D.C. Times

My weekend has been awesome. Can't believe it's over.

I arrived late on Friday night. Bags were lugged from the car to the room and then we hit the D.C. streets. Mal, a friend in her program, and I walked to a local Irish pub near Union Station. We arrived a little after 11 (just in time for local smokers to be allowed to light up). There's a new law in D.C. that prohibits smokers (in establishments that aren't just bars) from lighting up until after 11. And while there's no real point in that tangent, just an observation, I was a bit disappointed that it was allowed at all.

Being from NC, home of tobacco, I've adapted. In the pub, there was a trio playing that apparently is really from Ireland. They play there every night, after dining at a "usual" table in the restaurant.

Good music and company. We left a little after 1.

Saturday arrived early enough. My sister and I had scheduled appointments with two landlords to look at apartments. Long story short, due to the cherry blossom festival's required street blocking and overall lack of the city's geography, we were late for both. So late, in fact, that neither happened. Discouraged and soaking wet (it rained relentlessly), we decided to quit our adventure.

Mallory bought a paper. My goal was to find a job (or at least have a plan for Monday) from the ads. Instead, I spotted a couple of apartments and we called. Bam. Two more appointments later, we were on our way.

And both places are great. Applications and prayers for an answer have both been submitted. We should hear something soon. More will be written later as we hear something.

Overall, Saturday ended well. Much better than the morning began. It even began to clear up as the evening progressed.

Today was awesome. Started the day off by grabbing breakfast at a local cafe and then heading to my sister's church here. Great church. Young congregation and one full of hope and energy. The pastor is younger and his zeal for the church is evident. The worship music was amazing. There was a live band and some of the songs were familiar favorites.

After church, we grabbed lunch at Mal's and then headed to Ikea. It's an enormous home decorating store south of D.C. Best described as a warehouse, maybe? Hard to explain.... it's just a monster. Fun though and a bit overwhelming. We got many ideas and were inspired by the decorating possibilities.

The night wrapped up nicely. Getting ready to go to bed. I am hopeful about tomorrow. Keep praying. The apartment seems promising... tomorrow comes the job front.

12:08 AM - 1 Comments - 1 Kudos

kimmie
good luck!! im in the middle of that same search... the search for a job in raleigh so that we dont have to live in crappy miami anymore! my grandparents and my brother all live in the d.c. area and it is just a fun place to be.
Posted by kimmie on Monday, April 10, 2006 at 6:41 AM