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mandolinHighly enjoyable couple of days, and I've been a bit busy. (Reminder, all friends from college are noted by their nicknames.)
Thursday night, D---- spent the night and we went downtown to visit her Mom (who's had to attend classes in B-more all week) and went out to dinner. It was an interesting trip into town; since it was smack in the middle of rush hour when I got out of my class and we met up, we decided to take Route 40 all the way into town. We almost made it the whole way until we hit the Fleet St. turnoff and I got in the wrong lane, but other than that we made it just fine. Must remember this alternative for Otakon 2005 if monsoon season strikes again. Dinner was nice and so was the weather, and we stopped in the Barnes & Noble and I used the last of my gift card on the third Courtney Crumrin TPB. Very nice night, and we crashed at my place and miraculously got out the door and got her to the airport and me to work by 6:45 the next morning.
Saturday, met up with Pain, Pestilence and War (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jennies) at the Metro to take Pain's little one, J, to the National Zoo. Well, that, and bringing along the two-year-old gave us an excuse not to be mature. Despite a bit of running late and a braindead moment with the Metro fare cards (only I would get the card stuck in the "out" slot!), it was a lovely outing, thanks to the weather and the fact that J really enjoyed it and only had one snit the whole time. The video camera was put to good use, and my quote book got fleshed out a bit:
"I want to go to the monkey house!"
"You really miss your husband, don't you?"
"I'm telling him you said that."
"You say worse to him on a daily basis!"
"What are you talking about? I'm the perfect wife - demure, normal, quiet..."
(hysterical laughter)
(reading a sign)
"'Beware of GLTs.' Giant Land Tomatoes?"
"J___, look at the monkey!"
(J looks over at Pain)
"Not Mommy, monkey!"
(Desperately trying to change a diaper in a corner of the bird house)
"Move along, move along, this isn't an exhibit."
"You're a heavy child! And I can say that because you're young enough for it not to incur emotional trauma."
(back at the ranch, trying to get the little one's PJs on)
"It never fails - when you're running around naked, the pizza guy shows up."
So we left the zoo around 4, with all of us dead tired, and took the Metro back and crashed at Pestilence and Vengeance's place, ate pizza and watched DVDs and I drove Pain home. Lots of fun, although I didn't get back until very late.
Sunday afternoon was spent with Mom - we went out to lunch, hit a few stores, and just got to hang out. Which is nice, especially since I haven't gone to visit in a while. (I haven't had time.) Mom, if you have trouble logging into LJ one afternoon to see friends-locked entries, call me, okay?
And now it's after 10, and I need to be at work by 6:30. Yay. Wish me luck. :)
Thursday night, D---- spent the night and we went downtown to visit her Mom (who's had to attend classes in B-more all week) and went out to dinner. It was an interesting trip into town; since it was smack in the middle of rush hour when I got out of my class and we met up, we decided to take Route 40 all the way into town. We almost made it the whole way until we hit the Fleet St. turnoff and I got in the wrong lane, but other than that we made it just fine. Must remember this alternative for Otakon 2005 if monsoon season strikes again. Dinner was nice and so was the weather, and we stopped in the Barnes & Noble and I used the last of my gift card on the third Courtney Crumrin TPB. Very nice night, and we crashed at my place and miraculously got out the door and got her to the airport and me to work by 6:45 the next morning.
Saturday, met up with Pain, Pestilence and War (
jennies) at the Metro to take Pain's little one, J, to the National Zoo. Well, that, and bringing along the two-year-old gave us an excuse not to be mature. Despite a bit of running late and a braindead moment with the Metro fare cards (only I would get the card stuck in the "out" slot!), it was a lovely outing, thanks to the weather and the fact that J really enjoyed it and only had one snit the whole time. The video camera was put to good use, and my quote book got fleshed out a bit:"I want to go to the monkey house!"
"You really miss your husband, don't you?"
"I'm telling him you said that."
"You say worse to him on a daily basis!"
"What are you talking about? I'm the perfect wife - demure, normal, quiet..."
(hysterical laughter)
(reading a sign)
"'Beware of GLTs.' Giant Land Tomatoes?"
"J___, look at the monkey!"
(J looks over at Pain)
"Not Mommy, monkey!"
(Desperately trying to change a diaper in a corner of the bird house)
"Move along, move along, this isn't an exhibit."
"You're a heavy child! And I can say that because you're young enough for it not to incur emotional trauma."
(back at the ranch, trying to get the little one's PJs on)
"It never fails - when you're running around naked, the pizza guy shows up."
So we left the zoo around 4, with all of us dead tired, and took the Metro back and crashed at Pestilence and Vengeance's place, ate pizza and watched DVDs and I drove Pain home. Lots of fun, although I didn't get back until very late.
Sunday afternoon was spent with Mom - we went out to lunch, hit a few stores, and just got to hang out. Which is nice, especially since I haven't gone to visit in a while. (I haven't had time.) Mom, if you have trouble logging into LJ one afternoon to see friends-locked entries, call me, okay?
And now it's after 10, and I need to be at work by 6:30. Yay. Wish me luck. :)
