Well, I’ve had a crazy couple of weeks—good-crazy, though. I spent a week in Dallas for my company’s national sales meeting, flew home, was home for about twelve hours, and then went back to the airport to go to DC, where Erin and I stayed with Jackie and hung out with Tiana and Pam. Here are some of the highlights from the past two weeks:
- · I ate an insane amount of Tex-Mex and cheesecake in Dallas and drank a ridiculous amount of free alcohol.
- · I learned that putting my right thumb on top when I cross my hands makes me “sexy” rather than “sneaky.”
- · I toured Dallas Cowboys stadium with my work team. I admit that I wasn’t that excited about it when I first heard about it, but being out on the field in this HUGE stadium was actually pretty cool.
- · I swam in a hotel pool that had a freaking swim-up bar! Best way ever to celebrate my sessions for the week being done.
- · I crossed an item off my bucket list by riding an mechanical bull! And I have video evidence:
- · I went to the Newseum with Erin and Jackie, where you can easily spend a whole day.
- · Erin and I met Pam for lunch. Pam, after being surprised to hear that Dawson’s Creektook place in Massachusetts: “I don’t know things I should know.”
- · Erin, Pam and I went to the Holocaust Museum, which was horrifying and intense.
- · Then we decided to get pedicures, and Jackie was going to join us. After Jackie texted Erin to say that we should walk to 14thStreet, Erin said, “We’re on 7th. How far is it?” Jackie: “Well, it’s seven blocks.”
- You know how sometimes when you’re not quite asleep, a weird thought enters your mind? Before bed, we saw a notice in Jackie’s apartment lobby that said that an exterminator was coming the next day. So, not quite dreaming, I thought, “What if the exterminator comes while Erin and I are still asleep and tries to exterminate us? Like, hmm, here are two rather large bugs?”
- · The next day we met up with Tiana and went to the National Zoo, which was awesome and FREE. There were pandas!
- · We also really wanted ice cream but couldn’t find any except what was in vending machines. Erin really wanted a chipwich but somehow the vending machine gave her Scribblers instead. The look on her face when she opened them was priceless.
- · Then we went back to Tiana’s place to get her car and met her adorable (and HUGE) Tibetan mastiff, Kiro. He was very happy to make new friends and cuter than anything in the zoo!
- · Then we drove up to Baltimore to see the Sox/Orioles game. The game didn’t go so well, but Camden Yards is a nice park! It was my first time seeing a Sox game anywhere other than Fenway.
- · The next day Erin and I met up with my friend and former chorus buddy Amy, then headed to the airport to get ourselves back home.
Back to life now. Time to squeeze in as much summer-y goodness as I can before summer’s officially over!
My sister has lived in D.C. for 7 years. I have been up there at least 20 times and I have never gone and seen the Pandas. What is wrong with me?
My wife and I drove to Baltimore last year to see the Sox play. Camden Yard is in such a neat area.
We drove up to Cleveland a couple of weeks ago to see them play the Indians, which was also super neat.
My sister has lived in D.C. for 7 years. I have been up there at least 20 times and I have never gone and seen the Pandas. What is wrong with me?
My wife and I drove to Baltimore last year to see the Sox play. Camden Yard is in such a neat area.
We drove up to Cleveland a couple of weeks ago to see them play the Indians, which was also super neat.