Washington D.c @ MindSay

That was the weather forecast for today, funny ah?  And, it happened too.

Today we went to IHOP for  the morning, just made it in time not to be crowded with people who where celebrating fathers day. Then we did laundry (yay clean clothes)
Well today for the first time I went swimming in the Atlantic Ocean (Sachuest Beach), and it was quite smashing. Salty but fun, after about a half a hour in there I just lied about in the sun. Laying in the sun takes a lot out of someone who hasn't done that in a long time, Making all that vitamin D.
After that we stopped at a book store so we could look up some neat places to go to when we go to New York City and also D.C.  (If anyone has any IDEAS or knows of any really awesome places to go please tell me)
Then we headed over to the Navy Base, where I took a few pictures of the Newport bridge, and also a few photos of WWII Air Craft Carriers (there where two, one was being disassembled and the other one was being turned into a museum.) Number 59 which had one of the largest flight deck fires in Naval History.

I'm haveing tons of fun.

For New York City I was thinking about going to a few places
             American Museum of Natural History
             The Cloisters
             CHINATOWN
             Brooklyn Museum of Art

For D.C. I was thinking about going to
             International Spy Museum
             United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
             Folger Shakespeare Library
             Great Falls Park

Take care everyone, If you have any suggestions I'm open ears.

.So, I'm back. In the long time that I haven't been posting in this blog, I actually paid a little visit to D.C. It was fun.



.We met Lincoln.



.We rode the Metro all over the city.



.And eventually, we interviewed some people from the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network.

.Before going to Washington, I honestly thought it was going to be kind of lame. Actually, Washington is a really cool place. This is probably because I went right after the Democrats took Congress. That helps.

.This morning, around 5:45 in the morning, I boarded the plane for Chicago. After about a half-hour wait in Chicago, I boarded a second flight to Washington D.C.

.And then the stewardess gave me a free bottle of wine. Because I'm cute, I like to think.

.Our hotel is rather mediocre, but it has a free shuttle service to the metro. We  rode the metro all over the place and spent the afternoon in Georgetown. They have an Urban Outfitters. That makes them okay in my book.

.Tomorrow is the Big Day. I fear the Big Day. Hopefully it will all go smoothly...

.I'll tell you about it later.

I'm blogging because there is nothing else to do and I don't feel like sleeping. I am sitting here in the sunroom with my new laptop and my new iPod, and I don't feel like waiting for everything to load onto the computer so I will simply not put in my CDs of music and photos just yet.

By the way, before I forget, I would like to mention that "beau" is without an x after all. The x at the end makes it plural. No x is masculine singular (in front of a consonant). Belle is feminine singular.

In about three weeks I will be moving to Washington D.C. for the school year. I will be attending American University and will hopefully be having the time of my life. Now how do I survive the next three weeks?

This summer has been hard on my emotions, not that I wasn't so fragile before. Somewhere between feeling less close to each of my best friends and my own uncertainty of life in general, I have lost a great deal of self esteem. I hear myself talk or even think and I can tell how stupid I sound or worry about someone thinking the same. I am unhappy but happy. I can't feel the little things anymore; the cool weather or really awesome night out with my friends no longer gives me that wonderful sensation of happiness that used to be so easy to find. I depend on others too much now, others who I cannot understand why they are not so dependable.

I know that I have many good traits as well, but that is not comparable to my horrible testing skills. My absolutely disdainful way of reacting now-a-days. My terrible out-of-shapeness. My yellow smile and bad habits. My abuse. My lack of understanding skills. My nonexistent quest for certain knowledge. My nonproductive tendencies. I keep wanting everyone around me to be happy while I sulk inside.

When I feel the urge to talk to someone, I mean really talk to someone, I get shot down and get more upset at the fact that you are not there to talk to. I understand I am wrong, believe me, I feel wrong. I feel so wrong that I don't even feel like doing anything but being wrong now. I have a secret but I do not want to tell it. It is so tempting to want to not love you but I can't bring myself to that level. Things could be so much easier and I am leaving in three weeks. Three weeks. Three years. I'm tired of telling myself (to you in my head) "Let's do something" or "We'll have a good time tonight". I don't want to try so hard so I won't. I'm not telling my secret. I can't "let you go."

Fin.

So I'm finally home.
After a week.
Washington D.C. was amazing.
The people were absolutlly amazing, friendly, open, caring.
The sites were beatiful, the company was great.
Our PI was so funny, Mr. Armstrong was great, and while I got little sleep, I wouldn't trade this for anything in the world.

I want to go again next year, but for reasons Lyvia knows, it'd be a waste.
But I had a great time, a fun time.
Until today when I cried.
The week went by far to fast and I'm already missing everyone I met there.
I wish it was longer.
And yeah... Ohio isn't THAT far. x.x

 

EDIT: I have tons, and I mean tons of pictures.

I will make sure to update those later.

^^

Lean with it.
Rock with it.