Today was nice.
I'm getting tired of eggs though, I think now I will not eat eggs for the rest of the year or something ;)
but today is my birthday and I'm now 18 :) it's nice but I don't feel any different. (no longer jail bait though ;)
Today we went to Mt Vernon :) George Washington's home. :) I was so excited for it! It's been my dream since 2nd grade to see his home. Anyway we had friends come up from Virginia (they drove three hours) and they used to live in Boise with us, then moved. Anyway they drove up and got us from the hotel and we enjoyed mount Vernon together :)
After we were there for a while and burning out (me anyway) we got lunch and after looking around his whole mansion which was just amazing... granted there was reconstruction going on around everything. :3 so it didn't feel like you stepped into history, but just the beautiful architecture
We enjoyed walking around the estate. :) it was pretty and there was an ongoing joke that we would get eaten by a bear if we went off trail. It was just enjoyable to spend time with friendly faces.
Another ongoing joke, is saying happy birthday or singing happy birthday to me all day at random moments. ;)
I think though, the most amazing part of the adventure at Mt. Vernon was the laying of the wreath on George Washington's grave. A director instructed two veterans to do the ceremony as another person read the prayer, out loud, that George Washington wrote himself. It was a powerful moment.
The two veterans looked like they were about in tears, because they were given a chance to do something so honnorable. It was neat and just heart-warming and breath-taking at the same time.
Afterwards we went to the huntington station to go to union station because I was ripped off in a way.... :3 but not really.
I bought a pair of earings for courtney and they weren't in the hotel room or the bag that I bought them in. So we went downt to the store and talked with the manager, and was given a free pair.
I loved them sooo much for doing that.
:)
We went home and, that's when I got my back pack tied to me, in an infinity knot sort of way. I thought it was funny, and then I got it undone. :)
I also just facetimed my best friend :) I was very happy to see them (even if over internet ;)
