Trip to DC

Two weeks ago, John and I took a trip to DC. I'd like to say that we went because we are interested in learning about our nation's capital, but that would not be the whole truth. The fact is, we went all the way across the country to DC to see the Washington National's new baseball stadium. For those of you not aware, John is on a mission to see every ballpark in the MLB. I am actually pleased to say that he "technically" only has three more stadiums to go: Florida Marlins, NY Mets and Atlanta Braves. But alas, he is a good friend and will be traveling to extra stadiums with his partner in crime to see all the stadiums that Steve hasn't already seen that John has. He has promised me that he will be all done with the stadiums before the baby arrives in October. However, the real baseball/baby issue will present itself when it is determined whether or not the Cubs will actually make it to the playoffs. I'd like to say that John would rather see the birth of his first child than see the Cubbies go to the World Series, but as John puts it "we can always have another baby, but the Cubs might not go to the World Series again in our lifetime." Unfortunately, this is a painful truth for all you Cub fans out there.

But I digress. The trip to DC was amazing. It was such an awesome experience to see all these great buildings and monuments, such as the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and of course, the White House. We even got to take a tour of the Capital building, which was fantastic. All I kept thinking was that "this is where stuff happens, this is where laws get passed". My phrase of the weekend as we went around was "this is very impressive" and it was. Everything we saw was impressive. Being able to see something like the original document of the Declaration of Independence was amazing.