My niece, A, is thoroughly excited about tomorrow's race, but right now Uncle Moose is Uncle Meanie; I made her go brush her teeth ( Read more... )

Today... sucked. There's no two ways about it. It just sucked.

From the moment I walked in the door I was in meetings or running crazy trying to pin things down for the budget office and didn't get a break until 3:30-ish, at which point I ate a Clif Bar, and then got back to the craziness. Now, understand, I always eat lunch. Without fail. I have ( Read more... )

Lovely spot of snow out there this morning. And unlike the last batch, when it was melting minutes after finishing falling, this stuff will be sticking around a few days, if the weather report is any indication. Pretty ( Read more... )

Was going over my goals for this next year, athletics wise, and part of the exercise was to identify what I thought my three biggest weaknesses were. After some time thinking, I identified ( Read more... )

Had my monthly haircut this evening, so texted Brian and headed out to dinner with him and Jhim. Was good to see them both, and good to get out. I've been lying low here in SW DC, mainly because money is a tad tight right now, so eating in or eating cheap are the preferred modes for food. Simple food has also been my preference at home because of ( Read more... )

As much as I love what I do (most days), I really hate the end of the federal fiscal year ( Read more... )

Not been wanting to write much of late. Had a lot of things going on, personally, and no real desire to share them with the world at large ( Read more... )

It looked as if I had killed the Scarecrow in my living room ( Read more... )

I might lose a toenail. I'm not sure yet, but the Little Piggy Who Stayed Home on my right foot got rather testy in the last 5 minutes of my 2 hour run today. Hasn't turned black or anything, but it's definitely not happy with me.

After the run I dragged lioncub with me to City Lights for some much needed protein (mmm, tofu...). Was pleasant, both the ( Read more... )

I'm in the process of putting an offer in on a co-op apartment down in southwest DC, near the Waterfront Metro station. Nothing quite like contemplating more than doubling my debt load (after student loans) in one fell swoop. Thank heavens for the tax benefits that come along with mortgage interest payments in this country ( Read more... )