Ok so the weather in DC is brilliant, going on holiday tomorrow morning, work is finished for the day, can I ask for more? Mind you I am slightly running around like a headless chicken armed with a list of things to do. I keep forgetting to do small chores like I'll write the check to pay my rent but walk past the apartment building office or I'll buy lunch but forget to pick up cutlery, sauces etc. I also got lost in Silver Spring yesterday for more than an hour! I was walking in the complete opposite direction to the one I was given. I have an uncle who works with me and suffers from a combination symptom I call bypolamnesia. I think he might be rubbing off on me.
Whilst I was running my errands though I noticed Americans are their own 'make-me-feel-good' drug. They shower each other with compliments even when there isn't a grain of truth in it. Like this woman who bumped into some folks I gathered were old acquantances and they were cheering and saying hi to each other. One of them tells her 'you look good though ,girl. real nice' and then you hear the other lot humming and nodding like background singers 'uhuh, aint she, aint she?' when this woman looks like the backside of a dog gave her the kiss of death! Honest! I had to do a double take, are these people serious?!?!
Another peculiar observation; A republican senator, Arlen Specter, who served as a Pennsylvania republican for almost 30 years announced today he's switching parties. He wants to be a democrat! politicans never seize to amaze me, did he trip and hit his head?
Speaking of tripping and hitting one's head, I've found a karate club that practises shotokan as well. This is good because Americans are much more into the other styles or a different type of martial arts. So I'm off to check them out, perhaps even join, today. God knows when I'm supposed to pack and get ready to fly. pff!Greetings from a bypolamnesia sufferer(in silence).
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