In early September I had the pleasure of meeting my Goddaugter, Aubrey Helen Steffey, for the first time. She was one week old when I came to visit, and she is a very chill baby. I learned how to change my first diaper (although I am not very good at it!) and I learned how to swaddle her. Her parents Brian and Marta are just in awe of her, and it is not hard to see why. She is very beautiful, and I cannot wait to spoil her rotten for the rest of my life!
In mid-September I went to the H Street Festival with some friends. The H St Festival is always one of my favorite events. I am a huge proponent of H St in general. They always have a ton of different live performances, and they have people selling things and food. I had my fortune read while we were there. I drew the "Devil" tarot card and shrieked! Apparently there is going to be an annoyance coming into my life and that I am going to want to face it head on and fight fire with fire, but what I need to do is use my wits to get around it. Once I do, I will conquer the annoyance. Among other things, I also got to sit in a giant banana car, which is everyone's dream really :)
Last weekend I had my first opportunity to volunteer with the Junior League at the National Book Festival. I had signed up to be a floater, but I actually ended up working at the book signing lines. Apparently there is this author named Jon Green who is a humongous hit for young adults. He writes coming of age novels, and apparently he uses YouTube for promoting as well. Anyway, I got to help with crowd control for hundreds of these screaming teenagers. They all came running over at once, it was insane!!! I also got to see my good friend Jenni in the process :)
I also had an opportunity to take an Indian cooking class. I love Indian food but I know nothing about cooking it. Unfortunately I was by myself so I was paired up with this random Austrailian guy. He was nice enough though. I got to make Goan Fish Curry, Chetinad Chicken Curry, Lemon Rice, and Rava Kesari. It is my hope to make these things again, hopefully for a special occasion for friends. I normally don't have those ingredients in my kitchen, but perhaps I could get them for a dinner party. Let me know if you want to be my guinea pig! The picture below is me with the instructor.
That Sunday I did something I had been wanting to do for several years but I had not pulled the trigger. I am a huge Chicago Bears fan, and I had been wanting to go to the bar down the street and watch the games with fellow fans. I recruited my friend and fellow Bears fan, Elsye. We both donned our Bears gear and met up at the bar. It was neat because we got to sit on the patio and there were a bunch of other people there as well, also in Bears gear. I didn't get to watch the whole game because I had some things to do at home, but I did see 3/4 of it. We crushed the Rams :) It was so nice because I had wanted to do this for so long, and it was a lot of fun!!! That evening I went in an entirely different direction and went to a Shakespeare play with my Shakespeare buddy Ruchi. We saw The Government Inspector, and it was hilarious. It's a satire based on a corrupt government in Russia. I laughed so much!
This past weekend I went to a beer festival with my friends. We consumed a large amount of beer in a short amount of time, and it was awesome. That is all I have to say about that :)
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