I’m back, well not quite. Back home in St. Louis that is, I’ll be in Illinois in just a few days now. But I’ve returned to my hometown in St. Louis, MO and it has been slightly more eventful than expected. In fact just this afternoon I went on a date. Okay, maybe it was to PetSmart…with my dog, but there were kisses involved. Although, I was a little uncomfortable when he went around kissing literally everyone else in the store, but you take what you can get.
Although home is great, I can’t help but feel that DC is calling me back. Just yesterday on my way to my three hour haircut (yea…ask me later) I drove right behind a car with a DC license plate. What were they doing in St. Louis? I’m not sure but I have my suspicions they were beckoning me back to Washington the land of “taxation with no representation” or perhaps they were calling me away from the three hour haircut that awaited me. Either way I took a fuzzy picture on my phone-camera out of sheer excitement that someone drove all the way from DC and was there right in front of me.
Other happenings include visits with my St. Louis friends and family including two seders where I had to read the four questions at both. For those of you who don’t know on Passover the youngest child at the table reads the infamous “Four Questions” asking essentially why this night is different from all others. Well for the past 19 or so years I have not been the youngest child, but someone cough* Ben decided not to show up to our seder this year and the duty was left to me. Thankfully years of Jewish day school and a fantastically sharp memory allowed me to excel at the task. But actually it went fine despite my nerves about singing in public.
Friends, kisses, and lots of home-cooked food. O how have I forgot?! I don’t know if any of you have heard but umm the “Hunger Games” are really good company. I’m currently on Chapter 21 and must get back. Reading it actually makes me feel grateful for the meager stipend I have to live off of in DC and although I was so into the vegetarian thing for awhile, the whole hunting gathering lifestyle just sounds so glamorous right now. I know glamorous!!! Katniss just has that effect I guess. Ciao and happy holidays!
