Movie Hype

Ok, so I don't usually get involved in all the movie hype, unless of course I am the one in the movie, as an extra or small part.  This is DC after all.  We are much too sedate here in the Nation's capital.  However, Transformers 3 is shooting here in town for the next few days and I am going to stay downtown after work, my husband is bringing the twins, and we are going to watch the filming over on the mall.  If I can get a glimpse of McDreamy, I will be perfectly happy fight traffic for the rest of the week!

I did not see the first two Transformer movies, but I did watch the cartoon as a child and I had a lot of the toys, including Decepticon (sp).  But since I don't have class tonight, I figured it would be a nice evening to spend on the mall with the kids anyway.

SuperMom Drowning in Academia

I am  halfway through my first semester in graduate school.  I am doing ok as far as keeping up with assignments.  But one of my professor's is very nice but very new at my Grad School U.  He forgets when students are supposed to present articles or assignments we e-mail him.  Grad School is definitely an every man for himself institution, so to speak.  Which is ok by me, I'm just glad I have discovered this early on.  It has been hard to fit in time to rotate through all of the labs to see which one I want to work in for my thesis.  Not every professor has availability to meet with me on Fridays or in the evening.  I am glad I have my trusty day planner or I would not be able to keep track of the labs I need to be in!  At least my husband brings the twins with him when he picks me up for the bus.  I get to put them to sleep in their beds on nights I have school as well.

No one has put an offer down on our house!!!  We need to get into a bigger house, closer to work.  I am going crazy with the 3 hour commuting.  I know it could be worse but I am reaching my limit.  I may move back in with my mom to be closer to work and school.

Getting a Routine Established

Well I have started my graduate school classes.  Twice a week in the evening for three hours and Friday morning for two hours.  Plus the seminars during the semester I have to attend.  Plus going to work and going home to take care of my twins and husband.  Oh and we have put our townhouse on the market to sell so we can buy a bit bigger house with a yard.  But I finally have a routine down.  Now I am just tired...

Cooled Off

Thank goodness for the weather cooling down a bit.  It is more tolerable to walk in the evenings with the kids and the dog.  Life is going to get a bit hectic here for me next week.  Starting graduate school classes.  I hope I like them.  My husband's birthday is tomorrow.  No card and no gift yet!  What is a busy wife to do?  My daughter is crawling everywhere and pulling up on everything.  Her brother isn't far behind her.  I am still in shock that they are already 9 months old. 


On a side note, I am still amazed at the conversations my coworkers have.  Football, politics, traffic, housing market, the economy.  It wouldn't be so bad if they weren't sitting at the opposite end of the hall and I hear every word they say.  There is never a shortage of opinions either.  The other thing I saw yesterday, two grown women in the bathroom, trying on each others jeans in the middle of the afternoon.  They were discussing fabric contents and which pair made their butts look better.  Got to love DC.

Trying to Beat the Heat

Today was another one of those days commuting to work when I didn't ride with my husband.  He had a meeting down past Manassas.  He also thought he would be nice and turn off my alarm so I could sleep in.  Not helpful.  The twins were beside me in bed and I looked up at the clock and it was 8:45 am.  What a way to start my morning.  Drove to the bus and rode the bus to the metro and rode the metro into work.  There was one catch, the train got stuck in the tunnel right before my station.  We sat in there a really long time, well it seemed pretty long.  15 min.  When the train doesn't move the air conditioning doesn't circulate.  We were all really uncomfortable.  When I finally got off the train and to surface streets, I saw a coffee shop on the corner.  I ran in and got a mocha frappuccino while I was waiting for the bus to take me 8 blocks to try and cool down from the already hot city temperature of 95 degrees.  By the time I got to my office it was 11:45am.  Obviously I have to do the whole thing in reverse this evening. 
This week we are in charge of the garden at our shul.  Tonight we have to try and re-stake all of the tomato plants.  They are so heavy they pulled the stakes out of the ground.  I also need to find a good recipe for carne asada.  Miss Busy is getting her first tooth finally and she has also figured out how to pull up on the side of the playpen.  She is too short to reach over which is a good thing because I can picture her trying to climb over the side.

Weekend Relaxation or so I thought...

I really thought this weekend would be relaxing and I would get a lot of household chores done.  Silly me.  We looked for new houses this weekend.  I had no idea that was going to be so tiring or weird.  If you are going to show your house at least have the courtesy to leave when someone wants to see it.  It is awkward to see the owners still home.  We went to our local fire department family picnic.  It was great to see everyone there but why do some people feel the need to be stupid when there is alcohol around?  By the time we got home, put the kids in their beds and straightened up, I went to bed.  Sunday I had a meeting and we also had to take care of our synagogue garden.  My wonderful husband managed to get some laundry done.  Thank goodness or I would have had to come to work wearing shorts and a t-shirt.  Not exactly what they had in mind when we were told business casual.

Working from home

Does anyone have one of those days where they try and work from home and run errands?  I used to be pretty good at it but with Miss Busy and Mr Important, it is a logistical nightmare.  Besides the twins usually don't want me to put them down when I am home.  They are much better with the Au Pair.  With her, they are on a "schedule", in as much they are predictable.  One lousy dr's appointment and my allergy shots took three hours.  I really thought having kids would be easier.  They would just go with me.  I didn't realize how much gear they have.  Or as my other half puts it, their MEL (minimum equipment list).  Tonight is duty crew night at the fire house.  I am running out as my husband is running in.  Not exactly the healthiest way to have a marriage but somehow we manage.