Sittin, Waitin, Wishin...

I'm back on the sticky keyboard again. My brother eats in here so much there is all sorts of grossness stuck in the keys. nasty.

ANYWAY. Yesterday the aunt and uncle and cousin from PA were here, and we went to DC to the museum of American History. I wasn't dreading it or anything because my mom and dad had been a few years ago before they closed it to remodel it and said it was pretty cool, and i knew that they had the ruby slippers and the gowns of all the first ladies etc. So i was kinda like "okay at least it's not the portrait gallery or something" (i absolutely HATE that place) and willingly went along. I did drag the boyfriend with me, i needed an ally or it would've been totally terrible. PLUS he made me sit through learning how to solve a rubiks cube (which i successfully did BTW) and this was totally payback because i know he hates museums.

So we get there and it is PACKED, because everyone else in VA/MD has family visiting and is taking them into DC to visit various museums. And i don't do crowds and stupid people and just... yea. So we walk through some random exhibits that weren't that interesting. And then we split up and the girls go see the first ladies exhibit and the americana/ruby slippers exhibit and the boys head off to the military history exhibit. I was really disappointed in the first ladies exhibit because i KNEW they had all these gowns and were supposedly redoing the exhibit, only it wasn't as big as i expected and they only had like prolly 12 gowns. They had other accessories and china and stuff but i was really bummed cuz i was expecting this sweeping exhibit with a gown from almost every presidency. Also, they weren't in chronological order? Or any order at all for that matter, it was super weird. The americana exhibit wasn't that cool either. Saw the ruby slippers, kermit the frog, oscar the grouch, and some other things but that exhibit was really small too. I'm assuming they have more stuff, but they need to put it out!
Overall, i was very dissapointed in the whole museum because i was expecting a lot of artifacts but they didn't seem to have a lot of stuff. There were a lot of pictures and videos etc. but that's not what i wanna see! i want to see actual things on the subject of the exhibit! I SUPPOSE they're still in the process of redoing it, and intend to add more to all the exhibits (because the ones i saw were quite small) but the museum is HUGE!! You probably couldn't see everything you wanted to in one day. If you're thinking about going, i suggest you go when people are back at work/school so it's not so crowded, and maybe even postpone your visit till they add more stuff.

SO we get back from DC and it was all gravy and i had a relatively good time. But the family fun is not over! We THEN had to hop in the car and drive down to Orange, Virginia (yes that is a real place) to visit the grandparents and have dinner. I drove. And 95 was pure hell, bumper to bumper essentially the entire way. And then when we FINALLY got there, my grandma hadn't even cooked! They ordered BBQ! Now i love bbq and everything, but i was REALLY hoping for some grandma cooking, at least dessert or something.
NADA.
So i sat around and watched football and skyped with my aunt/uncle/little cousin out in Seattle. And then sat in the car for another hour and half to come home. It was great....

TOday i slept in (yay!) and went to the nail salon and watched The Shining. Tomorrow i'm FINALLY getting my haircut and hanging out with colin for a photo shoot and don't have to work! And am doing laundry, so that i have clothes to wear to New Jersey. ANOTHER family experience i'm not looking forward to...

i was GOING to head over to the BFs house but it appears that right now that's not a good idea so i think i'm gonna get back to coloring my giant poster/mural of pirates of the Caribbean that tricia got me for christmas. Lataaaaa