Be Sure to Wear Carolina Blue Tomorrow

Song of the Day: Strange Currencies by REM

Although the official first day of spring has yet to arrive, it certainly feels like it has. Today reached a high of 73, and the sun did finally make it out this afternoon. As we discussed last night in Bible study, it's hard to believe that March is in full swing and February is gone (and has been gone for a while now). Time flies when you're having fun, they say.

Wake's Byrum Welcome Center

 And fun we are having! Fitz had a good day, nothing really out of the ordinary. He was sweet enough to go out to get Chipotle for dinner this evening, sparing us both from cooking late and dirty dishes. Katherine also had a nice day. She attended the Winston-Salem Arts Council Kickoff Meeting at the Byrum Center on Wake Forest's campus. It's a beautiful building with some particularly cute, small flowers planted right outside. At the meeting, Katherine heard a brief lecture on the Texas millionaires who insisted that while President Kennedy stayed in Fort Worth the night before his assassination, his hotel room be filled with famous artwork. She also heard a wonderful performance of a few Bach pieces on the piano by a music professor at Wake and another brief lecture on an exhibition called Domestic Bliss currently on display at Reynolda House.

We're both very excited about the ACC Tournament, and we'll be pulling for our beloved Tar Heels tomorrow at noon as they take on the Maryland Terrapins. Go Heels!

Those adorable flowers...violets or mini pansies?

A Chili Day

Song of the Day: L.O.V. by Fitz and The Tantrums

While today was sunny, the wind was a little too chilly for our tastes. But, spring is assuredly on its way and we're enjoying the weather as much as we can. And it's chili for dinner!

Katherine and Lindsay...

  

...and Carolyn and Katherine!

We had a super nice weekend. Fitz was able to play some golf with his dad, and they both played very well. Katherine was able to see her parents as well as two of her best friends, Lindsay and Carolyn. Lindsay was Katherine's roommate her sophomore year at UNC. While they have very different views on how neat one's dorm room should be (and Lindsay's view is the correct one), they are super good friends and made it through the year together without a single argument. Years later, as Katherine was taking some garbage to the dumpster in the apartment complex where she and Fitz were spending their first years of marriage together, she bumped into Lindsay and discovered that they lived in the same complex! Thus began weekly dinners at one another's apartments. Lindsay was the best neighbor ever, and we have missed her dearly here in Winston-Salem. However, life may be arranging for Lindsay to once more be near us in our next move...

Carolyn and Katherine met playing karaoke at a mutual friend's house one evening when both were new to the Grad and Career group at The Church of the Good Shepherd back in Durham. They became super fast friends and share many wonderful and exciting memories: watching a hawk swoop down and grab a squirrel in Coker Arboretum (that was more horrifying than wonderful or exciting), sharing desserts at Nordstrom Cafe, going on walks, and spending a lot of time sipping coffee and giggling together over the years. Carolyn is an amazing artist, and often Katherine wears some yellow earrings Carolyn made especially for her! Katherine is actually wearing these earrings in the photos, but are hidden behind her hair. 

It was a great weekend, and it's been a great start to the week. Fitz's trial is over, thankfully, so he should resume a more normal work pace and schedule. He looked very handsome today in his new suit. He plans on wearing his Tar Heel bow tie on Friday in support of UNC's game that day. 

And yes, we did watch the UNC vs. Duke game. We were very relieved to see them redeem themselves, and we have great hopes for them in March Madness!

Mussel Mania

Song of the Day: Nothing Ever Hurt Like You by James Morrison

We made it to the end of the week! We've seen spring, we've seen fog, and today we saw rain. It's been a good week, but we're happy to be in the weekend now. 

Oooh, pretty mussels...

This evening, we watched Jeopardy! as we usually do. For dinner tonight, we made mussels with garlic, tomatoes, white wine, and basil. We added some shrimp to the mix as well, and it made for a delicious dinner on a foggy evening. 

Now that's dinner over, we're going to sit down on the couch and watch Amazing Grace starring Ioan Gruffud. We hope everyone else had a great week and enjoys their weekend!

Also, check out these awesome magnets we got in the mail today! They're meant to promote vacations in the Caribbean, but we think they're going to be much more than that on our refrigerator door, i.e. a source of immense amusement. 

Katherine wrote the top sentence and Fitz wrote the bottom one.