Happy New Year!

Happy Rosh Hashanah to all those who celebrate. I went to Brian's house yesterday to hang out with his parents, aunt, and brother for the holiday, and also to share a meal. Brian's parents are great, but the house just wasn't the same without Brian there. It's always fun to see little kid pictures of Brian, though. Helen also showed me how to cast on the long-tail method for a new scarf I'm making for Suzanne. It's a pretty nice pattern. (Yes, it's knitting season again!)

Afterwards, I got a ride back to DC w/ Brian's brother, and I headed to Adams Morgan to meet my fellow Fellows for Happy Hour. Tom Tom was having a special after 9 pm called "Group Therapy" night where you could get 4 Bud Lights and 4 shots for $10. I stayed much too late, leaving after midnight. I was also under the mistaken impression that the Metro ran until 1 am, catching a cab to the Woodley Park Metro Station. (I'm pretty sure I got ripped off by the cabbie.) I learned the hard way that the Metro only runs until about 11:30 pm during the week, which really didn't help me at that moment. The biggest problem with living in SE is that cabbies can't easily pick up tons of riders like they can outside the bars, so they become reluctant to go to the areas that are more residential. My roommate had a cab refuse to take her home last week, and I had that problem last night. (Very disheartening). Luckily, the next cab I found did take me to the general area of my house, (but wouldn't actually drop me off in front of it, but rather the Metro station). I was just happy to finally be home.