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Nov. 12th, 2006 04:06 amUgh.
We left for the National Geographic warehouse sale around 1:30, and just got home at 11:30 or so.
Okay, so we weren't at the sale for that entire time, or even most of it. After a bit of an adventure getting there thanks to my missing various signs on Independence and some misleading Google Maps, we spent about two hours wandering around the Armory and picking up lots of goodies:
There were also a few things destined as holiday presents and some things
nminusone picked up whose titles I don't remember offhand. The apparel and gifts section got a cursory glance or two at most because after 20 minutes in the "wander past the tables" line which wrapped around the back of the building, neither of us could immediately see anything that seemed worth another 20 minutes in line to us.
Leaving, we ran into
curiousangel and
rivka and Alex completely by coincidence outside the building; that was a pleasant surprise. We then proceeded to get a much more comprehensive tour of Benning Road NE than I think we really wanted while trying to get back on 295 headed north so we could hit up Ikea while we were on that side of the Beltway. Ikea's always a black hole for time and money, and by the time we got out of there a couple hours later, traffic on the Outer Loop was backed up -- XM's traffic station claimed that it extended from the GW Parkway to University Avenue. That seemed like a fine opportunity to bail and have dinner in Silver Spring, so that's exactly what we did. It was a lovely night to wander around City Place, although at that point we were both more than ready to not be on our feet for a while. In an effort to avoid the reported backup on the way home after dinner and a much-needed margarita at Austin Grill, we took the long way around to River Road and the Beltway, where we did not find the backup that supposedly started not too far ahead. We also managed to miss any backup from the wreck on 66 west that had three of the four lanes closed at one point. Today was not the day to be driving anywhere near DC, apparently.
We decided that the better plan for the evening was to come home and put our feet up instead of going out to see another movie, and I spent the last several hours doing water changes, wondering why every single sample of water I tested tonight -- including stuff straight out of the tap -- reads "OMG ur fish iz ded!" on an ammonia test when the ammonia indicators in the tanks don't register even mildly dangerous levels and the fish aren't particularly stressed, and treating my poor little crowntail boy Victor for fin rot. Tomorrow is housecleaning day, especially if the rain keeps up.
We left for the National Geographic warehouse sale around 1:30, and just got home at 11:30 or so.
Okay, so we weren't at the sale for that entire time, or even most of it. After a bit of an adventure getting there thanks to my missing various signs on Independence and some misleading Google Maps, we spent about two hours wandering around the Armory and picking up lots of goodies:
- March of the Penguins
- A couple of National Geographic Traveller titles: Paris and Boston
- Mapping the World: An Illustrated History of Cartography
- Through the Lens: National Geographic's Greatest Photographs
- Battlegrounds: Geography and the Art of Warfare
- Last Stand: America's Virgin Lands
There were also a few things destined as holiday presents and some things
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We decided that the better plan for the evening was to come home and put our feet up instead of going out to see another movie, and I spent the last several hours doing water changes, wondering why every single sample of water I tested tonight -- including stuff straight out of the tap -- reads "OMG ur fish iz ded!" on an ammonia test when the ammonia indicators in the tanks don't register even mildly dangerous levels and the fish aren't particularly stressed, and treating my poor little crowntail boy Victor for fin rot. Tomorrow is housecleaning day, especially if the rain keeps up.