I Was Over the Ground That You’ve Been Spinning

So I flew from San Francisco Thursday morning to DC. I was a wreck on my first flight...constantly paranoid that it would be crashing on some island that was full of mysteries and men named Jack and Sawyer. A silver lining to crashing I suppose. :) It was actually quite beautiful as I was taking off the sun was just starting to rise over the Pacific Ocean. My seat was next to the wings and I kept staring at them figuring I'd be channeling William Shatner at some point. The first flight was long and crowded and I realized that I'm as claustraphobic as I've feared.

My connection was in Chicago. I couldn't find my terminal and I didn't want to ask anyone because the security check person and the flight attendant from my first flight were rather rude, but the lady that I asked was nice and helpful and gave me a free tin of life saver smarties which was nice. It was about 1:20 (or 11:20 PST) and my plane was starting to board. I get to my seat, happy that I have the row to myself and was anxious to get going. Then the captain comes on and says there's a "maintenance issue" and it would be 20-30 minutes before we take off. So I call my mom and in the middle of our conversation the captain comes on again to tell us that "what started out as a small problem is now a big problem and everyone has to get off the plane so they can recaliberize the plane because it was leaking". so fuck me that sounded bad and not helping making me feel more secure about this whole flying business. But I hadn't eaten in the 10 hours that I had been up so it was nice to get something to eat and just relax for 45 minutes. We finally got back on the plane and the second flight wasn't too bad. I will say that I HATE landing. The descent is fine but the minute the plane hits the ground it feels like crashing. But the coolest part is that the sun was setting on DC as we landed so I really felt like a perfect ending to my flying experience.

So I land and find Megan (including a running to eachother dramatic filled reunion) and we hop in a cab for her apartment. Meet all her roomies and a couple boyfriends and get settled in. We then get dressed up for dinner. We got reservations at this authentic Greek place. It was nice, the food was delicious and we headed back.

Yesterday we started our day by taking the metro and walking along and seeing a few places. I saw the Washington Monument from a far, the Smithsonian Castle, the Air and Space Museum and the Capitol. We then went back and got ready to go out again (after watching a few eps of The Office). Meg wanted to check out this Rouge Lounge...we checked the website and it seemed pretty cool. So it's like a 2 minute walk away and when we get there they tell us they are renovating the lounge and lead us to this makeshift 'lounge'...and I use the word lounge loosely...very loosely. It was a room no bigger than a living room with about 4 tables and a low buffet style table with a bar setup. The music was low and everything felt like an awkward and creepy house party where they charge you $14 for alcohol.

So we ran out of there and went to Nag which is next door to Megs place. The food was pretty good though I wasn't really that hungry, but the drinks were great. I had some pear champagne rum thing that was great and the strongest mojito in the world. So I'm kind of a lightweight drinker and was a little tipsy at that point. But when we got back to the room, her roomates were playing a drinking game and we joined them. I ended up having lots more vodka and then we decided to go to this bar/club place around 1. It was pretty cool and it was fun dancing drunk with a bunch of people. Around 2:30 we left the bar and went to get food. Empanadas are AMAZING at 3:00 in the morning lol. Then it was watching The Office until 4 and finally heading to bed.

So that's it so far pretty much. Loving it and the weather is great. I already know I'm going to be sad to leave so I'm not thinking of that now. More to come!!