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Had a great weekend with J. and I.. I met J. last summer on that language program in Croatia. We hit it off from the first afternoon we met and it would have been a radically different summer without her. (I <3 J.)
I. is J.'s Croatian boyfriend. They met last summer when one of his friends hit on us at The Garden (a bar in Zadar). We almost didn't go out that night because I lost my contact and had to take apart the sink. They were only in town for the holiday weekend. It was really lucky they met. I thought it would most likely be a summer fling, even when after the program J. went and lived with I. and his mom at their farm for a month after the program ended. But they're still together!
This was I.'s second trip outside of Croatia (his first was a spring break trip with J. to London and Brussels), and his first trip to the US. His English isexistent much improved after a year with J. (long distance since she had to finish up her MA at Harvard.)
We had a great time with them! We went out to eat, a mix of ethnic (Indian, Middle Eastern--we saw my dance teacher perform), and American (Johnny Rocket's, brunch at Chef Geoff's). They also wanted to see some of the sites (monuments, White House, Croatian Embassy), and they went to an imax show at the National Gallery.
It was a really nice weekend. Great to visit with them, practice my Croatian, and hear D. talk.
This afternoon, after they left, D. and I went to see Dark Knight. Awesome as everyone else has said. There was a lot of movie there, but so good I mostly ignored the fact that I had to pee through the second half.
Tonight I watched Nancy Drew. Really adorable, I loved those books when I was a little kid. I don't know that I want to go back and read them and mar the memory.
I just finished cleaning out my closet and some drawers. Three trash bags full of clothes and one of shoes! Woot! I'm okay getting rid of things that hit two out of three of the following categories*:
1. worn out
2. out of style
3. don't fit
I even did a few things that only hit one category.
But there are those things that are just misfires. I bought them and never really wore them very much because there was something that just wasn't quite flattering enough, or some detail that annoyed me. These are hard to get rid of because they're barely worn, still kind of in style, and still fit. But I tried really hard to make "annoying so I don't wear it even if spent money on it" a valid category for dismissal.
*This is on the assumption that they have little to no sentimental value. I do keep some things for sentimental reasons, but I have to remember specifically when I wore it and why that's important to keep. Then they go in one drawer I don't have easy access to and a couple of suitcases. I even cleaned out my drawer and repacked it with an edited group of sentimental things.
I. is J.'s Croatian boyfriend. They met last summer when one of his friends hit on us at The Garden (a bar in Zadar). We almost didn't go out that night because I lost my contact and had to take apart the sink. They were only in town for the holiday weekend. It was really lucky they met. I thought it would most likely be a summer fling, even when after the program J. went and lived with I. and his mom at their farm for a month after the program ended. But they're still together!
This was I.'s second trip outside of Croatia (his first was a spring break trip with J. to London and Brussels), and his first trip to the US. His English is
We had a great time with them! We went out to eat, a mix of ethnic (Indian, Middle Eastern--we saw my dance teacher perform), and American (Johnny Rocket's, brunch at Chef Geoff's). They also wanted to see some of the sites (monuments, White House, Croatian Embassy), and they went to an imax show at the National Gallery.
It was a really nice weekend. Great to visit with them, practice my Croatian, and hear D. talk.
This afternoon, after they left, D. and I went to see Dark Knight. Awesome as everyone else has said. There was a lot of movie there, but so good I mostly ignored the fact that I had to pee through the second half.
Tonight I watched Nancy Drew. Really adorable, I loved those books when I was a little kid. I don't know that I want to go back and read them and mar the memory.
I just finished cleaning out my closet and some drawers. Three trash bags full of clothes and one of shoes! Woot! I'm okay getting rid of things that hit two out of three of the following categories*:
1. worn out
2. out of style
3. don't fit
I even did a few things that only hit one category.
But there are those things that are just misfires. I bought them and never really wore them very much because there was something that just wasn't quite flattering enough, or some detail that annoyed me. These are hard to get rid of because they're barely worn, still kind of in style, and still fit. But I tried really hard to make "annoying so I don't wear it even if spent money on it" a valid category for dismissal.
*This is on the assumption that they have little to no sentimental value. I do keep some things for sentimental reasons, but I have to remember specifically when I wore it and why that's important to keep. Then they go in one drawer I don't have easy access to and a couple of suitcases. I even cleaned out my drawer and repacked it with an edited group of sentimental things.
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Ditto.
I bought them and never really wore them very much because there was something that just wasn't quite flattering enough, or some detail that annoyed me. These are hard to get rid of because they're barely worn, still kind of in style, and still fit. I've got some of these, too, although I let go of most of them when we moved because I couldn't see paying to move something I never used. Maybe we should do a clothing swap at some point - we could post pictures here and send them to whomever wants them.