This is one of those nights when I am not up to doing a full on post on how a menial task fits into my grand life plan or reflects on my overall character. Guess what, my inbox is overcrowded and cluttered, just like so many other things in my life. Shocking.
Today's trip to get out of the house was pretty amazing though. I went on a scavenger hunt at the National Mall organized through MeetUp.com. As I said on Facebook, this is exactly the type of thing I moved to the DC area to do. I got to meet new people and did a whirlwind tour of 6 museums. Afterwards there were drinks and dinner at Gordon Biersch, a nearby restaurant converted from an old bank. A perfect Saturday outing in my book. The event was organized through one of the many "geek" subcategories of groups. Everyone at the hunt had shared my affinity for the museums. Everyone on my team had a knack for riddles and word play (which is why we came in 2nd place!). Over dinner, we discussed World of Warcraft, board games, crafts, This American Life and Planet Money podcasts, education reform and Zombie literature/culture among other things. Needless to say, I was in my element.
It was a nice change of pace. On the whole, I don't get to socialize much. I don't see much of my camp friends who live in the DC area. I've hung out with my coworkers outside of school only once this year. I love both of my roommates and their girlfriends dearly, but share almost no common interests with them. I am at such a loss for conversation topics with them that I'm now convinced I have social anxiety issues (I'd say "sorry guys!" but I'm 99% sure neither of them read this blog). It was nice to be back in a confluence of "my people".
Here's part of the list of clues we received for today's hunt. I'd be curious to see which of these riddles people find the most solvable.
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Today's Accomplishments:
- Made the bed
- Did a little exercise
- Read a book
- Prepped tomorrow's meals
- Prepped the coffee pot
- Watched a Ted Talk
- Flossed my teeth
- Put on makeup
- Got out of the house
- Knocked something off my To-Do list
- Checked my bank balance
- Took a walk (I'll count spending 2 hours hustling around the National Mall as 'a walk')
- Logged an hour of study time (This now replaces "Did Some Homework")
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