Photographations

Whew… another Saturday of walking like 8 miles (though Laura insisted last week it was close to 30)… The “tour guide” awakened a little late today, so we got a late start getting passes to the Capitol, and during out wait for our tour we saw the Library of Congress for couple hours. Then we did the tour, and miracles of miracles, got a tour guide without a speech defect. In comparison to last week’s experience, actually, this tour guide was really good! He was informed and had a loud clear voice, and told us all the trivia stuff tour guides are supposed to share. In comparison to last week when the depth of the tour’s information got as deep as “Every state sends two senators to the Senate”… Last week’s tour guide showed us how one of the room’s acoustics allow you to hear clearly someone on the other side of the room. He never explained why this was historically significant—and it turns out that’s the reason the House of Reps chose to move out of that room because of the annoying noise of people whispering on the other side. Anyways, I was glad I went back to get a “real tour guide.”

After the Capitol, we walked through the monuments. Mary Beth dropped my camera and broke the flash…possibly the entire camera but I won’t know until I get a roll developed. That was a major bummer. That would be the third camera in a year and I’d already decided I can’t afford to replace the lens on my SLR camera until I finish grad school. Actually, Thursday was a bummer day too. I left my copy of Passion and Purity on the metro Thursday night. I was so upset. It’s the copy I’ve had since I was 11 or 12, and it’s my all time favorite book too… it had highlighting in it from passages that have meant something to me in many different seasons of my life and it kinda represents a journey to me. I grabbed it to read on the ride to pick the girls up at the airport and left it on the way back. Very depressing. I can buy another copy but that one was mine, ya know?

After all our walking, we went ice skating by the white house. It was pretty and nice…

We ate Mexican, grabbed starbucks, and made it home surprisingly early. Gotta get up early to go to Arlington before church tomorrow so I need to get to bed asap.