A Broad Abroad: A Night of Junk Food

Hallo All.

I learned a few things today. Days of self revelations are quite satisfying but depending on the nature of the enlightenment, can be saddening as well. I woke up early and happy, ready to start the day at work. Went to work and met a Bronco from '93 working here and that was cool, she advised that I get linkedin or something like that, then ate, went to class and it was an absolutely wonderful class. Our guest speaker talked about Islam and Science, Islam and Liberalism, and the controversy over what calendars to use.

The class was engaging and I wrote notes and not once was I tired! I talked to the speaker after class and then he called me Lub-e. There is no p in Arabic so I guess I am forthwith known as Lub-e. Jess called me Lube, as in Jiffy Lube. Great. Awesome.

After that I realized that I hate money with a passion. Its so great when I actually have it, and/or am working and can spend money without guilt, but this not having money and whole school bill thing is getting old real fast. When I don't have money im okay with not spending, and wish I had money because I would spend it on expensive things, and then when I have money i don't want to spend it because said expensive things are way too expensive and I just never have ENOUGH money. No matter what. Money makes the world go round, and makes people go crazy. People like me. Anyway, I'm glad I have my family, when all else fails my family will continue to be my bulwark. So I am appreciating them now.

Then Lauren came over to play scrabble with Amalee and I and then we all, with Lily went to eat frozen yogurt and watch Going the Distance. It was sooo good! Haha, I laughed so much at one point that my eyes were tearing. I never laugh so much that I cry. Ever. So that was pretty funny.

Frozen Yogurt, Cali and Pink Lemonade

Then because we were hungry and needed to pee, we all went to Adams Morgan to try and look for fun because it was only 9 on a Friday. Lily makes the smart decision to not go with us. Lauren, Amalee and I get off, pimp out Amalee to ask for directions and walk from the Andre Morgan* metro stop to Dupont Circle Metro stop. I realized that I am a very delusional young romantic. And I lamented the delusion while I simultaneously said 'oh well, such is life.' We walk some more. We finally get to Johnny Rockets but they are closed, at this point its 10:45 and we are tired from walking in the humidity, hungry and our bladder is fairly giving us infections. Then we see Five Guys and go in. Order. And taste a bit of hamburger heaven.

Thats my bacon hamburger...oh so good....

The cajun fries are so delectable...and the double patty and bacon burger with pickles and BBQ sauce is just about the best thing I have ever eaten. Seriously. Apparently one Five Guys just opened at home. Oh the calories I inhaled. I seriously didnt even chew, I inhaled. I said goodbye to the last little morsel of hamburger....anyway...we had a whole bunch of fries left, so we just put them in Amalee's bag and made our merry way to the metro.Metro ride is good except for the fact that the train takes forever!

"I have fries in my tummy and in my bag" -Amalee.

I am tempted to eat some fries in the train but I don't want to get in trouble so I curb my appetite until I get to my room. We get off the metro and then see about a majillion billion students from our programs that are just getting onto the metro, and make a realization. That we are all on our way back to campus at 11:35 while every one else is just getting ready to leave. That is sad but I don't care, I needed to update my blog. See this is more important than going out late at night! (who am I kidding? I was just too tired to go out, and I felt like I would rather be reading rather than get a bit toasty and spend my night getting more sweaty than I already was. Really.

Those?! Oh... well... we don't have
anywhere else to hang 'em...

Anyway, I wasn't quite ready to go to sleep and I didn't want to waste a solid makeup day so I did the thing you arent supposed to do: I took about a katrillion pics using photo booth. I don't care because in the one picture with me holding my yogurt I look nastyy! These aren't much better, except I just kept going, my roommates were asleep so I only had one light one but I wasn't embarrassed to look like an idiot! And it was fun because I was able to delete about a million pics that I didn't like!

That is all for now. It hit me that my days coasting it here are almost over. My internship will start soon and I don't think I will be as free as I am now. Also, I have to write a 30-45 page research paper in the next 14 weeks...and while thats not tooooooo bad, I know myself. Also, I won't be able to read as much. And that's just sad. On a separate note, I think I am going to the gym tomorrow. I avoided the chocolate cake today and instead went for grapes smothered in yogurt. But then I succumbed to the hamburger...oh dear.

Peace.