Life on H Street

I am so sorry it has been so long since I blogged. Adjusting to DC may not be exactly like adjusting to Florence, Italy, but it sure has been a crazy week!

I got a job at a gym as a floor manager. It has great hours and decent pay ($9/hr). The only problem with it: I don't have anything to do, and what I do have to do takes about five minutes every hour. It'd be nice if I could read a book or play on my computer... but I actually have to act like I'm doing something for my four or six hour shift each day... with no lunch break! It's pretty awful. I also got a job at a ice cream place called Mr. Yogato, which I would personally rather work at... but they're only offering two shifts a week. :(

Besides all that business, I've been more or less figuring out a pattern to get into around here. Kyle and I have cooked a bunch which has been fun (spaghetti, fajitas and tonight pizza!), and we have a list of things to cook. He likes his internship a lot, but starting at 8 am is really taking a toll on him. He has to go to bed at 10 pm! Ugh!

We went and saw a play with our friend Julian on Memorial Day. It was a ton of fun, and we only paid $5! We also ate at a really yummy restaurant called Jaleo. The chef owns a bunch of restaurants around DC, and I think we're going to try to hit up a few more this summer.

We've officially gone through 3/4 of the NPG and American Art Museums (they're split between one building) over the course of two visits! I'll probably try to go back sometime before wednesday when my internship officially starts. I LOVE the museum though. The architecture is incredible, and I like most of the art, too! I loved the presidents gallery. It was really fun for kyle and I to walk around and see how much we knew or remembered about each president. Then the top floor of the american art museum is full of all this really weird but really awesome stuff. Most of the time I don't really like the weird stuff, but we both thought all of it was really cool and interesting. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone in the DC area!

Up this weekend: monuments, zoo, and a couple museums. and work on sunday.

I took my first gmat today. considering i didn't really put too much effort it, I thought I did okay. It's very similar to the sat, though shorter which I'm thankful for, except for these math questions that just ask you if you have enough information to answer the question, which I'm going to have to figure out how to do. I knew the rest of the math, and as usual, my verbal was pretty poor in comparison. surprise! not.

I had a dream last night that Liberty of the Seas was going for $149 a person in march 2012 and I was dying trying to get ahold of everyone to book spring break. I would really love to go on another one next year...

I feel like I've been in a transition mode for about a month now, giving my living situation and then finding a job situation and then not starting my internship until june 8th situation. Meh.

DC is nice, though already not my favorite city. The metro is clean, but that's about all that the metro can say about itself. It's definitely a working city, unlike any other city I've seen. the city goes to sleep at about 10 pm, and you only every see people in business attire or bums. And that's it.

Oh! I made of list of things to do this summer... It's 48 numbers long. We'll see how many I get around to doing! Knocking out a whole bunch of memorials tonight! At least most of it is free.

That's all for now. I'll probably write again this weekend or early next week.

Ciao!

Becca