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As you may have noticed, I haven’t done a Random Friday post in a number of weeks. I’m still jotting things down during the week like I used to, but when I go back to the list later to see which of those things I want to write about — recently, for some reason, I’ve been looking at what I wrote and deciding not to bother with the post. But look! I’m writing today.

A few things have happened in the last few weeks:

* My friend Janet from Slice of Pink came for a visit to DC. She was here for an entire weekend, but I only got to see her for about 3-4 hours on the first night she arrived because our schedules didn’t coincide the rest of the time. Still, it was wonderful catching up with her. We used to live in the same town during the year I lived in southern California, and I also got to see her at BlogHer ’08 in San Francisco. She’s one of the most delightful people I know (seriously, I used the word “delightful” to describe her to my sister last week, and I don’t think I’ve ever used that word to describe anyone before).

* I went to Atlanta for two days to attend a company training/networking event. Well, I tell everyone that I went to Atlanta, but actually the training took place at a hotel that was less than a mile from the airport. So that’s not technically Atlanta. I’ll have to go to the actual city some other time to see if I like it or not. As a team-building exercise while we were there, we assembled bicycles to give away to a charity. That was something I’d never done before, so it was a pretty cool experience.

* I went to Richmond and got drunk with my mom. Isn’t she cute? While I was there that weekend, my nephew made me watch two scary movies (which I strongly disliked), and I also saw the last hour or so of Marley & Me (and I did NOT cry at the end when the dog was put to sleep. I guess this proves my hard-heartedness). I also received — and answered — a very unexpected phone call that weekend, but that’s a long, non-bloggable story.

* One of the things I did for Halloween Festivities last weekend was to hang out with my friend Andrea (a former co-worker) and some of her friends at Capitol Lounge on Capitol Hill. As we were walking to the bar, we passed Sasha and Malia Obama trick-or-treating with a group of adults (but no, not their parents). This pic was taken at the bar — as the photographer aimed the camera (my phone) at us, I tried to pull down Andrea’s low-cut shirt. She caught me just as the pic was taken – hence the smiles.

* I’m excited about tonight because two of my good friends from Richmond, Chris and Teresa, are driving up to see me. I’m taking them out in Old Town Alexandria tonight, and when we get home I think I’ll make both of them pile up with me in my double bed so we can have a good ‘ol slumber party. Or something like that. Tomorrow? They’ve never been to Georgetown, so I think we’ll head out there and see the sights.

This pic was taken of the three of us back in May, when I was in Richmond. We must take new, just-as-cute photos this weekend!