Kite Festival in DC March 29, 2008

Yea the Kite Festival in DC. I went last year with my mom and sister Julie. I didn't know if I was going to be able to go this year because I had so much homework and was feeling stressed about school. However, I stayed late on Friday night to get homework/assignments done and woke up at 6:00 am and was able to get some other things done this morning. So I was able to go. Yea!

I picked up my friend Tiffanie (who is to the left of me in the photo) and we headed out on the metro to DC. It was a cold day, but the sun was out and it turned out absolutely beautiful! I loved being out there and seeing all the kites in the air. It's really a beautiful site. We also walked around just a little to see some of the cherry blossoms. I love spring. It makes me feel alive and gives me a sense of excitement. Spring was in the air and you could smell it and see it.

I was also in a good mood as I had completed a lot of my school work and was not so stressed. I purchased a kite to take with me which turned out to be such a fun thing to do. Tiffanie and I met up with a group (some are in the picture above). I didn't really spend time with the group because I was having fun flying my kite. Tiffanie was explaining to me that I don't have to run the whole time that I need to guide the kite with the string. I finally did get it up without any help and it flew for a long time until the wind quieted down.

I loved looking around at the colorful and creative kites in the air. There were pirate boats, butterfly's, dragons, turtles, and then more normal kites. There were enormous kites and itty bitty kites. What a fun experience!

Here I am with George Mason. Our office decorated him for the Majors Resource Fair.

We had our Academic Advising Awareness Week at work this week. Therefore it was a very stressful week!!! There is a lot of backbiting in our office which I hate and a lot of the ugliness came out this week! It makes me really want to look into other positions. However, with school I don't know if I could handle learning a new job right now. I may just start looking just in case something would fit well for me.

The week went well and at the end I was able to have chocolate cake. YUM! Ok you probably need an explanation. We always have a luncheon and order this divine cake from the Bread and Chocolate Bakery. I was in such an aggressive mood on Friday that I decided I was going to have two pieces which is just what I did. Then I stayed around for three and a half hours after work to do school stuff and had another piece. Let's just say that it did make me sick. I am not going to have another piece of the cake.

I went to be weighed this morning and was over my 'goal' weight by five pounds. Of course I had eaten breakfast and was wearing lots of clothes so it's not a true gage, but I weighed myself at home and was over by almost two pounds. So today I was very good and stayed within my points. I also went to my WW class this morning which I think is very good for me to do. My goal for tomorrow and next week is to stick within my points every day!