The ol' Supergroup here has been a little sparse. Not just the bloggers, but even our regular commenters have been slacking on the job! I would like to think that that's because everyone is out having fabulous summer adventures, and not because we got too boring to endure. Nah, it's probably not that (right??).
What have you been doing, Oh Readers and Bloggers? Next weekend is Labor Day, which, for lack of any other reason for existing, marks the unofficial ends of prime summer vacation time. The kiddies (and teachers) are going back to school, Congress is back in session, these fancy-ass euro-asian month long vacations (jealous!) are drawing to a close, and now it's time to reflect on how we spent our time-- how we matured, how we devolved, how we created stories to tell our grandchildren (with more embellishment here and less here, here, and here).
As I’ve mentioned previously, my Big Adventure this year was my 9/10-day trip to Japan (9 days there, but 10 counting travel). During this action-packed trip I visited Tokyo (karaoke!!), Kawagoe (Fudomyo!!), Kamakura (Zen gardens!!), Omiya (yukatas!!), Kyoto (big rocks!!), and Mt. Fuji (sunrise over clouds!!). A small selection of my over 460 photos are available here, but even they can’t do it justice. As with any great experience, I saw, did, ate, and learned things that have already affected my view on life and the assumptions of my culture.
I spent several weekends in Princeton, New Jersey, when my boyfriend, William, was living there, but now he has moved farther away so I don’t have to drive to central Jersey anymore. That’s the good side. The bad side, obviously, is that he’s farther away and I don’t get to see him as often. But he’s coming to Washington this weekend!
Last weekend I went to Dewey Beach in Delaware. As a Florida girl, it took me a while to get over the idea of traveling to Delaware, of all places, to go to the beach, but it was actually really nice. We went to a beach in a state park that was well maintained, sandy, and had good waves and cool water. I was a little worried about all the sunshine because the previous weekend I went to Front Royal and went tubing down the Shenandoah River. Four hours of sunshine are a little much for my northern european skin tone, and I roasted. But I applied 50 SPF suntan lotion this weekend about every 30 minutes and did fine (although I was peeling quite a bit, ewwwww).
I also took a trip back home for just over 24 hours for a friend's wedding in early July. This was a great amount of time to be there, although it was pretty expensive. I got in, hung out with my parents, went to the wedding with another friend, and left the next afternoon. The friend who got married had a bachelorette party earlier in the summer in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, where I had lots of outdoor fun and learned about John Brown, too!
And even without leaving DC, I got to do cool stuff! My mom came to visit for about a week and we visited Arlington Cemetery, Harper’s Ferry, and saw the family. Later, I went to the DC United game that was David Beckham’s MLS debut (swoon!), and my work softball team won the league championship!!
Damn, it’s been a busy 3 months!!
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I've been meaning to tell you that I looked through ALL of your photos from Japan, and it definitely seems that you had an incredible trip! I simply *must* go to Japan as some point. Perhaps for my next job?
I'm finding myself amused at this topic since I've been working throughout my summer (teaching summer intensive classes no less!) and as of Thursday evening I will be responsibility-free for the indefinite future!
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