It's only halfway through! I can't believe I am in Maryland. It is so crazy how you anticipate something for so long and when you are there... it feels like you have been there your whole life! haha maybe that's just me... I left Wed night for home after the nightly news and it was POURING DOWN RAIN. I was thinking "wow I am going to speed there cuz I want to get there and then die and Mere and Amber will hate themselves for making me come home to go to DC" hahaha SO I had to force myself to drive slow (well slower than i would have normally) and of course I drove safely. I get home and my sister freaks out cuz I am there on a week night and Ollie was happy too! :) That night we didn't go to sleep til at LEAST 11 and woke up at 3:30 to leave at 4... (Elizabeth can attest to the fact that I make the strangest noises in the morning when I wake up early) Amber and Meredith must have thought I was an ogre or something... Eventually I fell asleep in the car (WOW I KNOW) and woke up to the most amazing sunrise! We drove through TN, NC, VA, and then finally got to Maryland after picking up Candace around 4:30pm... (we made great time with Mere driving :) We were so pooped that we fell asleep around 9 or 10 and then woke up at 5:30 the next morning to fight DC traffic (that was nonexistent) But we enjoyed ANOTHER sunrise!
So our first stop was Library of Congress and they gave us little ear pieces to wear so we could hear the tour guide! Totally secret service! ;) It was beautiful, but we couldn't go into the actually library... sad day... Next we went to the Botanical gardens where I found my favorite flower!! (I told mom that I didn't have one b/c girls always have favorite flowers ya know) BUT i found it!! AMAZING!
I know its not like the most beautiful thing ever, but its unique and interesting... Next stop! Air and Space Museum! SO HUGE! It had like the most intricate exhibits! We could have spent the whole day there but instead we ate lunch there and then headed out to the next stop... The Smithsonian Castle (not the right name but that's what it looked like) It had the large pile of loot from the Night at the Museum movie and an American Idol judge table.... SING IT AMBER!
Next was the Washington Monument where we stopped to rest! haha it was so far to walk! Candace and I were struggling! We had to book it all the way back to the House Office Building to start our tour of the Capitol!! We had a private tour with a staff member of Bobby Bright's office. It was really nice and pretty interesting seeing all the places you normally see on TV. After that we went to the Archives to see the Declaration of Independence. After meeting the funniest and nicest Security Guard... we headed to the Natural History Museum and met the nicest and funniest Museum worker. Haha Finally we met some nice people along our journey. SO to wrap this up... We drove around forever to find Corner Bakery for dinner.... SO YUMMY and then got home to pass out and slept in this morning! Now we are about to head out on a hike!! UGH more walking... I might just skip.. or ride a bike... haha
Well in my last post I finished with the hike... which I did go on! And I completed it without much complaining... but I made up for it on Monday... We went on the hike Saturday and watched the Alabama game that night... which I made it to the start of the 2nd quarter... and then got tired... Sunday we went to the Singles Ward in Downtown D.C. and that was more than enjoyable :) Afterwards, we went to the temple to take pictures and see the visitors center.
That night... Candace and I chilled at the house while Amber and Mere went with the Keele's to Antietam. I ended up taking a nap and then stayed up late that night because of it... boo... but it was okay because I had a friend to text :) The next morning we didn't go to DC til about 9ish and we started with Arlington Cemetary and went to the Natural History Museum from like 10 to 12. This was the coolest museum and I highly recommend going there. There I had some issues with my friends leaving me and I spent about 30 min looking around the museum for them. NOT FUN... NOT HAPPY... So therefore for the rest of the day... whenever they walked far ahead of me... I resorted back to that feeling of being left and complained about it. I felt bad afterwards for doing so... but really I was incredibly unhappy during that time. Sorry ladies... but I was. I felt like I was not a part of the group. Then Amber's friend came (a guy) and they thought that was why I was keeping up... Not really... It was because finally there was someone who wouldn't leave me behind and felt the same way I did about walking around that dang lake!!
Before the Lake was the Post office Tower tour, the White House, Five Guys for Lunch, and then the Lake walk around to the Jefferson Memorial. After that we saw President Obama fly in on his helicopter and made our way over to the Kennedy Center for a tour.... That was also amazing fun once we got to the roof! It was a fantastic view! After that we saw the WWII memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Vietnam Memorial. The ride home was pretty quiet... We had a long day... And so the trip home began at 7 the next day (Tuesday) and we had a fun ride home! Sigh... it was good crossing the Alabama line... Sweet Home Alabama!
