adding on

Today I added two new sightings to my police force list:

1. I discovered the Government Printing Office has its own police
force. Unanswered is the question why.

2. Parked in the bowels of union station are a fleet of Amtrak police.
At least this makes some sense, although I'm not sure if train robbery
is quite as common as it was, say, 100 years ago.

moving

Our lease is up at the end of the month, and we're looking for a new place. (Right now we're essentially in a semi-private studio apartment which is the basement of a shared house, and we'd like to get more space and fewer roommates).

We've been casually looking for a few weeks, and looked a bit less casually this past weekend. The first group of places that met the budget we'd decided on were not particularly exciting. Monday, though, we found a place that met most of the criteria we were looking for. We put in an application, and are waiting for a verdict. It'd be nice if it came through, but we've still got about three weeks to look if it doesn't.

We're already gearing up for a move, and I'm not sure we ever really unpacked from the move out here. Moving is the usual way of things, though, as far as I'm concerned. Only once since leaving my parents' house and setting out on my own have I stayed in one spot for more than a year - that was a house in Hattiesburg (which cost less than half - for the whole house - of the rental price of any one-bedroom we're looking at).

Last night we stumbled into a new pub quiz spot, after finding out our usual Tuesday stop was not offering trivia that particular night.

The quiz was so-so, but the Tuesday night half-price burgers were definitely worth it. They aren't quite the best quiz night deal, but it's not bad.

After finishing the burger, I couldn't finish the fries, and I literally felt myself digesting for the rest of the night. I think I was still full this morning.