| | So yesterday was my birthday! It feels good to be another year older, and another year wiser. It doesn't feel good to be THAT much closer to 30! Good god.
I bought Guitar Hero: World Tour last month as a birthday present to myself, and it's definitely well worth every penny, especially when friends are over. Since my birthday was on a Friday, work was pretty laid back. We hit up happy hour for a few hours afterwards at Caribbean Breeze, which has quickly become our usually happy hour spot. We went to this Thai place called Temple at first, but left when we realized that the three of us walking in instantly doubled the amount of people that were there. Later, Jackie and Peter took me out to Ted's Montana Grill for dinner, then we came back and played Guitar Hero for the rest of the night. A few more people will be coming out tomorrow night so we can hit up a Taste of Morocco in Clarendon for a massive feast. I'm really just looking forward to the mint tea.
This week has been pretty good so far. I met a new friend while I was volunteering for Obama on Monday night, who then invited me out to the ESPN Zone in DC to watch the election with some of her friends in a private room. It was definitely well worth going out there, since I had some reservations as to hanging out with this random girl I just met. Seeing and hearing all of my fellow Obama supporters in DC was a great time. I'm beyond happy that he's our new president, and can't wait to see this country return to a time of prosperity.
I'm scheduled to move out of my apartment at the end of this month, and move into a place about 15 minutes down the road in the same building as Jermil. I was all ready to move down there, but then I had a revelation. I was being driven in a cab down Route 50 on my way back from DCA when I caught myself staring at all of the high-rise buildings of Arlington. A feeling came over me that made me realize how much I really enjoyed just living in the Ballston-Rosslyn corridor in Arlington, and that I needed to keep looking for apartments around here when I get the chance. I looked a few places, then in the end I decided to sign a new lease on an apartment in my own building. I'm getting the first two months free, which will bring my costs down, averaging about $1450/month in rent for everything. The place I was going to move to comes out to about $1315/month. When I factor in things like gas money and the moving expenses I'd incur if I moved out of my building, I only spend about $60 more than my current place which is a block from work and three blocks off the metro. I say it's well worth the extra bit of money.
I'm definitely starting to feel more like a grown up these days, but then I go and play Guitar Hero for a while and realize that you're only feeling as old as you let yourself feel. :)
'Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.'
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| | Posted 11/8/2008 1:54 AM - 23 Views - 0 eProps - 2 comments
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