July 18, 2014
I don't know if it was because we ate so late last
night, or if it was a nightmare, but I woke up in complete Crazy Town early this morning, freaking
out that I'd lost my grandmother's wedding band. I hadn't, as it was still
on my hand, but I was convinced it was gone. I'm sure Steve appreciated
the abrupt wake up, but that's one of the perils of being married to
me!
Maybe it was the residue of the anxiety meds still in
my system, or maybe it was because I woke up in the middle of the
night and had to go on an epic adventure looking for a ring that was
actually on my hand, but after I went back to sleep I ended up sleeping until about 10:00 this
morning. I don't usually sleep that late ever, but today I was a lady of
leisure. Steve's business meeting was today and I was on my own. I had planned on maybe going into the city to look around by myself, but
that wasn't possible due to the fact that Steve had the car and our hotel
is actually in Virginia, just far enough away from public
transportation to make it a bigger hassle than it was worth. I didn't mind, though,
our hotel is nice. After finally getting up and getting ready, I
explored the place,
bought a soda, and relaxed back in the room. I didn't
get bored, though. I watched two episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on Netflix! I also brought yarn (because of course I did), and I crocheted while I listened to another
audio novel. I think crochet must be slightly hypnotic, because time seemed to fly by while I was doing that.
Once Steve got back from work, we left to get something
to eat. One of his coworkers recommended an Italian place at Reston
Town Center, which is a really nice shopping/dining area. It's several blocks long, and has higher end shops and restaurants lining the
streets. The restaurant was great, although to be honest, I'm not
sure I have a very good basis of comparison with Italian food. All
the same, I really liked it. We
walked around a bit after we ate and looked around.
There were a lot of people walking their dogs and I wanted to pet them all, but I didn't! I had some self control! Barely.
When we were ready to leave, we went back the way we
came in, which was through a walkway in a building. It had two glass
doors with brass handles, one on each side of a glass revolving door.
Steve went to one of the regular doors and I went to the revolving
one. Before I could push the revolving door, Steve grabbed the handle of
his door and ripped it off! It went "clllllaaaaang!" And
the handle on the other side let go and fell on the inside. Unfortunately, those doors were located just next to a crowded outdoor eating area, and everyone got quiet and they looked over at us! I am not proud of myself for this, but my first instinct was to run away, and I tried,
but the revolving door wouldn't budge. It was locked! Steve just stood there looking
like a muppet. I ran towards the other door and tried to open it, but
it had also been locked, so I just walked away laughing. Steve had to
catch up with me. I know that makes me terrible, but there is no honor
in unintended vandalism. At
least no one chased us down.
We went back to the hotel and went to the pool area.
Steve got into the hot tub, and I sat on the side with my feet in. It was nice, except that the water wasn't that warm, so we didn't stay
long. We came back and ordered snacks from room service. I love room
service. Just pick up the phone and someone brings you food! I need to
install it into our house! I'm going to gain 10 pounds on this trip if I'm not
careful.Seriously, though...yummers.
After that we watched a movie and made our plans for
tomorrow!
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