I wasn't able to access the Internet when I awoke this morning. I made the wish that it would rain in yesterday's entry, and it finally did begin storming sometime late in the evening. It went on into the early hours of the morning. No doubt lightning is to blame for the cable outage. I decided that since I couldn't yet write today's entry, I would instead turn the television on and listen to it while I finished up a mandala I was in the middle of. It hadn't occurred to me that the cable to the TV was likely to be out as well. I ended up putting Spirited Away into the DVD player. If you've never seen that, you really should. It's a great film. Anyway, between last night and this afternoon I finished filling in four more mandalas. I'm happy with my progress, but unfortunately my hand feels like it is going to fall off. I don't think I am going to want to work on any more for at least a few days.
Today officially starts the weekend, being that it's Friday and all. Last weekend Andrew and I went over to the Freer Gallery in D.C., but we left off on the 18th exhibition room because were hungry and went to eat lunch at the National Museum of Natural History's Atrium Cafe (the sandwiches there rock). By the time we had returned the museum was already shut down for the night. We decided that we were going to finish it up this weekend along with the Sackler (they are adjoined). Also on the agenda is the United States Botanic Garden and the exterior of the Supreme Court so I can take some photographs. We may even go over to Hain's Point. If we're going to be doing all that I need to get my chores out of the way.