my new PILLOW!

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Mommy and me at G-Dub (I HATE that name)

Updates

This is a blanket apology to those I love and have left behind...in California, that is. I have been unable...NOT unwilling...to make the calls I so desperately wish to make to you all. The time difference, for one, puts a horrendous strain on my ability to reach you. And the length of my work day and extreme hours of availability seal the no-communication deal.

Life if pretty hectic...so hectic, in fact, that my schoolwork is taking a back seat for the first time in...FOREVER... I get up at 7am, work until 6pm then go to school. Friday nights and Saturdays are the only days I have to myself...

Anyway, here's some pics from last Friday night, and then Sunday when Mommy and I went about the town.

...In the routine of things

Good Sunday morning. I got up early this morning and cleaned...it felt good to clean, actually. The sun is bright here and I couldn't ask for better weather. My friend and coworker is meeting me at the Metro for church this morning and then I think we will have lunch up on the roof. I will probably take some more pictures to post. I need to go to the store to find something to make for lunch. Any suggestions?

School started this week, and I'm already feeling the full weight of full time/full time work and school. That's okay... I work best under that kind of strain.

Anyway, I felt that it was time to post something new. I am looking forward to going to Nashville for Thanksgiving. I keep hearing how beautiful Tennessee is all year round. Southern and rural and bountiful and rich and beautiful. It is very lovely here, too, except not having a car prohibits me from taking advantage of this new countryside. I keep hearing about New England from my roomates, and I want to see that region as well.

So take care. Love, Juliet

Cocktail Hour

Last night we were sitting in the apartment, wondering what to do about the Ernesto storm that hung over DC all day. The storm was crazy and ruined my umbrella by bending it backwards, sideways and every which way. So it was impossible to leave the apartment with a shelter from the storm. We got antsy anyway and went out and got pounded by Ernesto. When we got back, our neighbors popped over and asked us to attend their cocktail party. They live not even five steps from our door, so of course we obliged and dressed up and attended. It was so fun. It was a surprise party, and all of the attendees were GW grad students, half from the Medical School, the other half were speech pathology M.A. students. They were friendly and kind and it was fun.

Today is errand day. I'm gonna look for a door for my room, get hangers and a clothes hamper. Love you all. Bye

NEW ROOMIES!!!

Go NATS!

Last night, my roommate Loren scored four free tickets to a Washington Nationals game. She was eavesdropping on some guys at work, and interjected on behalf of all of us. She is the most major sports fanatic I've ever met, and she's an itsy bitsy five-foot-nothing with a huge, bubbly personality. It was lots of fun. (Loren is the one with glasses). Amanda is the one with beautiful green eyes and freckles and red hair, and Megan is the lovely brunette with the sweet smile.

At every game, the "presidents" come out for a running race. There is Teddy Roosevelt, Lincoln, and Washington, with two others I couldn't figure out. It was hysterical. Anyway, off to work now. Love you all.

The Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, and war memorials

My room with all my bedding and this is part of the Potomac trail that I took to walk to the Lincoln Memorial, the Korean and the Vietnam war memorials

You can see the glass memorial to fallen reporters. This is Liberty, the statue that sits on top of the capitol. And signs from the womens suffrage movement. i think the signs are funny

At the freedom park, there are outdoor memorials to different periods and scenarios of freedom. The first female statue was placed in Tienenman Square in Red China representing liberty and justice. The ballot box was the first fair election in the history of south africa and when nelson mandela got elected as the first democratically elected president, and first black president in South Africa after the apartheid. There is a felled statue of beheaded Lenin. What else? Oh yeah, the boat that got people from Cuba to the safety of America.

There is this thing literally twenty steps from the apartment door called Freedom Park. It is a newseum, actually. You can interpret what that means for yourself. It is right next to the huge huge ABC news building in Rosslyn. There is a big glass memorial to all newpaper and news anchors that have been killed in reporting about freedom. Their biggest attraction is the big display of the Berlin wall. you can see the big chunks of the wall and the famous photos.

White House Tours

Yes. People were taking a tour on these thingeys. Weird, huh. Are we so lazy that we can't walk?
And, of course, the white house. Much less impressive than I thought. It is such a matte white. It's rather dull. Some British spectators who were walking behind me declared that the Queen has the better bargain. Although I've never seen Buckingham, I am tempted to agree. And she gets to keep it.