apologies

Many many apologies for the time since the last post. Many things have changed since the first of March, most favorably the weather! Today we enjoyed our walk to church in the 65 degree weather, just below yesterday's 75... Our 'spring break' as our program pathetically calls it has been quite an enjoyable time here in DC. Our possible trips to Philly and Chicago both gave way due to conflicting schedules so we enjoyed a few of the cities offerings instead.
Looking back for a quick recap, Sunday night was the night our procrastination ended. Our papers were due monday - final draft tuesday - so we decided Sunday night would be a good time to pump them out. However, with 45+ sources it is difficult to write a 5 page, double-spaced paper on such a complex debate. It ended up being a little more time-consuming than originally planned, and two nearly sleepless nights took their toll on our bodies. Luckily we had Wednesday off of work and slept deservingly until 12:30. We awoke, and proceded to the kitchen to make and serve lunch, immediately followed by a one hour class, then cooking and serving dinner, followed by cleaning. Seven hours of work in all, followed by a half hour of spreading salt after our one inch snow storm! Thursday was our last day of work for the week, so we celebrated, lifted weights and went to bed.
Friday was another exciting day where we began the early afternoon with a visit to the Smithsonian Art and Portrait Museum. Quite the place indeed, and we saw a lot of interesting work of our presidents among others. We then walked around Georgetown a bit, watched some NCAA basketball and returned to our apartments.
Yesterday was quite possibly the greatest day of our time here yet! We woke up at 10:00, had our pancakes that some of our 'leaders' prepare every Saturday, then ran to a gym on the other side of the district. There we played basketball for 2-3 hours with some decent competition, winning a few games, enjoying most all of them. We ran from their in search of a Chipotle, but found a McDonalds instead to which we held coupons. We filled ourselves and then ran to the mall area in front of the capitol. We played soccer there for about an hour with a group of guys that meet every Saturday, then went back to our rooms. We ate a bit more, lifted and ate again. We both fell asleep exhausted and woke three and a half hours later, refreshed. We checked some basketball scores, watched a few games, then went back to bed. A very relaxing and quite entertaining day :)!
Again my apologies on the untimely post, and I will work a bit harder in the coming weeks. Hard to believe we're under seven weeks now! Time flies, take care.