Life Updates of a Larger Magnitude

The last 10 days rule because: *My first real hash was a great time - even with a 7 mile run. And I didn't even embarass Shakes (though I was sorely tempted to). *I remembered how to play my fiddle. (The first 2 days back from England were a little rough.) *No traveling, but instead got to UNPACK my bags. *Had a gourmet meal at a mansion on the sea. *Reger and Carla got engaged! *Regan threw a kick ass party on Saturday night. (Still waiting for Monica's scandalous pictures.) *Sunday I got to decorate my nest and break bread with friends. *Monday my softball team *almost* didn't lose! Same for my beirut team. *This week I planned all my dinners and grocery shopped on Sunday, so I've had mostly balanced meals instead of Mac N Cheese every night. (Not saying I don't love mac n cheese. I still do!) *I went to a chiropractor who made things go *pop* and then felt a thousand times better. *I got to mentor some naive undergrads who think I actually know what I'm talk...

I haven't nearly begun to get through the 477 pictures that were taken on my camera during our trip to England last week, but here's a start... Julie's wedding was absolutely perfect. I promise to give details and events and all that good stuff in the next few days, but I'm swamped with work at the moment and can't do it justice. Stay tuned!

Off to London *shoooooooooooooom* (my plane noise) [back on the 17th] in the meantime, check out my adorable niece, Grace...

I remember being a teenager and hearing people talk about "reunions" - 5 year, 10 year, 30 year... thinking "man, those people are old!" and "Why would you ever want to go a reunion of people you don't hang out with anymore? Borrrrrrrr-inggggg." Granted, in my teenage years I was still surrounded by the same people I had hung out with my entire childhood, so I couldn't fathom the fact that you might lose touch with people due to anything other than willful negligence. At that time, my little cosmos had no worn seams which allowed people to be shoved out of it due to overcrowding. Now my cosmos is indeed a little worn around the seams, and (I hate to admit) maybe slightly overcrowded... So, when I received an invitation to a 10 year Congressional Page reunion, I jumped at the chance to once again gather in those amazing people to my inner circle. It was, by all accounts, a successful weekend. The D.C. weather cooperated most willingly to hono...