Fourth of July in Washington, DC... does it get much better? I submit that it cannot :-)
I worked in the morning from 9 to 145, which was unfortunate as it meant I had to get up at 730 in the am...gross. I still haven't figured out the fastest way to get to Georgetown from here, so I have been giving myself an hour to get there and am consistently getting there early. I just know the day I leave a little later I will be late. It always happens that way.
Anyway, after work I came home relaxed, read, played online, searched for plane tickets, etc. Then it was time for the bbq. After all, what is the Fourth of July without a bbq? So it was mostly, ok, all, friends of my roommates (most of my friends were out of town), but it was still fun and I met some cool people. All in all it was pretty fun. We had ribs and hamburgers and hot dogs and lobster and pasta salad and fruit salad and chips and cheese balls (oh the cheese balls). It was amazing goodness I must say. Then, around 850, Tom and I decided to head downtown to catch the fireworks (slated to begin at 915). We arrived at about 905, and walked towards the Mall (our plan was to head to the Ellipse). At about 910 though, the show started, so we found a little niche/picture window between the Old Execuative Office Building and some trees and had a perfect view. We could see the whole show and it really was fantastic. 20 minutes later the show was over, we headed back to the metro, caught one within a minute (quite fortunate, as the next one wasnt for 20 min and we knew that one would be full of tourists...stupid tourists), and were home within an hour of when we left.
All in all, it was a fantastic (and capital) fourth :-)
Slurpee Count: 2.5
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