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I sleep on the couch (yup, every night), and my puppy sleeps with me. She's not so small anymore, and she likes to stretch out. She won't sleep on the loveseat, oh no. Has to be with me. So I get big scratchy paws in the eye, etc.....
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Overall, it was a good trip, but I am disappointed at the travel company that made our itinerary so poorly scheduled. We only had 45 minutes each at the National Zoo and a Smithsonian museum of our choice. C'mon! That's enough time for a bathroom break and a trip to the gift shop. So at the Smithsonian museum of Natural HIstory, we literally saw only the exhibits nearest the door. What a tease. At the zoo, we were lucky enough to get to see the pandas, since they were right at the entrance.
Here's how the trip went, in a nutshell. We left monday evening, and slept on the way down (hardly). We would have had more sleep, but they forced bathroom breaks every 2 hours - which they didn't do on the way home (force all to get off the bus). Sometime around 7am, we arrived at a restaurant in Gettysburgh, PA. This is where we could change from sweats into our clothes for the day. I forgot to pack mine in my carry on, of course, so I was stuck in sweats.
The restaurant was a historic building that was part of the underground railroad. Some of the chaperones, myself included got to see an actual area where the former slaves were hid, under the floor!
We went to Gettysburgh Museum and battlefield afterwards. The battlefields were very neat, actually. Both the monuments and the landscape - the hills and huge rocks.
We went to the national archives, the halocaust museum, arlington cemetary (where we saw the changing of the guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier), the capitol building, the national zoo, outside the white house, lincoln memorial, WW2 memorial (very pretty in the evening), Korean War memorial, vietnam war memorial, a dinner cruise on the potomac, a fish market (WTF?), and on the way home we went to Luray, Virginia to see the Luray Caverns. Google it, it's spectacular.
Michelle - I see what you mean about WDC, I like it, too. It's a very nice city. Obviously the parks and monuments are great, so's the architecture, not just the gov buildings, but I like all of the brownstones. The cherry trees were blossoming nicely, too. I am eager to go back, so I have enough time to really appreciate the museums and zoo.
When I got home, I slept for so long, I woke up with a sore throat from snoring like a chainsaw. We were out of our hotel from 7am till 10pm every night.
I did almost choke one of the girls assigned to me, though. She spit at arlington cemetary! Right on the grass not 10 feet away from a grave! Think about it, dumbass!! She's old enough to know better. Girls should never spit in public anyway, but not at a cemetary, and certainly not at arlington. I was so embarassed.
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My boy kitty
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My Souki (RIP)
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I occasionally tweet. @danacreates on twitter
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I will be gone April 13th through 17th. Not sure if I would call it a vacation, since I am chaperoning a bunch of 13 year olds. But it should be fun. We're travelling by bus (ugh) to Washington DC. I have never been there before, I am looking forward to it.
We're leaving at night on monday, sleeping on the bus, and being dropped off right at a restaurant for breakfast. Then immediately after, we start touring. We won't be back at the hotel until about 10pm! We'll spend the next 2 nights at the hotel, then we're leaving for home thursday night and arriving back here in the morning. Sounds like fun, huh? I used to get car sick all the time, I hope the bus isn't too terrible.
My puppy girl will be at a doggy hotel. She's so attached to me, I think she's going to be upset the whole time. The place she is staying should be good with her, though. It's a nice place.
So much to do before then. Still have to get my taxes done. Crap.
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Look at this asshat on this video... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/2 ... 79491.html
The grass is greening up, the tree seed buds are coming out, and the tiger lilies are poking up in the back yard. I wish it wasn't raining so I could take Misha to the dog park. She is going to be a hyper spaz tonight.
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overwhelmed!
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Look at their photos here - this is just unbelievable!! Apparently, they filled 2 huge weather balloons, attached a camera and some other equipment and took the most amazing pics.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/meteotek08 ... 847488964/
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I love Stephen Colbert! Look at this article, can't wait to see his show tonight.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090323/ap_ ... on_colbert
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Her name is Zoltron. She's tiny, the size of a mouse, full grown. Isn't she cute!?
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Alex auditioned for the School of Rock's house band last week, and we found out last night, he was selected!! He's so talented, intelligent and handsome - my boy!! So, in addition to his AC/DC group at SOR, he'll have the house band practices and concerts. I love it!
Misha went to the vet today for xrays. She was still limping and whimpering this morning, so I had to take her. Dogs are usually pretty stoic. However, no broken bones! Just a soft tissue injury, thank goodness!
The weather is awesome! Lovin it!
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Misha ran into a tree at the dog park today! Poor baby. She's limping and favoring her right front leg, but it's not swollen and it feels normal compared to her other leg. She was running with a pack of dogs - not looking ahead and just slammed into the tree. She was also covered in mud and needed an immediate bath when I took her home. What's really weird is in the last couple days, a couple of times, I felt like I had to be careful with her playing or whatever - and specifically about her leg being hurt. She was not hurt, nothing was wrong, so I though how weird to have a feeling like that. Almost like a premonition about her getting hurt?
There were more dogs there today than I have ever seen at once before. There had to be at least 25 dogs. I love that place! You can go pet a bunch of cuties and get lots of muddy kisses! Herkimer was my buddy today. I almost dognapped him.
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The future, just as I had imagined it - except kinda more Futurama-ish, is already here.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090311/ap_ ... el_sanders
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Had a nice birthday - glad it was sunny! Spring is near!
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Found this one sunday night. It's a good one.
itunes radio > alternative > metaphoric radio
www.metaphoric.me
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Misha is doing very well. I am going to have a hard time keeping her "down" for the next couple weeks. She has to go potty outside on her leash, so she doesn't bolt after a squirrel or whatever else...
Alex is really liking School of Rock. I am very excited for him.
I had a huge disappointment the other day. I went to turn on launchcast, and it was gone - forever. Not that I don't have enough music of my own, but, I like to listen to it and discover new things. Over the years listening to it, I have discovered so many obscure things I otherwise never would have. I thought since there's nothing just like it, I was screwed. But, as it turns out, itunes has better internet radio than I thought possible. Too bad I didn't take a look sooner. I've been listening mostly to one station called Gimme Noise (dot com if you wanna look). Lots of other promising looking ones, too. I miss the ability to fast forward, but I'll get over it.
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Misha is being spayed Monday. :-(
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I wish I knew about it 20 years ago...
Seriously! I thought it would be disgusting, but it's not. I feel a lot more comfortable and certainly more freedom using the cup than with icky pads and tampons. I am also happy to not have to spend money on those items ever again. Even happier that I'm not loading up the landfills with them. You can wear it without emptying it for up to 12 hours. It's comfortable, clean, leak proof if you're using it the right way, and easy to use. I won't get too blunt here, but there are many other benefits. Google "diva cup reviews" for more opinions.
So, if you want to try one, google "Diva Cup". I bought mine at drugstore.com, but them I found out they're less elsewhere. I think I paid about $30 - well worth it!
I am sure this would have freaked me out back when I was 12 and started my period for the first time, but maybe someone who's had a period for a few years. That will also give them enough time to grow to hate pads and tampons.
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Here's an all natural laundry soap that I love! Especially since I am allergic to so many things. I use these, and love them.
buysoapnuts.com
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