an update on hell...

just found out that the HVAC in my office is going to be out for a week!!! the building management's contingency plan??? every group of 4 cubes gets a fan... lol... great, so we get to circulate hot, stinky air all day...

on a side note, i thought guys stopped stinking after college... hmmm, guess i was wrong...

and three cheers for the Senate for squashing that silly marriage amendment bill!!! although, i guess that means james is going to go ahead with his quest to find a man, and not marry me... oh well... we'd probably end up divorcing over a fight for closet space or something... LOL...

i think i'm in hell...

seriously... the digital thermometer on my desk said 90 degrees at 4:07 pm today... and it's been above 80 since 11:00 am... this is torture... maybe they suspect someone of being a spy, and are trying to sweat them out...

sheesh!

i'm goin' home...

pictures of West Baden Springs Hotel

The past two weeks...

... were pretty awesome! I so enjoyed having christopher around... the smile on his face when i picked him up at the airport made me melt... and then we were off to a super nice hotel for the evening (have i mentioned Marriott's have the best beds ever???)... we lounged around for a bit, and just relaxed... the next day, we went to the annex of the Air & Space Museum at Dulles... it was pretty cool... i liked the space shuttle best of all... chris has pictures on his blog if you'd like to see more...

the next couple of days i had to work... chris occupied himself while i counted down the minutes till i could go home each day... one night, he made me a really fantastic dinner... he even picked up some flowers too! *swoon*

then we were off to indiana!!! one day, we went to the French Lick area to tour the West Baden Springs Hotel... it's an old (from the "Roaring 20s") hotel that is being refurbished and will open to the public in June of 2007... from the first time i layed eyes on the hotel (five years ago), i was in love... and it's more beautiful on the inside than i ever imagined... *** I tried loading pictures but blogger is being super slow about it, i'll try again later***

chris's cousin's wedding was nice too... and the reception was so much fun... i had a great time dancing, and being silly... the cookout/get-together the next day was fun too... i played ultimate frisbee, and pretended to be a vegitarian bear... the weather was perfect for being outside... a little on the hot side, but i lived...

the last few days in indiana were relaxing... no real plans, just doing as we pleased... and then it was time to come back to DC...

the plane ride back was interesting... well, the landing part anyway... we didn't exactly end up where we were supposed to be... but at least everything turned out okay... as we were coming in for our landing at Reagan, i noticed we suddenly started going back up... we flew around for a bit, and the pilot came on and said we had an indication that there could be a problem with the landing gear, so we would have to go to another airport to do a low pass so they could visually check it out... after we made the pass at Dulles, and got the "all clear" the pilot decided that's where we would land, as the emergency crews were already waiting for us... the landing was one of the smoothest i've ever had... i was kind of hoping we'd get to use the slides to exit the plane, but since everything was alright, we had to use the stairs... oddly enough, about an hour after we landed, another plane came into that same airport without the front landing gear down! the emergency crews were certainlyl seeing a lot of action that night...

the next day, chris and i slept in, and just lounged around some more before i had to take him to the airport... it was sad saying good-bye, knowing that i won't see him again till September, or maybe later depending on the whole new job thing... but life is back to usual now... work is boring, and i'm ready for the weekend...

coming down...

i'm coming down from that wonderful "high" i've had for a couple of weeks now... christopher is on a plane back to england, and, as usual, i'm a little sad... it's okay... i'll be seeing him again in a couple of months... and we had a GREAT time!!! seeing his family was awesome, and the wedding was really fun... i didn't want to leave indiana...

i'll post more tomorrow about the trip (and maybe even some pictures)... right now it's time for bed... *sigh* it still smells like chris... maybe that will make me sleep better...