Lately

Yowzahs. Are we ever behind on the blog or what? Here we are tapping on the door of July, and I still feel like we're in mid-May somewhere, imagining all the things we are going to do with our summer weekends and evenings. Today? Today we know what we are doing with each and every weekend--we are having friends in town, watching the fireworks at the Department of the Interior, going to book club, making butterbeer for a Harry Potter 7 Part 1 viewing party, celebrating birthdays, saying goodbye to the Kings and squeezing in every last drop of time with them that we can, taking our bill to the floor, and then finally, finally glorying in the reward that is August recess.

Lately we've:
* Finally, finally gone to see Wicked, which we loved. Loved-loved.


* Enjoyed a visit from George and Lynda, where we:
...ate fondue...


...took an afternoon cruise on the Potomac...


...had lunch in the dining room at the State Department...


...and celebrated the very good news that Lynda, who recently had two surgeries after doctors found cancer, just got her lab results back which indicated that there is NO cancer there anymore! Such an answer to prayer! The doctor still wanted to do chemo just to make sure it never comes back, so she started that this week.

* Found baby bunnies in our garden. I feel very uncomfortable about this. They are uber-adorable and so tiny and new...but rabbits like to devour vegetable gardens and are roundly considered pests around here. Eek.


* Got blackberries in our CSA this week and made awesome blackberry pancakes.

* Worked. A lot. I'm starting to feel unreasonably envious of people with normal jobs. We are tired all the time. Even during recess (this week) I feel like I am about to start a race when I step out of my car to go into the office--a race between my too-long to-do list and the limited hours in the day. I went to a stress management seminar specifically for LDs yesterday, and when people had to start sharing about what stresses them out, the room got palpably tense. Our appropriations bill is scheduled to start moving through the process next week, and oh, I can't wait until it is done and I can see if there really is life on the other side...

Okay, see, that wasn't so hard! At the rate we've been going here, you would think writing on the blog is a daunting task! Perhaps July will offer us a fresh start. (ha.)