Transitioning

It's been a little over a month here...wow, only a month.  I feel as though I've been here for years.

Over lunch with a coworker we discussed a lot of things, and we ended up coming to this: that it doesn't matter whether you are in the most desolate town or the the largest metropolitan city...what matters are the people in your life.  The people in your life make the city.  They make home, home.

That being said, D.C. is slowly transitioning from city of pure adventure to city of comforts and adventure.  For my own memory's sake, I'll be listing a few of my favorite things over the past month here:

1) Running to the Lincoln Memorial and standing in awe before the reflecting pool and the World War 2 Memorial...and asking myself, am I really here?
2) Biking to work in the morning and passing by The Hill
3) Boxing sessions in a run-down garage (injured my hand last week so I'll be off for a few weeks)
4) Finding a Texas BBQ grill 1/2 mile from my place, and bonding with a young couple from my church community group
5) Finding a church to call home and a community group I connect with on a weekly basis in the Dupont Circle Area
6) Washington Nationals ballpark
7) 4th of July fireworks in D.C>
8) Running along the Ptomic River on Saturday morning
9) Happy hours and enjoying burger+beers with coworkers
10) Dinner + lecture from a think tank
11) Jazz every Friday in the sculpture garden
12) the atrium in the National Portrait Gallery (my favorite place in D.C.)
13) Eating crabs from Maryland at a friend's house
14) and of course the hurricane of work that awaits me every day


Well, D.C. is quite the town, and it's been great.

But I do miss family, friends, and everyone who knows me before I became Jason Lee, United States Navy.

And I miss my other half, Ms. Kim.

Going to a beach camping trip tomorrow morning, so time to get some rest.

Just as we went over last week in community group, Philippians 4: 2-13.