Lark 1 and Lark 2

Hello, hello, and welcome back to my life...as it were. It's been a while, I know. Since my wonderful Christmas at home, I've been busy reconnecting with social life in DC, finding a new place to live (Meridian at Courthouse), and fighting with my landlord roommates about how to give a month's notice (I don't want to think about it anymore), so things have been a little hectic.

So today I'll chose a story that isn't completely stressful to retell: I participated in a study at NIH last week, which was pretty cool. They took pictures of my brain! and made me take memory tests and personality tests and do some really boring stuff. But it's all in the name of science, right? (And in the name of the $350 they'll be sending me in 7-10 business days.) They also took my blood to do genetic testing (anonymously), which scares me a little because I envision some mad scientist using my genes for evil instead of good, and making another me someday. Not that another Lark in this world would be anything but fortunate and wonderful...but it would definitely throw me for a loop. I'm still getting over the fact that they gave me an MRI to see what's happening in my brain and half the time I don't even know what's going on in there!

This week is going to be busy, too, (we're planning to move in to Meridian on Saturday) and right now I'm actually supposed to be getting ready to go cat-sit at Rachel's cousin's house for the evening, so I'm going to wrap this up a little short, I suppose. I know you are disappointed, but maybe next time I'll have more time to expound on the mundane details of my life that I know everyone's so thrilled to hear about. :-)

Happy MLK Day, kids. I'll be in the office since we don't get the day off, but if I can leave early, I may go see the Emanicpation Proclamation at the National Archives!! Nifty, this city.