The Weekend. No, not this weekend, last weekend.

I'm being inspired by certain other bloggers (ahem, Miss Lost-In-Wonderland) and comments on my own blog (ahem, M.) that I need to share my life more. It's true. Out of excitement for this upcoming weekend, allow me to share my epically awesome last weekend:

Friday: Work.Blegh. It came, it went. Post-work was an extra special ice skating outing to the sculpture garden with many choir friends and a couple other awesome friends.

Watching the boy try not to fall over while on the ice = hilarious.

Literally skating backwards in circles around him = super mean, but also hilarious. This is an accurate portrayal of how I look ice skating, by the by.

Here's a bit of information you may not have known - ice skating for two hours makes you hungry! Like, really hungry! We grabbed a bite to eat at this bar where you can pour your own beer from the tap. Being almost at the point of collapsing I bounced early and went home to my mercifully clean house (sooo worth staying up Thursday night to get it that way!) and dropped into my [heated!] bed to sleep the week off.

Saturday: I woke up feeling limber and stretchy, and really excited for a morning yoga class. I went to Yoga District up on Rhode Island and First for the first time with R, at her suggestion (and frequent nudging). It was really nice! First of all, they squeezed a lot of us in the room, and second, they only charge $10 for an hour and fifteen minute class. The instructor kind of looked like Barney Stinson in the episode where he tries to steal Ted's girl (you know, that episode). He was actually very soothing. My biceps were positively shaking afterward from all the vinyasa repetitions, and it was awesome. R and I went to Big Bear Cafe after class for brunch (does anyone else expect this when they go there?). SO tasty. They were out of bagels, and at first I was like, what the what!? but I ordered my lox and cream cheese on whole grain toast and it was SO good that next time I'm just ordering that. Also, not enough cafes serve their tea in a giant teapot. I liked that I didn't run out of tea in five minutes at Big Bear.

Bears. The gay kind. 

Saturday, continued: After a quick trip to Columbia Heights to go to Marshall's (sweet sweet Marshall's, how I love thee), I ran my butt home to change for Saturday part II: Roller Derby. You guys, I freaking love roller derby. I've been going since October and I'm pretty much obsessed. This time around I think I got more than 15 people to join me for the brawl. Scare Force One, you kick ass each and every time. Small Fry, Lenore Gore, I want your moves on the track. Martha Squashington, I want your name. I don't think it's too late to become a DC rollergirl, do you?
Oh, and PS, remember the halftime show? These kids were jumping rope in a troupe like nobody's business! It was flippin' fantastic.

Marion Barrycuda being badass (picture via dcist)

Saturday night was a basic Wellesley gathering, lots of girls, a couple guys, plenty of fancy booze and eats. The yearbook came out - 'nuff said. 

Sunday: I had to wake up at 7 am to meet D. and M. for a hike in Shenandoah. Ever hear of Old Rag? It's a hike that winds through the woods and up the side of a mountain for a few miles, then over a couple miles of rocky ridge at the top (requiring some rock scramble action) and back down again. It was fantastic, especially the rock scramble bit.

Slip canyon. Thankfully I didn't have to saw off my own arm to get out.

I made it a condition of our hike that I get Cracker Barrel on the way home (haha, take that A. with your post-hiking Denny's!). Buttermilk fried chicken is a big win, btw. And biscuits, macaroni and cheese, fried okra, raspberry sweet tea and cornbread. I definitely did not have a hot fudge sundae for dessert either. It was delicious. 

Monday: Sleep. Food. Sleep. Choir. Sleep.

On the schedule for this weekend: Baking brownies, choir concert, baking brownies, hopefully yoga again!, showing family around town, choir concert part the second, dinner with family, choir after-party, brunch with family, movies, rest, movies, food. Sleep. Sleeeeeeeeeep. Sleep.