Holidays = Vacation Time

After working for 3 months straight (okay I guess that's not really that bad considering I am going to be working for the rest of my life) I am ready for a vacation. You'd think maybe I had a day off for Columbus Day or even Veteran's Day...nope. But finally Turkey Day is upon us and my firm was gracious enough to give us both Thursday AND Friday off. A lot of people took Wednesday off too so that will be a pretty boring day.

The work life is going well. Last week was spent working pretty normal hours (8:30 to 6:30). Thursday night our group that we have so fondly named "Team New Hire" met up for a happy hour on Thursday night in Dupont Circle. The bar we went to had a lot of good looking people just getting off of work. There were also some people there who looked like they were making a night of it (if you know what I mean - they were dancing on tables at 9pm). Friday wasn't too painful, though leaving at 6pm to start your weekend is a little bit miserable. Saturday morning started early attending a charity walk for the client I am on. Normally I would have snoozed my alarm but I had already committed to going and my partner was going to be there. It actually turned out to be a fun time even though the walk was 3 miles rather than the little loop around the National Mall that I thought it was going to be. The rest of Saturday was spent sleeping...work really wears you out (or maybe it was going out the night before and getting only 3 hours of sleep).

The best part about working and having money is going to visit friends. My friends and I went to Baltimore on Saturday night to visit two of our friends from Richmond who work in the city and have an apartment in Federal Hill. Their place was gorgeous and I was quite surprised at how classy they have become since college. I guess people actual do grow up and become responsible once they have real jobs. But then again, thinking about the events of the night, we are definitely still young and not quite that grow up yet.

I am excited for the three day week this week and am excited for my mom to come down and visit me for Thanksgiving. She has called about 15 times reminding me of things to get at the grocery store because she clearly has no faith in my cooking ability. Both of my roommates will be out of town so we'll have some quality time being lazy and if she's lucky, I'll show her around DC a little bit. Happy Thanksgiving!