Good Times and a Merry Christmas!

It's been a quick and fun December. Sadly part of the fun came with many goodbye parties. DC is a transit town, and as they do, people have come and gone. Two of my friends returned to LA after a lengthy time spent in DC. The one thing I learned is that you can never have a long term friend in this city because they only stay for so long. I can count the friends I have had from 3 years ago when I moved back to DC who have stayed all the way through. Actually, the number is like 2. Everyone else has come and gone. And soon, that shall be true of me too.


The holidays started with a great day at the park. You all know what a football fan I am, and I had the ultimate football experience. My mom and I went to the Washington Redskins vs Dallas Cowboys game with box suite tickets. For those not brushed up on American football, these two teams are two of the biggest rivals in the National Football League. Not only did we go to the game, we DESTROYED the Cowboys. I was jumping out of my seat the whole time.

Now for the Armenian relevance in the story, the way we got the tickets was that the owner of the suite is a friend of my fathers. He invited another doctor who brought one of his friends (usually more than 20 people float around the suite at a time) who walked up to me in the beginning of the game, looked at me and said, "I don't believe this!" It was my AYF Advisor from 15 YEARS AGO!!! I haven't seen him SINCE! He heard there was another Armenian in the suite and had to find out who. Of all the places, all the times, all the suites in the world, he happened to be at the Redskins vs Cowboys game (hardest tickets to find in DC) in the same suite on the same day. By the way, the Redskins continued to beat the New York Giants the following week. :)

Anyway, of course, it is the holiday season and it has been merry. I went to New Jersey with my parents to spend American Christmas at my sister's in-laws' house. I got great gifts, but most importantly, we spent more time at the dinner table than NOT at the dinner table. Boy did we eat! This weekend is a simple gathering with friends... we'll probably drop by the monuments to celebratae with the rest of DC in the cold weather... hopefully Jack and Coke will keep us warm.