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	DAILY UPDATE 9:34 PM 7/25/2010 week #1 of east cost living. i thought maybe i'd begin to slowly adjust to the heat, but it still sucks. ROYALLY. i sweat so much i swear i'm also sweating from the sheer exertion of sweating so much. does that make sense? if not, jump on a flight to DC and you'll see what i mean. one of the questions i'm currently pondering is the optimal speed to walk around in during this kind of heat. i mean, if you go fast, you'll get to your destination (i.e. somewhere with A/C) faster, but then you might overheat from speedwalking everywhere like a maniac. on the other hand, if you go slowly, you're stuck suffering through swamp weather for a longer period of time. quite the conundrum. maybe the key is to walk at a medium pace and duck in and out of every air-conditioned store on the way. it'll take five times as long as the other two options but at least you won't show up at work looking like a sweaty mess. horrible. good thing there is nobody cute at work i care about impressing. anyway, i had a decent first week at work. went up to maryland for conference on thursday afternoon, so now i have another state to cross off my list. 22 down, 28 more to go. i explored georgetown today in an attempt to find a korean nail place and got caught in a sudden downpour for 30 minutes. it was hot and sunny when i left my apartment and then 20 minutes later, i looked up and saw dark clouds rolling in fast. the wind kicked up like crazy and people were literally running for cover all over the palce. it was like armageddon, i swear. so i ran to CVS and as soon as i stepped in, the rain came gushing down. i've never seen anything like it, not even in hawaii or asia. i had to buy an umbrella for $10. afterwards the weather cleared up enough to walk outside, so i dropped by georgetown cupcake to wait in line with the other idiots for almost an hour for overpriced cupcakes. they really ARE good, though. i inhaled one at starbucks with a iced green tea and it was absolute heaven. or maybe i was just famished from trying to manage this extreme weather. from 109 with the heat index to this. all right, enough updating for today - it's time to hit the gym so i can burn off the 1.5 cupcakes i ate. i had to buy six to get a discount and i wanted to try out flavors in order to know what to recommend to people sooooo, yeah. no wonder my pants don't fit properly anymore. i'll leave you with pictures that me and lynn drew of each other in MS paint as an incentive to seriously work out for the next 10 months. man, what a cranky-looking bride. but i guess i'd be cranky too, if my torso were shaped like spongebob squarepants. haha. note that she is holding a 600 lb gorilla ice cream sandwich in her right hand. it's called 600 lb gorilla because that's what you morph into after eating it every freakin' day for a month. i would know. this is me wearing rosa's bridesmaid dress. or attempting to, that is, because as you can see, the damn thing won't zip up on the side. lynn also drew me in my running shorts in the bottom right hand corner, which are currently fitting me like hot pants/boy shorts. that would be hot and all if they weren't supposed to be totally loose for working out/running. ARGHGHGH. OKAY I'M GOING TO THE GYM NOW. bye. p.s. and no, i will NOT put the chocolate bar down.