Oh! To be an adult again ...

Saturday night I had a staff meeting at 7am, worked until 6:30 pm and then drove the 2.5 hours to Washington D.C. for 24 hours of semi-normalcy. Somehow, getting into D.C. is always blundered and confusing to me. The two trips that I have made into D.C. as an adult and driving I have gotten lost. I have no idea how I arrived at Levi's apartment but all of a sudden a took a very frustrated turn and there it was. Somehow both times departing the city has been smooth and required no directions or maps. But I digress.

Levi and I had an amazing Sunday. We got to be adults, we got to be normal, and it reminded both of us how much we miss living together and having an adult life. Although sleeping two adults on one single width bed has left us both sore it was nice to wake up next to him. After getting up we heading up to Capital Hill to the markets, grabbed a vendor hotdog (there is no better kind) and picked up all the fixins for a huge organic salad (for less than $7.00!). The walk through the city, I think mostly because it involved no driving, was beautiful and calming. It is always impressive to be walking down a street of restored brownstones and turn a corner to face the dome of the Senate or see the Washington Monument peaking over the trees. Eventually, errands complete, we returned to the apartment and took a nap - the best kind of sleep on a Sunday afternoon. Through paperwork, conversation, music, dinner, and tv our evening ended and I departed. The 2.5 hour drive home was tolerable and without real incident (but led to a numb rearend and sore-er shoulders).

Today I work, and will probably be up to the wee hours of the morning completely assignments for tomorrow. Le Sigh ...