Suburban Arlington

I sit here writing my post, listening to the pleasant sound of rain and the squalor of Clint and Joey.

We've spent pretty much the whole week here in Arlington, Virginia with our cousins. Today is our last day and I do hope we don't waste it. Our days have consisted of playing whiffel ball, cricket, ultimate frisbee, and Quidditch in the backyard. At nights, we've played some very good games of sardines and watched the Harry Potter movies. Every night (starting with our arrival night) we've watched one movie of the series in order. It's gotten us all excited for the sixth movie coming out on July 15th.

We walked to the Goblin Castle (retirement home) to visit our dear goblin friend (G-ma). It was quite a long and tiring journey, but it got us out of the house.

Another day we took the bus to the Metro station and took the train to the National Zoo to spend the day there. After walking around the whole zoo and watching the many different animals, we took the Metro back to Ballston, ate at the foodcourt there, and then walked all the way back home. Quite a tiring journey, too.

Penny's quite shaggy. Apparently she hasn't had a haircut since last summer. She's been pretty quiet this week, also.

We've watched a lot of soccer and baseball throughout our stay. I've come to develop a much better understanding of both sports, now.

While we were playing cricket in the backyard, Clint hit the ball over the wall and onto the buildings of the strip mall behind the house. Good thing we found another ball in the neighbor's yard, but we soon lost that in the bushes.

We've eaten a lot of ice cream. Tastey.

We made cookies twice.

Joey invented animal racing on Zoo Tycoon. It's quite fascinating. Lighning won the finals and was promoted to a Legend. Hot Pie on Sparkles became a Double Legend be he's so amazing.

Overall it's been a great week. It'll be sad to leave, but I just hope Pim greets me warmly.