Following HIS Lead

okay. DC proved to be a wonderfully good time, full of some really great stories & laughs.
Monday we made the 5 hour trek up to washington to meet up with some friends...needless to say because of timing & phone issues, we didnt get to see any of my friends, but val's friends were super cool & fun, so that made up for it.

upon arrival, we parked and took the metro into town to meet up with Didi & Nikki..that didnt work out so much, so we grabbed dinner at union station, along with some yummy gelato and then headed out to college park to stay with val's leadershape friend karol. let me say..one funny gal.

on tuesday, we finally got up around 1030 and eventually made it into town to have a late lunch. the plan was to meet Didi after their capitol tour at 2:00. finally at about 3:00..i "talked" val into walking down to the Lincoln memorial..so we walked the mall...all of it..


finally at 5:00 Didi calls us. no they were not taken hostage at the capitol bldg, the tour was 2.5 hrs and then they wanted showers-(LAME)..little did we know that this was the beginning of a very confusing & frustrating 2 hrs...so Didi was staying close to the capitol..on C street, between 2nd & 3rd. val & i didnt have a map-BUT we've gotten through all our travels with just a trusty atlas...we've not been lost, and we both have a good sense of direction..so we can get to 3rd & C easy breezy..we arrive at 3rd & C and we're like "i dont think Didi & Nikki are staying at the Department of Labor"

so we're on the phone, walking, on the phone..by this time, i've taken over on directions cause i dont want val to yell at didi..

turns out, a genius designed washington DC and theres TWO 3rd streets...we were in the wrong quadrant...and apparently, it was our fault because we were the dumb ones without at map-even though we were not lost...
FINALLY, we made it to didi's friend's house..which was really awesome & got to hang out with fun geographers..we journyed together on the metro..val & i were meeting karol & candance for dinner and the geographers were going somewhere else for dinner...
back in maryland:
karol & candance are hysterical..val and i laughed so much with them...funniest part of the evening was when at tgifridays, karol pulls out my check card from the bill which has my photo on it and comments "you were a bit heavier" (mind you i just met her 24 hrs before)..then candance proceeds to scold her like a little hispanic girl in spanish..which just makes the whole thing funnier because val's going "hey guys..she knows spanish..she can understand you...."

Wednesday Karol skipped worked and we checked out University of Maryland (Go turtles!) and the coolest part of the trip: the International Spy Museum. Val and I were both recommended for future covert missions with the agency, so if my academic career pursuits dont pan out, i have a lead with the CIA :)

that pretty much ends the fun in DC
more to come about the rest of spring break..but im not allowed to post until at least 2 papers are finished..or at least started...so stayed tuned.

grace & peace,
alisha