Good night, sleep tight

Don’t let the bed bugs bite

If they do

Take a shoe

And beat them ‘til they’re black and blue

Oh yes, it’s a violent way to say good night I suppose but it’s fun to say. This is something that my grandparents and my parents used to say to myself and my sisters when we were little. I even taught it to a lot of the kids I babysat for back in high school (I’m sure their parents really liked that, lol). I have no idea where it came from. Is anyone else familiar with that little poem?

Growing up, I never really knew what bed bugs are. I believe that my mom told me that they weren’t real but on the other hand, she also told me that chipmunks were baby squirrels (I believed that for a long time) so I wasn’t too sure about her answers…

Unfortunately in the paper this morning, there was a story about bed bugs. They exist and there is apparently a resurgence of bed bugs in places like college dormitories, homeless shelters, hospitals and even hotels. ICK!

I suppose I’ll be sleeping with a heavy shoe perhaps even a heavy boot on my bedside table. You’ve gotta love when the things you learned as a child actually prepare you for the real world!

I found out through one of my non-Xanga blogs that this week is Thai Restaurant Week in celebration of the Thai New Year. This is in conjunction with the Thai Embassy. At select Thai restaurants in the DMV area, you can get 10% off. Since I didn’t have much to get done for school last night, the Architect and I had an impromptu date night and went to a Thai restaurant in our town’s downtown area.

It was so delicious. I had a curry that was sort of sweet and almost cinnamon-y. It had really tender beef and some potatoes in it. It really hit the spot.

I thought that the idea of an embassy supporting this event was really awesome. I wish some of the other embassies would have events like this (Mexican embassy, are you listening?). While I already love Thai food, there’s probably a lot of people out there who haven’t tried it but maybe this event will allow people new to Thai food to try it and love it like I do!

This week is going to end up being very multicultural for us. On Wednesday, we’re going to the Swiss Embassy through the Architect’s professional society. I think we’re watching a movie or a presentation. I just jumped at the chance to go to another embassy. A lot of the embassies down here in DC are in really, really cool buildings. For the past couple years, all of the European Union embassies have had an open house day sometime in May where you can go inside the embassies. Usually they’ll have snacks and different activities that you can participate in (movies, presentations, etc). My favorite embassy was actually the Slovenian embassy!

What’s your favorite foreign cuisine?

I’ve always been jealous of people who can travel without a plan. They’re free to move about the world however they like because they don’t need a plan. I need a plan. I need to know where I’m going and at least have a general idea of where I will stay. Heck, I’m going to grad school for a degree in Project Management, which essentially means I want to plan stuff for a living. Flying free just doesn’t work well for me.

 I’ve had three friends in my life that can truly travel with no plan in mind. I had lunch with one of them today.

Hombre just came back to the States about four days ago after being away for four months. He decided that he wanted to go Central and South America for awhile to practice his Spanish. He visited Chile, Ecuador, Panama, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Mexico while he was gone with no itinerary. He stayed in cheap places and with friends (he has a lot of friends down there since after college graduation, he went right to Mexico and traveled all over for about 6 months, until his money ran out).

He was supposed to come back on February 14th but decided that he wasn’t quite ready to come home so he stayed longer (once again, until his money ran out). Now it looks like he’ll stay in the States for awhile and he’s even looking for a job in the DC area versus going home to TX. Yay!

Do you think you could travel without a plan? Where would you go?

Let others know a little more about yourself, re-post this as your name followed by “ology” (I was tagged by BigToePeople).

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***********FOOD-OLOGY***************

What is your salad dressing of choice?

Probably bleu cheese, honey mustard, or balsamic vinegar and oil.

What is your favorite sit-down restaurant?
Probably Afterwords Cafe or Lauriol Plaza (both in DC, both in Dupont Circle) 

What food could you eat for 2 weeks straight and not get sick of?
Pasta in some form or another. I blame that on being a swimmer in high school.  

What are your pizza toppings of choice?
My favorite is green peppers and feta cheese but I love BBQ chicken pizza as well. 

