay!) and went on a group tour of the capitol and the pentagon. the capitol tour could have been better, as we had some organizational issues, but lunch and the pentagon tour were awesome. we had a vandy undergrad & vandy engineering alum who is a doctor and works in the pentagon give us a super cool, private tour. then we got to go outside the pentagon and see the 9/11 memorial, which i also really loved. it was very simple but i'd never heard of it before and was very impressed.
after that, all 4 of us were exhausted from a lot of walking and came back to rest our feet. after a quick turnaround, we went to the nearby farmer's market. it was great to look around, but stuff didn't seem in season yet and was too expensive. we made our normal weekly grocery run and came back. since it's resident-appreciation-month, they had a free barbeque on the porch, complete with balloons and live music and really good food! barbeque, cole slaw, corn on the cob, etc. then matthew, liz furman (who came over!!!) and the 4 suite girls drove to georgetown, which i'm now obsessed with, and went to Baked and Wired, a 1/2 cupcake store 1/2 coffee shop. it was amazing. we shopped a bit and then came back.
our suite is addicted to really poorly acted, poorly written, cheesy television. aka, ABC Family. Naturally, we watch their new show Pretty Little Liars and plan to all summer. It'll become tuesday night routine for sure. This morning Katelyn and i were a bit slow moving, unwillingly returning to work. i was a little later to leave this morning (still got to work 10 min. early) so i got to ride with some VIEW people on the metro. Work was fine, a bit slow today, but i'm getting to do a lot of really great work on the first annual Arts & Health month. its really great to be able to be with the project from its inception and help make it get off the ground.
as usual, g chat saves me from complete and utter boredom at work. the highlight of the day was when katelyn, jillian and i realized we can GROUP gchat. Our lives (and productivity levels) will never be the same. however, it is helping me learn to multi-task, out of sheer necessity.
after work i got to FINALLY talk with katie (Vandy roomie and best friend, not Katie my roommate here or Katelyn my roommmate here- confusing, i know) and skype briefly, do to bad wifi. I lovvvvve her and it was so nice to get to begin to discuss all the stuff we need to catch up on, since she's been out of the country most of the summer so far!
then, the suitemates, minus katie who was at a work dinner, decided to defy gender stereotypes and grill out. we managed to out-grill the gay couple that we shared the grill with (it was quite hilarious, 3 girls cooking big cheeseburgers with ease while 2 clearly gay men cant manage to cook their thin strips of chicken) and enjoyed a really nice, sit down dinner complete with squash, cucumbers and a rich dish with vegetables freshly supplied from katelyn's family. Katelyn and i went to the gym and worked out and then we watched the season premiere of Top Chef: DC. its so cool to see the show set in the city we're living in! im sure we'll watch that regularly too.
i also spent a good hour saving, well, rescuing, Omar's suite from it's filthy conditions. he called asking for cleaning supplies but i soon realized his situation required drastic action. these 4 boys have no trash bags, no cleaning supplies, and no care that their place is trashed, has bugs already, and smells awful. the future housewife in me kicked in to gear and managed to sanitize, clean and organize the whole place. since ive already baked for them too im sure they consider me their house mom haha.
now, off to bed. sooo tired. hopefully seeing liz again tomorrow! also, my boss hinted we might get Ethiopian food for lunch!
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