Ice cream & Fireworks

By the time our little tribe left the house at 6:30 spirits were high and ready to tumble with the thousands (feeling like millions) of other DC residents heading to the monuments for fireworks. Swarming would have been an understatement to describe the number of people there and of course in true DC fashion we not only took the cramped metro down there but also went through bag checks. Yes people were still pathetically attempting to bring illegal substances.

We lounged and attempted to digest from the days breakfast (that could have fed an army for 30 instead of 10) and the huge patriotic lunch we our had consumed not an hour before. It was nice to sit together along with numerous families, everyone enjoying their country with the floods of red, white and blue. I sat on the blanket with my U shirt decorated with stars and stripes and one can feel the renewed patriotic fever that one ran rampant with the election. Its exciting to say the least, the kind of natural high that reminds me of why I love this city so much.

Bum

I am finally in DC and although we got here a while ago and haven't really done much I cant help but feel a bit... overwhelmed? I still don't think that its the right word to use but basically I am more than burnt out, I'm chard to a crisp. I don't want to read or watch tv or listen to music, more than anything I just want to sit. If I could I would take my brain out of its case and soak it in some alka-seltzer, maybe that would make it feel better. In reality its not that I dont want to do something but rather don't have the energy to.

Perhaps its underwhelmed instead. I dont have anyone expecting anything from me, no deadlines, phone calls to make or places to go, just here hanging out. Take for example this morning... I woke up, rolled out of bed and went to the kitchen at a leisurely pace to make some eggs. Then returned to bed where I turned on the tv to watch some epis of Degrassi, which ended and then I stared at Tasha while one episode of Will & Grace was on. She then left and me and Alca did our normal routine of staring at each other for the length of another epi until it was time for lunch. Went grocery shopping where I bought snacks and stuff for dinner tomorrow and now im here back at the comp again. I wish I could be more productive but I dont really have the desire to be anything but a lazy bum.