A REAL Journey

I have to say before I start that I'm ready for bed, and we'll both sleep one of the greatest sleeps ever tonight! Sleep has become an extremely cherished period of time, being that we're always SO busy with things. Take today for example. We woke up at 7am and shoveled snow/scattered salt for two hours (made $30), ate a quick breakfast, went back to sleep until 11:30, then dressed for a mild winter afternoon and took off for lunch. We decided to use one of our recently awarded free large pizzas from Papa Johns, and the 3.21 miles (mapquest) seemed well worth the trip. Being Brett and Sean, we walked instead of taking the metro. Florida Avenue is a diagonal street running almost directly into Papa Johns, but we kept zig-zagging, not knowing for sure if we were going the right way. Well, 6+ miles later we found Papa Johns, enjoyed the BEST pizza EVER (given the toil), and started home on the right path, which sensably took us half the time. Sean brought up how many of our DC experiences thus far will allow for future father-son "When I was a kid" stories, involving our ENDLESS walks in the cold weather. It isn't all roses here. After our 10 mile excursion, we were exhausted and hungry, so we made ourselves another meal and went to class. Being a wednesday, class was directly followed by setting the tables, eating, and 3 hours of dishwashing ($32 more). We FINALLY made it into our second home (the weight room), and managed to finish shortly before midnight. Following one last meal, we are both very excited for some sleep once again!
Sean begins his work week tomorrow. Sadly, he had to take monday and tuesday off, since he must take an all-inclusive business trip to Richmond, Virginia - simply meaning free travel and food. In my first weekend alone, I'm excited to say I'll be able to get lots of reading done! We just got our syllabus for the next five weeks and there aren't many words to describe it. At this we discussed switching to pass/fail, which really isn't possible but was exciting to imagine. Last Sunday we attended church in the lower level of Union Station which was VERY good, and will likely be our church "home" for the next few months. Monday night we sadly watched the greatest NBA team of '07 lose a tough battle to a worthy opponent. We had some tickets to see the Sonics take on the Wizards, which was a decent game until the Wizards realized who they were playing in the 4th quarter and took away any remaining hope. And that about sums up our week thus far. We're excited for our trip to Pittsburgh next weekend, and another free pizza for dinner tomorrow night. We'll try to take a few more pictures, thanks for the comments!