Catching Up

It's been a busy few weeks here in DC :)

I got all of my thesis corrections done in much less time than I anticipated...mainly because my supervisor told me that most of the more substantial editing suggestions were actually advice for whatever I write next, rather than corrections that had to be made so I could pass. Even better was the fact that they were written directly onto a physical copy of the thesis, so the internal examiner who re-marks the work has no record of what corrections I have/haven't done. I made sure I did all the corrections that were documented with the university though! One of the biggest things was that I didn't write chapter conclusions. I cannot for the life of me work out why! I don't especially enjoy writing them I know, but I usually make sure I at least make a token effort. Very strange. So, that has been sent of too be printed and submitted, and hopefully I'll hear back from them soon!

We also found another house :D and have had an offer accepted! We're currently waiting to hear about whether the owner will make the repairs we've requested, some of which are pretty substantial. It's a little nerve-wracking because a couple of them are deal-breakers, in that if he says 'no' then we're going to walk away and keep looking. And none of us want to do that. It's a good house! It's blue, with an awesome porch, on a quiet street. Oh, and wood floors, nearly finished basement, large deck and a good sized garden :D I want to start growing vegetables already! There have been gardening things coming up on the local freecycle and I really want to get them, but there's no-where for me to keep them currently and it's too early...but I want!

The weekend was wonderful. After a stressful week (mainly because Hermit and I had a 2-day argument over something) we went to Maryland to stay in Minx' parent's retirement/holiday home for the weekend. It's on the Chesapeake Bay and is beeeautiful and quiet and lovely. We had a great time cooking lovely food (quiche and potato salad and 2 kinds of pies, oh my!) and spending time with lovely people, as Minx' bestest friend and her family (husband, two kids) came on Saturday afternoon and stayed the night. The child had a great time with the other two and the adults had a great time cooking, drinking and playing drunken Pictionary. For once, I was able to play an American board game and NOT have my lack of cultural knowledge hinder me too much! I only had to ask one question for clarification purposes. Hurrah! Then on Sunday, Hermit and I went to a Quaker meeting which was lovely. Though they had very uncomfortable benches, and I fell asleep briefly and apparently woke myself up in a noisy enough fashion that everyone stared at me. Guess which meeting I won't be going back to...