Saw my sister-in-law and niece off this morning, after they popped down for the holiday weekend ( Read more... )

Work continued with the ass kicking today. I'm going to have to knuckle down and punch things out faster and/or just be better in general about getting back to folks or my office is going to continue to get pounded. It's bad enough the head of the BGA hates the lawyers, but it's filtering down to the rest of the staff as well. And we're a very ( Read more... )

The cult co-op's annual meeting wasn't so bad. The usual suspects got up and spouted their insanties, and we got through it without a lot of other nonsense. Of course, they started half an hour late, and we barely had quorum, but hey. I did finish a baby sock, got back to the apartment all excited about it, only to realize that when I did the first ( Read more... )

I must be mellowing in my old age; I went to a Superbowl party at a neighbor's apartment, actually watched large segments of the game, and didn't hate it. Made veggie chili which was well received, even if it was a last minute "OMG, I totally forgot that I need to cook something for the party and what can I scramble together out of the cabinets" ( Read more... )

Got the boys on their way just now. A quick, but fun visit with them.

When they were on their way here yesterday I asked Kelrick which cuisine he'd like, and got back an enthusiastic "Indian!" in response. Dragged them up to Adams Morgan and one of my favorite restaurants, Jyoti, where we all managed to quickly inhale a good appetizer sampler and ( Read more... )

Friday was a glorious day off. I biked to get new running shoes, a new biking jacket/vest (convertible!), lunch with J, and new tubes for the blown one I had to replace on the way out the door.

Dinner ended up being liquid bread, aka lotsa beer, at Nellie’s and then Cobalt (birthday of a neighbor dragged me out for once). Ran into Don, who I really ( Read more... )

Yesterday? Pretty much a waste. Between the heat, humidity, and the urchins I slept hardly at all, so was just in a daze for most of the day. Lots of mindless Xbox play, reading, and eventually some knitting and TV watching.

Today, on the other hand, I feel like I’ve biked half of DC. At least I biked the southern half. It was the first ride for ( Read more... )

Spoke with management this morning, they’re tired of the smoke, too, so it’s now getting packaged up to send off to the cult’s co-op’s attorney for action. I can say I’d not be upset if they moved, or were forced to move. That is an advantage of a co-op, if someone is truly obnoxious as a member, they can be expelled (in effect forced to sell). ( Read more... )

My bedroom is currently airing out because the cigarette smoke from my downstairs neighbor is back. Joy!
View this post at the Glen.

The natives are restless tonight. It's the usual pre-July 4th firecracker week here in DC and they've been going off sporadically all night. My favorite was just a few minutes ago, an explosion so loud that I lost hearing for a couple of seconds, even here inside my apartment (with the windows open). I can only imagine what it did to the kids who ( Read more... )