a return to the states
tuesday 26 june
-flew from london to dulles. dave came and picked me up from the airport and dropped me with autumn who was at the mall. we went and picked up the little one from day care and went home. was really nice to catch up with autumn and hang out. we played with annaleigh and whatnot. and took a trip to the park.
wednesday 27 june
-hung out during the day and then went into dc in the afternoon. walked through part of the art museum and then met sara and monica to go to a concert on the mall as part of the folk life festival. got to see george clinton which was pretty sweet. although his voice was gone so it was all of the other folks up on stage doing most of the singing. the other 2 groups including the neville brothers were good too.
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/p-funk.html
thursday 28 june
-autumn and i traveled into the city to meet chauhan for lunch. we had thai down in eastern market which was delicious and some baskin robbins ice cream. although for it being crazy hot and sunny outside and the middle of the day, baskin robbins didn't have half of their (read: the good ones) flavours available. it was odd.
-i then went to kipp to meet heimy. she was re-organizing yet another classroom. which was fine, because i had to finish my oxford university press blog post. we then went to target and to have vietnamese soup for dinner. pretty sure my last time with heimy involved being in her classroom and a trip to target, but that's all fine and fun. i hadn't been in a target since last being with heimy anyway.
friday 29 june
-went with heimy on a ridiculous bank/post office errand and with her to sign her new lease. and then to lunch with tommy and an intern at a thai place that opened around the corner from where we lived. a bunch of stuff had changed around there. lunch was good and had we still lived there, we'd probably have eaten there a lot. so much better than the chinese take away on the other corner - although i hesitate to even make a comparison between the two.
-in the afternoon i made my way back to autumn's so she could pick me up post-nap time. another afternoon of hanging out and dinner prep. after dinner, dave and autumn went to dq since i could be home and then shortly after they got back and dave's banter resumed, the power went out prompting us to go to bed.
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/dc.html
saturday 30 june
-with awaking to still the loss of power and the news of how terrible and widespread the storm actually was, dave was off to make disaster plans. autumn's college friend showed up and we hung out until it was not a distant alarm going off but one in their building. opening their door, we found their neighbour at the end of the hall's water pipe had burst so he was drowning in water. assisting him for awhile, while others just stood around and talked about it, it became obvious that with no power and no water and a baby, plans may to change. so when dave came home with a hotel booked, we decided to pack up and drive to the hotel with the anticipation of air conditioning and power. however, upon reaching the hotel, we found out that his reservation was not going to be accepted as they had no power either and weren't accepting guests. as i was really the only person needing to stay in the area to get to the airport the next day, it became a crazy chase of seeing if chauhan could house me for the evening. luckily after some major planning and a crazy cab ride, i was off to spend the night with chauhan and they were off to relatives in Pennsylvania.
sunday 1 july
-chauhan drove me to the airport, which was awesome of her. and i flew from reagan to milwaukee.
tuesday 26 june
-flew from london to dulles. dave came and picked me up from the airport and dropped me with autumn who was at the mall. we went and picked up the little one from day care and went home. was really nice to catch up with autumn and hang out. we played with annaleigh and whatnot. and took a trip to the park.
wednesday 27 june
-hung out during the day and then went into dc in the afternoon. walked through part of the art museum and then met sara and monica to go to a concert on the mall as part of the folk life festival. got to see george clinton which was pretty sweet. although his voice was gone so it was all of the other folks up on stage doing most of the singing. the other 2 groups including the neville brothers were good too.
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/p-funk.html
thursday 28 june
-autumn and i traveled into the city to meet chauhan for lunch. we had thai down in eastern market which was delicious and some baskin robbins ice cream. although for it being crazy hot and sunny outside and the middle of the day, baskin robbins didn't have half of their (read: the good ones) flavours available. it was odd.
-i then went to kipp to meet heimy. she was re-organizing yet another classroom. which was fine, because i had to finish my oxford university press blog post. we then went to target and to have vietnamese soup for dinner. pretty sure my last time with heimy involved being in her classroom and a trip to target, but that's all fine and fun. i hadn't been in a target since last being with heimy anyway.
friday 29 june
-went with heimy on a ridiculous bank/post office errand and with her to sign her new lease. and then to lunch with tommy and an intern at a thai place that opened around the corner from where we lived. a bunch of stuff had changed around there. lunch was good and had we still lived there, we'd probably have eaten there a lot. so much better than the chinese take away on the other corner - although i hesitate to even make a comparison between the two.
-in the afternoon i made my way back to autumn's so she could pick me up post-nap time. another afternoon of hanging out and dinner prep. after dinner, dave and autumn went to dq since i could be home and then shortly after they got back and dave's banter resumed, the power went out prompting us to go to bed.
photos: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/dc.html
saturday 30 june
-with awaking to still the loss of power and the news of how terrible and widespread the storm actually was, dave was off to make disaster plans. autumn's college friend showed up and we hung out until it was not a distant alarm going off but one in their building. opening their door, we found their neighbour at the end of the hall's water pipe had burst so he was drowning in water. assisting him for awhile, while others just stood around and talked about it, it became obvious that with no power and no water and a baby, plans may to change. so when dave came home with a hotel booked, we decided to pack up and drive to the hotel with the anticipation of air conditioning and power. however, upon reaching the hotel, we found out that his reservation was not going to be accepted as they had no power either and weren't accepting guests. as i was really the only person needing to stay in the area to get to the airport the next day, it became a crazy chase of seeing if chauhan could house me for the evening. luckily after some major planning and a crazy cab ride, i was off to spend the night with chauhan and they were off to relatives in Pennsylvania.
sunday 1 july
-chauhan drove me to the airport, which was awesome of her. and i flew from reagan to milwaukee.
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