SCORPIO:
Wednesday, October 23

As of 10.18 (EDT) it is officially your turn as the Sun enters your sign. Not only should your energy come flooding back, your sense of possibility should be hot on its heels. For the next month the emphasis is firmly on your desires, prospects and whatever it takes for you to perform at your highest capacity.

hehehehe--sweet.

yesterday truly was a great day. after the giddiness of the work day, erica, dan, ed and i trapsed out of work and into dupont for our staff assistant dinner. after making a stop at ed's apartment for what turned out to be a brief pause for wine and "billy madison", we went to pasta mia's in dupont for some much-craved italian. the restaurant was cute, the food was delicious (angel hair pasta with meat sauce), but we waited almost an hour from the time we placed our order until we got our meals. now, when we were seated, we were hungry. by the time our meals arrived, i think we were ready to eat our own arms. and while we temporarily forgot about the slow service while we were gobbling down steaming plates of pasta, sauce and cheese, waiting another fifteen minutes to get our change back reminded us. overall opinion: good food, but not worth the wait we endured. i hope they were just having an off night in the service department.

ed took us onto the roof of his building, where there is an absolutely gorgeous view of the entire city. it was beautiful--it wasn't quite sunset, but the sky was starting to turn pink and there was a nice fall breeze. when we looked out straight ahead, we could see the monument and the capitol and the downtown area, with the river stretching out in the distance. turning to our right, we had a great view of the national cathedral. i wish i'd had my camera--at some point, i'm going to demand that he let me get back up there so i can take some photographs.

so we had our dinner and headed to our respective homes...i got in, made a couple calls and then gathered with my two roommates for our weekly "real world" viewing (and bashing). we're so mean and catty when we watch that show--i love it.

the fitness room in my building is now open. when i get out of work this afternoon, i get to give it a try--i'm thrilled by this. no more asking for a fitness room key at the front desk! no more piling on layers of clothes so i don't freeze during the walk over to the other building. i can just step out in my shorts and t-shirt, jump into the elevator and head down to the fitness room to work out.

REJOICE!!!!!!!!