What do you like to put on your toast
Either butter or peanut butter.

***********TECHNOLOGY***************

How many television sets are in your house?
We have one real tv in the living room. We actually have a computer screen in the bedroom that the Architect got a converter box for to turn it into a tv.

What color cell phone do you have?
Red. Blue is truly my favorite color although my kitchen, dining room, and living room are in shades of red.

***************BIOLOGY******************

Are you right-handed or left-handed?
Right handed.

Have you ever had anything removed from your body?
I’ve had my wisdom teeth removed and a cyst last year.  

What is the last heavy item you lifted?
Meh, my work bag. I don’t know why I carry so much to and from work.

Have you ever been knocked unconscious?
Never.

************BALONEYOLOGY**************

If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?
I don’t think I would want to know. I’d rather live each day to its fullest.

If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
I don’t think I would change my name. Although its common-ness kind of bothered me especially in school (once I was one of 5 or 6 Megans in a class of 25 in high school), I like it. It’s me.

Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000?
Lets see, that would pay for about one grad school class. Okay, I’ll do it

************DUMBOLOGY******************

How many pairs of flip flops do you own?
Too many. I blame this on lifeguarding during the summers in high school. You can never have too many.

Last time you had a run-in with the cops?
I got pulled over by the Metro transit police because I did a “California stop” through a stop sign at the Metro stat

Last person you talked to?
My co-worker

Last person you hugged?
The Architect as he got off the Metro.

**************FAVORITOLOGY****************

Season?
Spring and Fall

Holiday?
I love Christmas!

Day of the week?
Saturday or Sunday

Month?
Probably April or May.

***********CURRENTOLOGY*****************

Missing someone?
I miss all the family that lives out in Colorado

Mood?
Wishing that it was the weekend again.

What are you listening to?
The radio (my co-worker listens to soft rock)

Watching?
The computer screen

Worrying about?
Nothing right now.

***************RANDOMOLOGY*****************

First place you went to this morning?
To work

What’s the last movie you saw?
Slumdog Millionaire (awesome movie)

Do you smile often?
Yes. 

***************QUESTIONS**************

1) Do you always answer your phone?
Pretty much 

2) It’s four in the morning and you get a text message, who is it?
If my boyfriend isn’t there, it may be him.

3) If you could change your eye color what would it be?
I like my blue eyes.

4) What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic?
We don’t have Sonics here!

5) Do you own a digital camera?
Yup.

6) Have you ever had a pet fish?
Oh yeah, I had a lot of fish when I was younger. My parents still have fish in our pond. I had a beta fish in college but it jumped out of its bowl and committed fishy suicide.

7) Favorite Christmas song?
“The Christmas Song”

8) What’s on your wish list for your birthday?
Ugh, I’m terrible at deciding what I want. My birthday isn’t until October anyhow.

9) Can you do push ups?
Nah

10) Can you do a chin up?

Nah

11) Does the future make you more nervous or excited?
 Excited.

12) Do you have any saved texts?

Just the ones I haven’t deleted.

13) Ever been in a car wreck?
Yup but I wasn’t driving. It was really scary. 

14) Do you have an accent?
People say I sound like I’m from the Midwest. 

15) What is the last song to make you cry?
I don’t remember 

16) Plans tonight?
I have a hot date… with homework unfortunately.

17) Have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom?
No, don’t think so. My life is pretty blessed.

18) Name 3 things you bought in the last week
Scarves, groceries, Easter candy!

19) Have you ever been given roses?
Oh yeah! 

20) Current worry?
No worries.

21) Current hate right now?
Nothing right now.

22) Met someone who changed your life?
The Architect   

23) How did you bring in the New Year?
Stayed home.

24) What song represents you?
Dave Matthews Band’s “#41”

Remember how I was talking about the Washington Post Peep Contest a month or so ago?

The winners are finally out.

Here was our submission called “The New York Peep Exchange – Peep Market Crash 2009″:

Unfortunately we didn’t win.

You can see the other winners here!

Happy Easter!