One day, just maybe, I'll update this thing with some sort of frequency. Unfortunately, since my life shows absolutely no signs of slowing down in the near future, it is doubtful.
Anyways, where to even begin? So much has happened between that cold day in mid-January and this mugg-tastic day in mid-July. Firstly, I lived through two blizzards (read that, TWO) in the space of a week. That's more than I've seen since 1998, and I'm from New England. Where blizzards are supposed to happen. I got to experience first-hand exactly how poorly equipped the DC metro region is to deal with snow, and just how long you have to sit in your 650 sq ft apartment before you go absolutely stir crazy. Even now, six months later, I still never want to see snow again. Please, gods of winter, hear my plea: NO SNOW THIS WINTER.
That pretty much wraps up February...with the exception of the snow, it was boring and uneventful. As was March. Except in March I went home and had a bit of a BUHS reunion. Which was excellent, as was the food at Sunset Cantina. Dear Owners of Sunset: If you ever read this, please become a chain and build a Cantina next to my house in DC. I miss the nachos. K, thanks. March was a good month.
Then came April, where for a second an oil rig blew up and there was a huge mess in the Gulf of Mexico. Oh wait. Thats still an issue. BP is just the best company out there, aren't they? I fail to see how precautionary measure weren't inherent in the building/use of off-shore oil rigs. For what else don't we have a contingency plan? I'm not sure I want an answer to that question! Other than the oil explosion of doom, April was also uneventful. I finished up my internship and then proceeded to go through NMAH withdrawal (it still hasn't ended) and successfully finished class. I didn't die either. I think thats an accomplishment in and of itself. I was sure Frank's class might bring about my demise.
May was also low key. I wrote papers, had a week to fake relax, because it wasn't a break at all, and then started my first summer class. In true GW fashion, it was absolutely interesting, riveting, the best class I could ever imagine! Right...not so much. It was actually pedantic, theory-based, and utterly unimpressive. Hi, if we are going to talk about the development of culture in early America, shouldn't we study examples of the culture developing instead of, or at least concurrent with, studying how or why culture develops? Apparently not in the world of GW american studies. Or at least that class.
Then, at the end of May my parents showed up AND Amelia moved in. Hooray! She's out of HOVA. She can cook! We can sit on the couch and watch hockey games together! Hooray! We had an awkward week of dance-around-the-extra-person-in-the-apartment and then Jenna mosied her way to CA for her internship and life. I miss Jenna :( Then it was my birthday and I worked, worked, worked, and then all of a sudden, June ended.
And July came. And quite honestly, July has been hot as balls. Please, let me repeat myself: hot as balls. It's been nasty. There's nothing like getting up, showering, and getting dressed, only to walk to the metro and realize you are in need of yet another shower because you stink to high heavens and are soaking through your clothes. Ok, maybe it wasn't that bad. Oh wait, it was. Last time I checked, DC, you weren't Florida nor are you situated near the Equator. SO STOP. At least its cooled down some, even though it is now muggy and gross. I'm not sure which I dislike more. IS THERE ANY WEATHER I ACTUALLY AM COMFORTABLE IN? I'm starting to think the answer to that is no. I miss spring/fall, even though my allergies are beastly. But, I've started my second class which is, in typical Martha fashion, a lot of busy work and fairly easy/interesting. I think I like this online thing. Or at least living under the illusion that I don't actually have class (except I do).
I'm going home next week. And then to a beach. Where I can get a tan (read: sunburn). I cannot wait. DC is too far inland for me. And sorry, people, the Potomac does NOT count as a waterfront, even if they have crab shacks. Yum.
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