I am slowly but surely figuring things out around here. I feel like my curiosity senses are on high alert. I am always noticing things that I am sure I would not notice if I was not so new to the area. For example, the streets are really poorly lit. I was on the freeway the other night and there were no overhead lights. This makes it difficult to see especially because it seems like every road is under construction which means lots of reflectors in my eyes. If you call me at night and I do not answer it is probably because I am driving. I cannot do both in the dark.

The intersection called 7 Corners that I mentioned the last post beat me again yesterday. I was feeling very confident that I could make it through it no problem. I was wrong. I went through it once and got in the wrong lane and ended up going the opposite direction I wanted to be going. So I U-turned (thank goodness for U-turns) and attempted again to get in the lane I thought I needed. Nope! Wrong again! This time it was too late to turn around though so I heard the familiar "re-calculating" and just kept going the wrong way and found a new route. Crisis averted.

I had a really fun weekend with my two new friends Tara and Kevin. I explained to Tara my almost constant need to be social, (what can I say, I love being with people) so we made some plans. On Saturday we went to one of the private art museums in the District that usually costs but was free that day. It had some great collections and was such a manageable size that we made it through in a few hours, with time to have some more fun. We headed to the Eastern Market and this place was great! I did not buy anything but if I wanted jewelry, crafts, art, fruit, veggies or meat this would be the place I would go! It was beautiful.

At the game with Tara and Kevin- sorry for the fence face

Saturday night I worshiped with Falls Church's Iglesia de Cristo and it was great. I love singing in Spanish and even though I did not understand the majority of the sermon, it was encouraging to be with those Christians on a Saturday night.

Sunday was fun of church and baseball. Church in the morning and evening and baseball in the afternoon. Tara and Kevin and I drove to the National's stadium to see them play the Cardinals and they actually won! My friend Hannah joined us for some of the game and it was great to see a familiar face. It was a hot but beautiful day and I had a great time watching the game and enjoying the view of the Potomac River and Navy Yard. On the drive home we saw the Pentagon! I was impressed.

Me and Hannah at the game

This week I have been meeting with various people from church in their homes and for ministry activities. This afternoon I went to a Spanish conversation class at a local library. I was expecting to just talk with people as best we could but the teachers actually taught us things and then had us talk about them. There were people of all ages and levels and I really enjoyed it. I like the controlled environment for language learning.

I am looking forward to this Labor Day weekend. Who knows what I will be up to but I am sure I will have a good time!