Loving the DC Life!!!

Today started out as nothing extraordinary. Breakfast, read a book ("I Survived Rumbuli", an amazing story of one woman's survival during the Holocaust), played on Facebook (I am hooked on FarmVille and playing with my virtual SuperPoke frog), read some magazines (which are finally being forwarded), tried (again) to remind The Washington Post that I'm supposed to be Sunday-Only delivery (haven't gotten one on a Sunday yet, but got yesterday's and today's)... you know, the minutae of everyday life.
Then my friend Anthonette (she's a second-year Fellow) called and invited me to dinner. I drove to her place (she doesn't have a car here, and her neighborhood is WAY cooler anyway - she lives in the Eastern Market area where I buy the awesome ravioli & went to the flea market last weekend) and we walked to Kyoto, a sushi place near her apartment. Wasn't the best sushi I've ever had, but was inexpensive and filling. Then we drove to the mall (not one I'd been to before) for a little shopping - I'm trying to conserve money a little until my first stipend check arrives, but who can resist FOUR totally work-appropriate shirts from Gap for $26 (no, that wasn't a typo: 4 Gap shirts for $26!!!)?
The ride back to her place was super-exciting; the Nationals (our baseball team) won their home game tonight, so we got an incredible view of some awesome fireworks as we were driving over the bridge (with the Washington Monument in the foreground... how awesome is THAT?!?). We're going to hang out again tomorrow; maybe catch a movie or something.
Just LOVING life here in DC! I cannot wait to start my fellowship; T-11 days and counting!