Danny and I celebrated our first anniversary this weekend by having a bit of a "staycation" in Arlington, VA. We stayed at a nice hotel overlooking the Pentagon and Jefferson Memorial and took the Metro in to dinner at a steak place. Danny's best friend knew where we were going and paid for our dinner without us knowing, which was so sweet :) We had a couple of drinks out on the hotel bar's terrace and just talked for a while.

On Sunday we packed up/checked out and went to Arlington National Cemetery which I have always wanted to visit but never have despite living 30mins away my entire life. So we spent the afternoon wandering around, seeing JFK's family plot, Arlington House where part of George Washington's family lived and where Robert E. Lee and his wife spent some time and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (including changing of the guard). It could not have been a more perfect day weather-wise and I love to meander through cemeteries of any sort (they're so peaceful to me). So all in all it was a great weekend.

The sad part is that I leave for fourth year rotations bright and early Friday morning. Danny is driving me up (because I have more stuff than usual due to my new place not being furnished and I need his help to move my bed in) but leaving Monday afternoon :( While I only have six months left of school up north, I have a feeling is going to be extra-tough because I'll be a lot busier and there will be less time that we can squeeze a visit in. No use crying over spilled milk (or milk that is destined to be spilled?) but it still makes me sad. I know I'll be beyond happy to come home for good though, so there's that.

Almost as bad as having to say goodbye to Danny again is the packing/moving. I don't even know how many times I've moved since I left for college back in 2006 but it's been that many times too many. I'm in the process of digging through my old, boxed up stuff now to see what I can bring up north but I want to bring the bare minimum to minimize what I have to turn around and bring back. Ugh. The week will go by quickly, that's for sure.