56th Birthday

 Had a great day with my friend Dalliss.  We met at Union Station and hunted down a healthy eating spot in the food court as we're both doing a Vegan fast.  Ended up with indian food….rice, chick pea and spinach, a couple of other sides that escape me, and water!  Doesn't sound great I know, but it was actually full of yummy spices and was filling and delicious.  As usual, our conversation got out of hand so 90 minutes later we decided to hit the road and just stop to see whatever sparked our fancy.  Turns out it was such a gorgeous sunny day we just wanted to be outside and enjoy the weather so we walked to the Capitol, turned and walked the length of the national mall to see the Lincoln Memorial, cut across to the Korean and MLK memorials, then around the outside of the tidal basin to the Jefferson memorial.

 6.5 miles and I'm not sure how many hours later we headed back to the Smithsonian Metro to say good-bye.  I headed to Waterfront to meet up with Tom.  We metro'd to Eastern Market and decided to have dinner at Chipolte.  Veggie in a bowl for me and Sofritas (tofu) in a bowl for him and both were yummy.  They even gave us two free coupons for Sofritas next time we come in!  We have a class we're taking for 3 consecutive Monday nights at NCC called The Story which is chronological walk through the bible.  We were a little early so we strolled down the street and stopped in some of the shops along the way.  This place is a pet shop called Howl To The Chief and I thought all these doggy desserts looked awesome!

Our class was great, though we were both really tired and still had to metro home.  Got to have mom, dad and Sharon sing to me over the phone & got to read over a hundred Facebook wishes before a hot bath and crashing into bed.  It was a good birthday!