As most of you know already, Jeremy's trip was cut short and he's been home for about a month now. YAY! It's so wonderful to have him home and to have everything back to normal, although it was an adjustment for me to not hog the entire bed!
Since Jeremy's been back we've been pretty busy. The first weekend he got back we went out and bought new bikes! I've still been running, but wanted to find a way to cross-train and had the brilliant idea to commute to work on a bike a couple of days a week. Being that it's the end of summer, the bike store was having a big sale, so Jeremy and I both got some pretty sweet roadbikes - I got a Fuji Finest 2.0 and Jeremy got a Fuji Cross Comp. I guess I ended up with a sweeter bike than Jeremy, because I've been smokin' him on our rides. Ha! I haven't ridden it in to work yet, because the bike came with toe clip pedals and I've had a really hard time using them. Today we put clipless pedals on my bike (clipless meaning I have cleats on the bottom of my shoe, and those cleats snap into the pedal itself) which was an adventure - I toppled over a couple of times because I forgot to unsnap my foot from my pedal! Oops! But, now that I have the new pedals on, I'm planning on braving the 20 miles each way and riding in on Wednesday this week. We'll see how that goes. Here are a couple of pics of Jeremy and I out on a ride one day -
Getting ready to head out
Me before our ride - yes, I'm wearing spandex from head to toe!
Jeremy about to die after our 20 mile ride. He tried so hard, but just couldn't keep up with my speed demon of a bike!
On Saturday, August 23rd I spent the day/night celebrating my friend, Melyssa's up-coming wedding. First was her bridal shower and then later that night about 10 of her friends (including me) hit DC for her bachelorette party. It was such a fun day and an awesome night - we had a giant stretch limo chauffeuring us around for the night, and we had an absolute blast clowning around in the limo and dancing at a bunch of clubs. Their wedding is in October down in South Carolina - I'm sure that it will also be a fantastic time!
Melyssa & I at her shower
All the girls in front of our sweet limo before hitting DC
Melyssa & I
The next weekend I went out with my friend Katie on Friday night and had a great time in DC, as showcased in this photo -
Me, Katie and Bethany
Then, on Monday (last weekend was the Labor Day long weekend) Marianne offered us tickets to go see Jimmy Buffett play at a concert venue here in Virginia. Of course, Jeremy will never turn down Buffett tickets, and we convinced the Gibbs' new au pair, Kylie (who is from Melbourne!) and Katie to join us. We had such a fun day - we got to the venue at about 2pm, set up a canopy and hung out, drinking margarita's and grilling all afternoon. Jimmy Buffett concerts always bring out some crazy people, so we had a great time looking at all the mayhem and enjoying a hot, summer's day with cool drinks. Tuesday was pretty miserable for me at work (Jeremy had the day off, the lucky boy!), but it was definitely worth it. The best part was that Kylie had never heard of Jimmy Buffett and was a little (read: very!) apprehensive about coming, but I think she had an awesome time! She may even be a Parrothead for life!
We had an inflatable pineapple "face frame" that made the rounds during the day....
The girls - Kylie, Katie, and me
All of us with our pineapple cups!
Inside the concert
After so many shenanigans, this weekend Jeremy and I have just been relaxing. On Friday night, I took Jeremy out on a "date". Ok, I didn't really take him out, but I did plan everything and surprised him. To start the night we went to a cigar bar in DC for a drink. I had also stopped off after work and bought Jeremy a couple of cigars - he loves to smoke cigars, but does it very rarely, so I thought it would be a nice treat. Then, after an appetizer and a couple of cocktails, we headed to the Blue Duck Tavern for dinner. The Blue Duck Tavern is constantly rated as one of the best restaurants in DC, and it certainly didn't disappoint! I had the duck breast, which also came with a crispy duck leg, and succotash. Jeremy ordered the braised beef rib and the Tavern's famous french fries (cut extra thick and super crunchy). Both dishes were amazing - it was definitely one of the best restaurant meals I've ever had. If only it wasn't so expensive - I'd eat there every weekend if I could!
Yesterday we were supposed to run a 5km race but DC was hit by the remnants Hurricane Hanna and it was raining buckets and windy. The race still went ahead as planned, but we decided that running in a tropical storm really didn't sound like a good time and so we skipped it. I wish we had gone ahead with it, though, as the rain stopped about 10 minutes before the race was scheduled to start. Oh well.
And I think that's just about it! The next few weeks will also be very hectic - my bestest friend in the whole world, Kate, will be visiting for a couple of weeks and we have some fun things planned. I'll be meeting her out in Las Vegas on Friday, then we'll be back in DC Tuesday, and then it's up to New York City on Wednesday. It will be a fun week for me, but not so fun for Jeremy. But that's ok - we've decided that when my little bro comes over to visit Jeremy will take him to Las Vegas and they can have a boys weekend. Oh dear...
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