After days upon days of endless rain, this weekend turned out nice and sunny-- quite unexpectedly. Good weather for sitting outside watching the Bluejays. Hopkins made it through Round 1 of the Lacrosse Playsoffs yesterday, (I saw Bill Belichick on the sidelines, watching the game; he's friends with the JHU coach) so I think we're headed down to Annapolis next Saturday to see them play again (and I have been wanting to go visit there anyways, so it seems like a fun idea). Slurpee run to recover from the heat. Perfect thing to cool off.
Watched Marley & Me which was both hilarious and so sad! I loved it. Pancho really wants a dog now. But I think its going to be awhile before that happens. Also, sidenote, Pops has been gone for almost a month now. Went to a nice family in Virginia apparently (I was gone for the weekend when he was sold) so its been quieter now and much much less doggy hair around. Although now I feel like our "breaking in" potential is higher. urgh.
Pancho splurged and bought Guitar Hero for PS3 last night, so needless to say, that was what we did last night. and this afternoon. My hands are hurting. but my drum playing has seen definite improvement... unlike my singing which is still tone deaf but passable.
Less than 3 weeks left in this house so we're starting to do some cleaning. It's all just so gross. Although there's another push to reclaim the downstairs from the mice. Set 3 traps. We'll see.
Baking and cooking again. Last week, I made apple cinnamon muffins and cornbread. Also been using the grill a lot more - Shish kebobs and grilled chicken with corn on the cob. And we ate at an Afghan restaurant, The Helmand, downtown on Friday night. It was good (I had an eggplant and yogurt appetizer with beef and lamb meatballs) but honestly not that different from other Middle Eastern cuisines. And the service was so fast, we finished and I thought 'Did I just have a complete dinner?' I'm talking 38 minutes from sitting down to walking out the door. We are still on a quest for decent sushi in Baltimore (and a good Cuban/Spanish bakery for that matter).
