Sunday, August 12, 2007
Lazy Lazy Sunday
Had brunch today with Ivan...first time seeing Ivan since returning and also first time back to the Carlyle for Sunday brunch (and i was so confused I ordered a Mimosa rather than my normal Grand Mimosa -- but I survived somehow). We'll see what a bowl of lobster bisque and a serving of their fantabulomundo French toast will do to my waistline (note, tho, that I returned from the gym just before writing this - -it's OK to play so long as you pay for it later, right?).
This was a bit of a shopping weekend. Yesterday I headed downtown, had some coffee and watched the world walk by (more on that in a sec) and bought a couple new shirts and some new CIN 2 undies as well (not entirely work-safe link). Oh, and YAY for the sales tax holiday in DC that's going on now (not that I bought very much, but every little bit helps). Then I was back to Virginia to get some new jeans and cruise the guys at Aeropostale. Finally saw Khamla last night for the first time since getting back -- well, it was the first time he saw me...I saw him asleep on his couch one day, but the conversation was a little one-sided.
DC was just dead this weekend. Apex didn't have nearly as many people as I'm used to Friday, and really didn't start to fill up until 12:30am. Sitting downtown yesterday the coffee shop was only half full, unheard of for a saturday at that time of day. I guess a lot of people went to the beach this weekend. Or maybe they found something more productive to do than go to a club or sit around a coffee shop.
Today was a little more shopping, including a visit to Target to find some kitchen stuff (where we got chastised by a lady for crossing in front of her in the parking lot without using the crosswalk...of course, she was talking on her cell phone while driving so I don't think she needs to be giving too many safety lectures). We were going to Home Depot to get some stuff we need before next weekend's party but some of Adrian's family members wanted to come over and use the pool, so that killed our hardware store visit. I guess it'll be up to me this week to get that done.
Oh, and my car is broken again. I started putting down the driver's window and there was a nasty grinding sound from inside the door, along with the sound of glass being chewed up. Hmmmm. I've only spent about $700 on the stupid thing since getting back, what's a few hundred more???
Funny how my life now seems so much more mundane now than in the previous two months. Then again, nobody's threatening to blow me up on my daily commute (as far as I know) so I guess that's a plus. One thing I've noticed is that I'm not blogging every day now, even though I managed to keep a journal almost every day in Kabul. I'm also behind on e-mails...I don't send out very many at all. I guess in Kabul I was working in front of my computer much of the day and it was easy to take a few minutes and write something. But now that I'm back on a government network at the office I can't really use it for personal stuff, and by the time I get home I'm not in the mood for a lot of computer time. Which I think makes me lazy. But lordy, I do owe Lorraine a note, we have Harry Potter stuff to discuss.
This was a bit of a shopping weekend. Yesterday I headed downtown, had some coffee and watched the world walk by (more on that in a sec) and bought a couple new shirts and some new CIN 2 undies as well (not entirely work-safe link). Oh, and YAY for the sales tax holiday in DC that's going on now (not that I bought very much, but every little bit helps). Then I was back to Virginia to get some new jeans and cruise the guys at Aeropostale. Finally saw Khamla last night for the first time since getting back -- well, it was the first time he saw me...I saw him asleep on his couch one day, but the conversation was a little one-sided.
DC was just dead this weekend. Apex didn't have nearly as many people as I'm used to Friday, and really didn't start to fill up until 12:30am. Sitting downtown yesterday the coffee shop was only half full, unheard of for a saturday at that time of day. I guess a lot of people went to the beach this weekend. Or maybe they found something more productive to do than go to a club or sit around a coffee shop.
Today was a little more shopping, including a visit to Target to find some kitchen stuff (where we got chastised by a lady for crossing in front of her in the parking lot without using the crosswalk...of course, she was talking on her cell phone while driving so I don't think she needs to be giving too many safety lectures). We were going to Home Depot to get some stuff we need before next weekend's party but some of Adrian's family members wanted to come over and use the pool, so that killed our hardware store visit. I guess it'll be up to me this week to get that done.
Oh, and my car is broken again. I started putting down the driver's window and there was a nasty grinding sound from inside the door, along with the sound of glass being chewed up. Hmmmm. I've only spent about $700 on the stupid thing since getting back, what's a few hundred more???
Funny how my life now seems so much more mundane now than in the previous two months. Then again, nobody's threatening to blow me up on my daily commute (as far as I know) so I guess that's a plus. One thing I've noticed is that I'm not blogging every day now, even though I managed to keep a journal almost every day in Kabul. I'm also behind on e-mails...I don't send out very many at all. I guess in Kabul I was working in front of my computer much of the day and it was easy to take a few minutes and write something. But now that I'm back on a government network at the office I can't really use it for personal stuff, and by the time I get home I'm not in the mood for a lot of computer time. Which I think makes me lazy. But lordy, I do owe Lorraine a note, we have Harry Potter stuff to discuss.
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