Wait I live here? Weird?

So after a very long day yesterday I had one of the most perfect nights... I wish I could tell you there was a boy directly involved but alas it was just a night spent with some girlfriends catching up. My good friend Wendy who had recently moved back to her home state of Missouri was back in town for a business meeting. We thought it would be fun if we met up and took part in our old ritual that was dinner at Austin Grill. The funny part came when Wendy was turned around and asked me for direction on how to get there. And I knew what to tell her! But I jump ahead... Wendy was held up in a meeting so I called my friend Kelli (we had both been literally trying to clear our schedule for the past month so we could catch up but nothing was happening) to see if she could meet me before hand for some appetizers. Low and behold Kelli said she was already out the door on the way. So Kelli and I spent a good hour catching up and goofin off before Wendy arrived. Then Wendy and I spent a couple hours over dinner and our old routine of Austin Grill Accountability.

It was a wonderful spring DC night so instead of just jumping right on the subway we thought lets walk it. I directed her in the way we should head off to her office building and I would catch the train from there. As we were walking Wendy looked confused and I kept directing her in the way to go. It was weird because we were crossing the street at one point and I saw a girl I knew and we exchanged quick hellos and how are yous... We turned another corner and Wendy realized we were walking by the White House, I told her I thought that was the best way to go, because the White House is pretty awesome at night all lit up. She asked if I was still glad to be in DC and I stated I knew it was where I was supposed to be right now. As we were getting closer to the subway station I ran into a friend I had not seen in years (um I'm sorry how have I been here long enough to not see someone for years?) in the park walking his dog. We stopped and said hello and he happen to be on the phone with another guy friend of mine I had not seen in months so I chatted with him some on the phone and then headed to the metro. It was then that it hit me... wait I live here?! When did that happen? I know people and how to get around... This was to be a temporary adventure for two years. That's what I told everyone, two years in DC and then I am heading back home. Now I am working on my fifth year, and that my friends is the big mile-stone in DC. Many say if you stay here five years, then you're stuck... you are a Beltway Insider! Well I am not sure about all that but it was kinda neat not to feel like a temporarily displaced person, and like this is my town... weird I know... who would have thought I would live in DC?