March 24-25 was an exciting weekend full of golf, basketball and cherry blossoms. Kelly has made a concerted effort to watch all of or part of each game in the NCAA tournament. With the help of two computers and one TV, this dream became a reality. The bracket challenge with Kelly's family made the games even more exciting.
As of Final Four weekend, Kelly overtook her Dad, who had the lead for most of the tournament. Ben was in a respectable second place, but with all the same picks as Kelly, there was no way to make up any ground. Kelly's sister Katie had an outside chance of winning if Kansas were to win the national championship. We will keep you updated. (Update, we didn't post the blog in time for there to be suspense, but you the reader can just pretend.)
Sunday we watched the final round of the Bay Hill invitational. Tiger Woods had the lead and was trying to win for the first time in 3 years. He played excellent golf and steamrolled the competition to secure the win. It was good to see him playing well, even though he is a jerk, because of what he means to the PGA. It will be interesting to see how he plays next week at the Masters.
We went for our final long training run before the cherry blossom race. Since is was only 5 miles we thought Mosely could come along. She quickly proved us wrong. Soon after the Capitol, Mo decided she had enough exercise and would rather seek out attention from tourists on the mall. With 4 miles left to run, we use constant encouragement and breaks as motivation for her. We stopped by to tidal basin for one last look at the cherry blossoms, or what was left of them, and Mo somehow found the energy to go up to every person for a little attention.
Dexter on the other hand, simply wanted to run and did not enjoy the slower pace, several breaks and all the people. We managed to get Mo back home and in one piece and she and Dex quickly past out for the rest of the evening.
Monday was dreary and chilly so to lift our spirits, we met up and had lunch from "Red Hook Lobster Truck".
It was delicious, however the $15 price tag took away some of the enjoyment of the meal. As frugal people, we felt our hard earned money could have went a little further somewhere else.
We finally completed our taxes and shipped them off to Uncle Sam. Due to the complexity of our taxes this year, we had to take them to a professional. Different jobs, living in different states, moving, getting married etc. all contributed to the headache. We took the Metro up to Cleveland Park on Wednesday to sign all the papers and as a reward, we had lunch at our favorite Thai place.
Another big development for us was our membership to Capitol Bikeshare. All over the city are Capitol Bikshare racks and you can check a bike out in one location and drop it off at another. This allows us to walk to work and then ride a bike home or visa versa.
Our first experience didn't go so well. Nervous about riding in rush hour DC traffic, we got all flustered and took the worst route possible to work. Because of our poor judgment and execution, we were unable to get a feel for how practical it will be as a mode of transportation to work.
Friday brought to close a long week for us. We decided to celebrate with lunch at Loeb's Deli. It is located in the middle of our two offices, so it is a good meeting place for lunch. Kelly got the "Loeb" and Ben go the "Times Square". Both delicious, Kelly's sandwich was on a great twist roll and Ben's featured a fried egg on pastrami. What more could you want?
After work we rode our bikes to the National Building Museum to pick up our race bibs for the race on Sunday. Our training program for the race was somewhat suspect. We had good intentions, but laziness often won out. However, along with a few long runs, we had consistently been running from work which we hoped payed off on race day.
On Saturday, we took care of a few chores. We had to get the oil changed and take care of some shopping. While out we decided to have lunch at Chevy's, which holds a special place in our hearts. Also, Ben had acquired a game piece that got us a free lunch.
On the way home, we stopped by the kite festival that is part of the festivities for the cherry blossoms.
After the race, we grabbed a snack, water, and our medals before heading toward the metro. Ben had to work from from 10-2. While Ben was occupied with work, Kelly took this opportunity to shower and pass out! The day was not done yet. After practice, we had to take the dogs to get their vaccinations. There is a clinic in Price George's County (on the MD side of DC) that offers cheap vaccinations on the first Sunday of the month. With Mosley's haircut scheduled for Tuesday, we had to take this opportunity to get her shots up to date. While not terrible, the experience did require us to stand in line for 45 minutes with dogs constantly barking and the sun bearing down on us. On a typical afternoon, this would have been ok, however the fatigue and soreness was setting in from our morning activities. All said and done we were out of there in an hour. As a reward, we got ourselves and the dogs an ice cream cone.
We spent the remainder of the day recovering which involved watching the movie Footloose. A modern day take on the classic film was entertaining, but did not have enough dancing in it for Ben!
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