(new) home, sweet home

Welcome to Prichard Road! This is where I will be living for the next year of my life! It is located in Silver Spring right before you cross into the next town over, Wheaton-Glenmont. It is a quiet, very diverse neighborhood with lots of commuters and young families. We live within walking distance of pretty much everything we could possibly need because we live very close to the Westfield Shopping Center where there's a Target, a Starbucks, tons of clothing stores, a gym, a CVS, a Giant Foods grocery store, a Verizon store, and tons more! We're also about a 6-minute walk away from the closest metro stop, making it super easy for each of us to commute to work, since we all work in DC.

Here are some pictures of my new home: our house's number sign, our living room (the first room you encounter upon entering the front door), our kitchen, and my bedroom. Notice that I have my usual decorations up, the prayer flags, the tapestry on my bed, the photo collage...my personal home touches : )

I also had my first team practice with Renegade yesterday night, and it was tons of fun! I exited the metro stop in the SW quadrant of DC and found myself right next to the Smithsonian building and could see the Washington Monument to my left. The Department of Agriculture was right behind me. While other people who live in the area may be used to it and jaded to this, I couldn't help but grin when I realized and said to myself, "this is my home for the next year." The walk to the fields brought me right next to the Washington Monument and along the Potomac River from where I could see the Jefferson Memorial. We scrimmaged for most of practice and as we lost daylight, the sun set in a magnificent showing of bands of red-orange with purple streaks, with the Lincoln Memorial beginning its nighttime glow as we finished our game. Marvelous!!! I only wish I had had my camera to document the view.

So far, so good! I begin my fellowship at the IWPR on Tuesday, the day after Labor Day, and I cannot wait! It is starting to get a bit boring trying to keep myself busy around the house and "relaxing". I was never good at that : )