We drove from Seattle in August of 2008, without knowing where we would end up living, and found this apartment.
Shortly after, Patrick started his new job, I got my first car, and I started grad school.
We explored the cute walking trails and tested out the food in the area. Wegman's, our newly discovered grocery store down the street, turned out to be one of the best grocery stores we've been to. The greek mom 'n pop restaurant we originally thought we would be going to all the time, HavABite, gave over to the much closer and DELICIOUS Moby Dick's House of Kabob. (Ok, they're not exactly the same type of food, but to me, they feed the same craving.) I don't even want to count the number of delicious delicious burgers we have sampled.
We had many adventures being tourists in DC. Friends came to stay with us, including Seth, Steve and Jessica, and Brian.
In the summer of '09, we flew back home to Seattle to get married. Our little apartment became crowded with boxes of wedding presents, and I crammed as much packing material into hiding places as I could so that we would have it ready for us when we inevitably moved again.
Christmas came, the whole family came out to Virginia, and we all got to experience the craziest winter I have ever seen.
School ended, and I got my first full time job. Now, with 5 months of employment under my belt, we finally leave this small space that we have, for a short time, occupied and I look back fondly at all that we have been able to accomplish while we have been here.
It has been a busy two years. And I imagine we won't be slowing down for some time yet. This is such an exciting time for us.
