this week

Lelaine has been traveling a lot recently.  This last week she worked in LA Sunday through Wednesday, got back into DC on Thursday, and then went to Miami for a bachelorette party this weekend.

I spent most of the week knocking out seasons four and five of The Wire (I had seen them before, but season four is the best season any TV show has ever had) and watching season five of Friday Night Lights.  Both were good investments of my time.

Thursday was our anniversary.  The last four years have gone by amazingly fast.  It seems like it was only a few weeks ago that we were in Pensacola for the wedding.  This week also marked the fifth year we have lived in our little apartment.  It definitely doesn't seem like we left the purple house that long ago, and I never would have imagined that we would have been able to live in our little 650 square foot place for this long.

To celebrate our anniversary that night we went to Corduroy.  We had been once before and loved it.  This time we sat upstairs at the bar, where you can do a three course meal for $30.  It is probably the best deal in DC.  It is a limited menu, but all the choices are on the regular menu and if you sat downstairs and ate the same thing it would probably cost twice as much.  We had a very nice time.

The weather has been gorgeous outside, so I spent Saturday morning and all afternoon...inside brewing beer and watching Mizzou get smashed by Okie State.  Lelaine gave me a beer making kit for Christmas and I decided to try to make it again.  The first time was not successful - probably due to sanitation issues (everything I used was clean, but I wasn't using the best type of sanitizer to sterilize everything).  So far so good, as it appears to actually be fermenting as it sits in the bedroom closet, so at the very least the yeast is doing its job.  We will find out how successful this attempt (American IPA with Kent Goldings and Fuggle hops) will be in about six weeks when it is ready to drink.

I got up early this morning to watch the Manchester United vs. Manchester City game.  City is winning 5-1, and since I dislike the Yankees of the EPL, I am enjoying myself.  The quality of play will surely be similar to that in my game in Rockville this evening.  I hope that the Chiefs fare as well today against Oakland.