Guns

So, I shot guns today. A glock 22, glock 27, and an mp5. I didn't do too badly for someone who has never held a gun that isn't plastic. I got to bring my target home and a couple of shells home so I will show y'all on Sunday. I suppose the real shock of the day is the fact that I didn't leave with a hole in my own body somewhere.

Flying Solo

I had a fairly productive day today. I got up at 9, showered, packed up all the stuff I won't need this week, and headed towards the zoo. The National Zoo is amazing. It's organized really well, minus the lack of maps in a few areas. Really pretty foliage and lots of animals, though they were taking refuge from the heat today. I did see quite a few though. One thing that freaked me out was the fact that the spiders were not in any sort of contained area. Wtf. I can't deal with spiders. And daddy, consider this my one week reminder to kill the damn deck spider!!

Tomorrow I think I'm going to wander around the mall. I am going to either go to the Jefferson memorial or to the Albert Einstein memorial. I kind of think the Einstein one sounds totally cool. Will probably hit the 9/11 Pentagon memorial, too.

The countdown hath begun. One week from today I will be sleeping in my own bed, though most likely not alone. I'm sure I'll have two cats who will be attached to my hip. I'm looking forward to Sunday like no other. I can't wait to see all of you guys.

More pics up on FLICKR. Good night.

Explosives

Yeah, we watched shit get blown up today. It was pretty neat. I uploaded a few pictures to FLICKR. The one of the really big explosion was an unintentional shot. It scared the CRAP out of me so much that I jumped and when I did, I hit the shutter release button.

Napping at the Smithsonian

So, when Stacey and I were sophomores in high school, we (along with 100 other students from South) came to DC for the inauguration. We had packed warm clothes, but they were in our suitcases under the bus. When we got to the city, our chaperone decided to just kick us off the bus and let us wander the city on our own. We only had windbreakers on us and it was raining. We still toured the city and saw the monuments and several museums. By the end of the day we were cold and tired and ended up falling asleep in one of the little theaters in the museum.

When she was here last weekend, we kind of made it our mission to find that theater because we had no idea where it was. After 8 years those things kind of slip, which is kind of sad. We did find it though. It was in the Air and Space museum. Little bit pathetic we couldn't remember since we had to walk past like 20 giant airplanes to get to the room, but still. Odd little reminiscence that I'm sure you really wanted to read about but we were happy. Oh, and we also saw Roseanne Barr in the Air and Space when we were here in 2001. We had to wander the cafeterias of museums to figure it out, but yeah. Good times.