Wow, the last week has been a blur. My best friend was in town Tuesday through yesterday, I haven’t been at work since last Wednesday, and I have consumed an unholy amount of alcohol and rich food.
Lest you think I’m a total waste, I do have the Four Accomplishments of the Wasteful Time:
- I took my friend, the Boy, and the Boy’s little brother to most amazing place on the Mall, the Freer-Sackler Gallery. Hooray for DC’s free culture! The Freer is my favorite Smithsonian and home to the Peacock Room. I recommend it if you’re ever in town.
- I finally got rid of my hateful T-mobile phone (by accidentally hurling it to the ground. dead sober. yeah, there were two pitchers of margaritas shortly thereafter, but the phone died whilst I was sober.) and T-mobile plan. Now I have Verizon*, and I can talk in the metro like all the cool kids!
- I started knitting “Heart” from page 7 of the Knitty Special Fall Breast Cancer Edition. I am wildly impressed with my skillz**.
- I made and froze 10 cups of chicken stock. Making chicken stock is the most ingenious thing ever. You just boil it all day long and clearly you cannot leave the house, because Hello! The stove is on! So you have no choice but to sit on the couch all day, and yet, you are productive. Making chicken stock might be my new hobby.
I hope everyone had a happy and safe New Year’s. I had a tame one, but yet still managed to be drunk enough to fall asleep on the metro. Luckily, the Boy stayed awake and got me up for our stop. We make a good team.
*This new plan is a joint plan, with the Boy. For two years. I don’t know what terrifies me more, a 2-year commitment to the Boy or the 2-year commitment to Verizon. But here I am.
**It took me two false starts and to be honest it’s not as pretty as the one in the picture, but my skillz are increasing with practice. I’m sending it to an orphan, anyways, she better be grateful!
i’m impressed w/ your knitting skillz…that’s an impressive looking scarf. I am currently perfecting my basic hat-making skillz, and am not ready for such fanciness yet. glad you had a good weekend.
I think a 2-yr commitment to a boy is scary - the architect & I still haven’t combined our cell plans, even though we talk to each other more than anyone else (I am comfortable w/ my commitment to Verizon, though).
The things we do for our animals… And thanks for the recommendation on the Freer-Sackler gallery! It looks very interesting, I think I’ll pay it a visit soon!
The Freer is my FAVORITE place in DC!
Happy New Year!