A Nor'easter Storm?

"A Nor'easter storm? What's that?" Asked my community member Andrew last night at dinner. He and I are the only two community members in our house from the west coast. He had heard the term a 'nor'easter storm' on the news yesterday. Our Scranton, Penn. native housemate Lauren informed us that it means a large storm of winds coming from the North and heading down the Atlantic.

A storm is heading south, and it's a wet and windy morning in our nations capital. I try to ride my bike to work at least four times a week and because of the Oregon-like weather, this morning was one of the more difficult ones I've had since living here. It's about 1.5 miles from our JVC community house to my work, so a 10-minute ride or a 25 minute walk. DC is an easy place to commute by bike. I'll admit the first time I started riding in traffic I was a little scared, but I got the hang of it pretty quickly. It's good exercise, allows one to get somewhere relatively quickly, and saves time and money from taking the Metro or a bus.

Last weekend my sister Maggie, who lives in Portland, made a visit to Washington, DC. It was a mini college reunion for her, she was meeting up with two of her friends in DC and also spending time with our brother Brian and I. We had lot's of fun together, including a wonderful Sunday night dinner with my JVC community. On Monday I showed Maggie my placement and we had breakfast in Adams Morgan. After I got off work we met up for dinner at an Ethiopian restaurant. (If you have not had Ethiopian food I highly recommend it).

It's fun living and working in such a fun city that people love to visit. I can't believe that we are nearing mid-November. Thanksgiving is just two weeks away!