Adventure Mondays

     Bill has signed up for this awesome new program at work. He works 9 hour days now and gets a day off every two weeks. So every other Monday we have a holiday!  We chose Monday to be his holiday because that way there won't be any crowds and I hate crowds. The first Monday off in January, we went to the Smithsonian Gallery in Chinatown. We didn't look at the portraits, just the art side. It took a whole day just to see half of the giant museum.  Later we went to a tapas place for dinner and had a seafood paella it was great. Since we were in Chinatown, we took the crazy 70 bus home. The 70 never disappoints if you want a real DC experience. There was this street preacher actually preaching on the bus and there was this really drunk guy heckling him and every woman on the bus. The drunk guy was sitting in front of me and reached over his seat so he could talk to me and grope my leftover dinner. (I thought it was hilarious) He moved to the back of the bus and the preacher told all of us that we would end up like him if we drank and used drugs. Later the 70 pulled over because the drunk had gotten more obscene and we got off to get on a different 70 bus. I glanced back at the first bus and the sign on the front was flashing "EMERGENCY CALL POLICE". Nothing like public transportation!
     Our second free Monday in January we went to Ikea. It was empty and wonderful.
    I have set up my studio again in this little bitty room in the house. I have a little butane torch and an anvil and a pickle pot. If my camera batter would ever charge, I would take some pictures and make listings for my Etsy shop. Bill was wonderful and helped me put up this crazy fan and painted the room and added an extra plug and hung pictures. I love my studio. Its the best room in the house!
     Bill is slowly remodeling our rental house in exchange for discounts on rent. It's a great trade because Bill has lots of experience and it saves money cuz rent is expensive here. I just hope they don't raise the rent when we are done.
    Bill has also become quite the trapper. He has trapped 13 mice since we moved here and Fresca has only gotten 1 (unless she has eaten the others).