Snow Days, Spring Time, and Hockey

So this weather is getting stranger and stranger. Today was another snow day - the second one we have had this month. Two years ago I was in Chicago on St. Patrick's day and I wore shorts and a T-shirt all day because it was in the 70's. That was Chicago! This is DC where winter is supposed to be shorter and spring a lot nicer. As annoying as it is that the weather is still not warm, it was nice to be able to have a relaxing day of working from home. I got stuff done, but I also took a break and went shopping with some of the ladies I live with for while in the afternoon. I realized that it had been a long time since I had gone shopping with a group of girls and we had a lot of fun looking at fun outfits and picking out a few new items each. I am really excited about my new comfy, over-sized sweater. I also got pants with a pattern on them which is really not me, but I figure, I'm young, why not?

Just two days ago (Saturday) I went on a long walk down to the National Mall because it was so nice out. I really enjoyed the walk. It is right at 2 miles from my house to the mall. I took my time and just enjoyed the weather. It was great to not have an agenda or feel rushed to be doing something. Turns out there are some really cool churches tucked away between the buildings of the city. Here are a few:

I think this red door against the white church is really cool. Also it is an interesting contrast against the building surrounding it.

Last Saturday Corey treated me and Cara to a couple of tickets to see the Capitals take on the Coyotes. It was a fun game and we came back from a 0-2 deficit in the third period to win the game.

After the game we were going to go grab a bite and a drink, but decided that making a fire at home and roasting marshmallows would be better. Then we thought about it and decided that roasting peeps would be even better. Turns out that the wood we have was all too wet to burn properly, but we each managed to get one peep roasted before we ran out of dry-ish wood.

They were really tasty! I mean with the extra sugar, how could they not be?

Longest Winter Ever!

This winter just wont end! Last year in February we had consistent 50* days. Sure it got cold at night, but I was never tempted to wear my big winter coat to work the entire month. In fact I believe last winter I wore that big thing a total of maybe 10 days. Now it is March and Monday we had a snow day. There was ice under around 6-10" of snow depending on where you were in the area. I know you mid-westerners scoff at such conditions, but here they really don't have the equipment to deal with that snow and ice. We did have one normal February day on the 22nd. I happened to be on a Saturday so a bunch of us went to the Mall for the afternoon.

Alisha joined us for snacks and Frisbee

This is Ben, Grace's fiance. He was a little rusty. 

The sunset and the Capital at sunset are for you Mom.

Right as we were getting ready to go we saw this fox wandering around. No idea where it came from or what it was doing, but it was just on the lawn in front of the Museum of American History.

So that was the one day of spring. Three days later I left my house to head to work and this was our front garden. Currently it is even deeper (after the snow on Monday). 

In order to break up some of the monotony of winter Keith and Erica hosted a murder mystery dinner on Saturday. We were all given characters ahead of time (I was Cleptopatra) the light fingered Queen of the Nile. Everyone else was a roman. It was a box set complete with character profile booklets and a CD with background music. It was a lot of fun and we all enjoyed on another's costumes. 

I apologize that this post was so long delayed I hope all the pictures helped make up for it. I feel like I am constantly busy, but I am not exactly sure what it is that is keeping me so busy these days. Corey is enjoying London and feeling pretty well acquainted with the city. Because of the time difference we don't have much time to talk during the week (only over my lunch breaks, when I get them) so we try to talk on weekends. I am flying out on the 28th to see him and I am sure it will be great! We are going to spend one weekend in Dublin so that should be pretty awesome. 

Also coming up: Marlinda and Mom visit me! They are actually going to be here for the beginning of the Cherry Blossom Festival so they get to be part of the first wave of the new tourist season. I just hope it really is spring by then!