Ok, I really just need to bear down and write something here simply to end the writers block I've been having lately. Let's see..

• National Building Museum
  As my boss would say, we're going to go on a trip on the Way Back Machine for a little bit. Last last weekend I spent the afternoon with Julie and Matt touring the National Building Museum downtown. Despite our docent's dumbed-down commentary, I still had a great time learning about the history and origins of the building. Not that I wasn't already a fan of this unique museum, but now I just have more to say about why I think its cool. ;) (thanks Matt for posting pictures!)
  
  
• TMJ
  Wednesday I got the official confirmation from my doctor (also a Dr. Bill - a good omen, I think) that I have issues with my jaw joint, aka the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). I've been having trouble chewing or opening my mouth without pain, and my teeth occasionally don't align the way they normally do. So I took a trip to the doc, where he gave me some fun drugs to take and instructions for a specialist to go and see if things don't get better. Supposedly I can get some sort of jaw splint to help things out, but my parents paid entirely too much money to my orthodontist for me to muck it up with a still questionable treatment that could ruin my bite. So I'm sticking with Aleve for the time being. ;)
  
  
• Gardening
  This past weekend Adam and I spent a bit of time at the Merrifield Garden Center. He was looking for plant food, and I was looking for a few new plants to put on my patio. I ended up with a hardy, shade-loving hosta and some cool ornamental grass called festuca. Both plants take on a beautiful blue-green hue in the shade, but hopefully will tolerate the little bit of sun my patio gets. I am trying to steer clear of super flowery plants because I'm deathly afraid of bees and wasps, so anything I can do to not attract them is a good thing.
  
  
• March for Womens Lives
  I spent Sunday with Julie, Lizzi, and Matt, and a few hundred thousand of our closest friends. We gathered on the Mall for a very large, very spirited rally and march in support of reproductive rights. I'm not the biggest protest person, but I was moved by the sheer number of people there that day, as well as the powerful speeches we heard before marching. Matt has posted pictures if you want to see what the day was like for us!

And that pretty much brings you up to today. Tonight I've got a few presents to wrap for a certain special birthday boy, and tomorrow we're heading out for a celebratory dinner at a crab/seafood place near my apartment. Should be fun!