Well. Not really. But I'm still holding out hope for this evening!! This morning as I was coming off 395 I noticed that the road I usually park on (across from my office) was closed. This is not TERRIBLY unusual in downtown DC, so I parked a little farther out and walked in. As I came upon the road to my building, I noticed a number of large mac trucks, catering vehicles, and lighting cranes. I figured there was going to be some sort of cruel St. Patty's Day celebration outside of my office window, so I asked a bored-looking security-type guy what was going on and he babbled something about "State of Play". No clue, but did the honest young working professional thing and googled it as soon as I got to my office. "State of Play" is a movie produced by Ben Affleck starring himself, Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams, and Helen Mirren. Let Operation Stalker commence!!!!
Lexi and I :-)
Anyways, my weekend was fairly decent. Drove to VA Beach to run in the Shamrock 8K, which my sister helped to organize. Really wanted to do the Half Marathon, but had other (to be described) obligations. I ended up rockin' out 37 minutes for the 8K, 7.5 minute mile. 333/6000. Not too bad for not training!! Oh. Also. Yuengling sponsored the race and there was a plethera of 
free beer after the race.
free beer after the race. 
PHOTO: L: the great Beeramid; R: Sam, Steph, Meghan, and I
Later Saturday night I drove back to DC, amused by drunken phone calls from my friends who were out partying. Sunday I marched in the Baltimore St. Patrick's Day Parade with the Ravens' Band- my first tenor performance :-) Awesome time, albeit slightly physically challenging to march downhill for a couple of miles while carrying a set of drums that you only outweigh by 40-50 pounds. My St. Patrick's Day celebrations pretty much consisted of drinking a homemade Snakebite (1/2 Blackthorn cider, 1/2 Guinness), wearing my "Show me your Shamrocks" shirt and green rubber ducky beads, listening to Flogging Molly, and trying to do work. Sigh. Nostalgic for Savannah :-/
PHOTO: L: Dying the Savannah River green
R: My Irish firefighter friends from County Cork
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