4th of July in DC

I guess all my blogs can't be funny so here is just an update on me!

For my three day weekend I went to DC to see my sister. I flew in Thursday night. I arrived about 10 pm because my flight was delayed for some unknown reason. Sally was expecting me at 6:30 pm because I can't read a ticket...I looked at my arrival time Sunday, opps! We had a quick snack in the hotel bar then crashed for the night at The Melrose Hotel in foggy bottoms, which is not foggy btw. We woke up Friday to room service knocking at our door. I love the door hangy thing for breakfast delivery! After being lazy and getting ready, Sally and I hit the streets to go to the zoo. We stop at a cute cafe to eat lunch, we sat outside. It was amazing and fun!



After lunch we walked to the zoo, passing so many beautiful flowers. Sally was not annoyed at this point about me stopping every five feet for a pic with the flowers but it eventually comes. The zoo was great! We saw otters, pandas, and a bunch of lame birds that Sally liked. Best of all, it was free!! We made our way home to meet up with Al then we went to Bangkok Joe's for dinner that night. It's a unique kind of Asian food which was delicious! We crashed out..correction, I crashed out pretty early.

Awakened again by room service...yay vacation! We took it easy most of the day. We stopped by Sally's house and ate wonderful food a ZBurgers! Around 5:30 we arrive at Sal's co-workers house for a grillen' out 4th party. We participated in a crazy drink making ritual. You get a huge jar put an entire bottle of vodka in it, 6 limes, 1 cup of sugar, and packed full of ice. Then you wrap it in a beach towel and shake for 20 minutes...very scientific! The rule was "you must shake to partake." So we pass around this large jug for 20 minutes. Once the time is up, he take it out of the towel and we all have to initial the ice on the jug. Then we drink...but not from cups...all from the same jar! Some agree to this germ spreading practice and some don't but in 15 minutes it's all gone! One of Sal's co-workers is a boy and likes boys. He wouldn't drink out of the jug! I couldn't help but make a comment about other things he chooses to put in his mouth...luckily he wasn't offended! We ended up hanging there all night. At about 8:45 we walked to Madison Park and watch the fireworks over the Washington Monument while singing Amazing Grace. Very cool!

The next day I got ready to go home. We packed our big selves into Sally's tiny car once more and headed for the airport. Al insisted on smoking for the 100th time that day so I started complaining to him and he started complaining back. It was pretty funny and Sal thought it was a hoot. I then proceeded to go on and on about being hungry and hitting my water bottle on the car. Sally LOVED that! I made it home fianlly after a long delay. I caught a quick dinner with Steve then headed home.