Weekend!

well, in the middle of True Blood (the best part of any Sunday), dad texted me requesting a blog update, so, here it is.

friday night katelyn's mom and aunts were in town and didn't leave till later in order to miss rush hour traffic on their drive home to Baltimore, so we didnt all go to the grocery until late. we came home and decided to make stir fry since we had so many leftover vegetables from the office reception/networking event the night before. aside from my apparent ineptitude when it comes to measuring how much water is needed to cook rice, dinner was really good! we didnt finish until almost 930, however, and were all too tired to summon up energy to do much else.

we all got to bed early and got up early saturday morning to go to Eastern Market. Eastern Market is a great farmer's market style, craft fair with over 100 vendors and the best breakfast you'll find anywhere. its a huge deal here and we'd all been wanting to go. we waited in line for an hour for breakfast, but it was worth it. we all got 'blue bucks', aka blueberry buckwheat pancakes which were HEAVENLY :) and shopped around. people here are obsessed with pandas, as they're the most popular animals in the national zoo- so it's a good thing i dont have a little sister in AOII to shop for anymore or i'd be buying this panda stuff left and right.

After looking around for a bit, we went to the Smithsonian Museum of American History. It was really great! It was nice going with girls because we all agreed on what exhibits to focus on and what to ignore. Things we loved- the First Ladies Exhibit, the President's Exhibit, and the pop culture section. Things we ignored- all things related to science and technology.

We rushed home to catch as much of the US-Ghana game as possible. We ended up being able to catch all of the additional time from 90 min. mark onward. sadly, it didn't end as we'd hoped but i'm honestly ok with that, because the US can't be the best at everything, right? ;) Also, i'd be happy if an African country was able to win and Ghana is the last shot at that happening. It is unfortunate that this is the 2nd consecutive time theyve knocked us out of the tournament, however.

Liz Furman happened to be watching the World Cup game in Matthew's suite, so she came over and we all hung out for awhile, and then decided to go to dinner and a movie in China Town, an area i hadn't been to yet. China Town was the first time DC has felt like NYC to me since ive been here. It made me realize how much more i like the feel of DC than bigger cities like NYC and Chicago that i've been to. We had a great dinner and then split up for movies (liz had already seen TS3 and i'm waiting to see it with Maria when she gets in town)

Liz and I saw "Get Him to the Greek" which was hilarious!!! i knew it had gotten really great reviews but i still had my doubts- and they were proven wrong. it was really hilarious and a night with liz is never a bad time!!!

today i got up early and went to an Episcopal Church literally feet from the White House with matthew. it was very interesting and remarkably similar to a Catholic mass (except for the female presider). Afterwards, i hung out in the suite until the VIEW BBQ, which was a lot of fun. Complete with grilling out, music, and pie, it was a great time and it was fun to see everyone and hang out for a bit. After, i went and worked out and then finally got to talk to my mom on the phone (its been weeks!) that was wonderful, and then i made some dinner and the True Blood group convened and enjoyed our favorite television indulgence.

Now, off to bed! Can't wait to see Laura and Mom this Thursday!