a whirlwind week

i returned back to seattle on friday night. it was the end of a crazy week. on monday ric and i woke up early and caught a ride from nh to boston with a friend. from boston we took the megabus to new york and then on to dc. when we arrived in dc my cousins picked us up and we stay at their place in virginia. we spent the next two days checking out dc and adam was able to come down from delaware (where he is serving in the air force) and hang out with us which is really cool. we watched election results* from a bar in georgetown and then on the huge plasma tv that my cousins have. i really enjoyed dc. it was my first time. it was good to see all the things i so long learned about in us history class. it was lots of history, lots of information, and lots of patriotism and pride. a very interesting experience.

from dc we went up to nyc for two days and stayed with our friend beth ann. she lives in spanish harlem, it was sweet. the city is big, needless to say. lots of concrete, lots of famous places. it was good to see it firsthand. it would be cool to go back some time and check out neighborhoods other than manhatten and see what that is like also. it was a good time though. some highlights/cool random parts were visiting jamie in her apartment that overlooks time square and walking along st. marks place with beth ann, ashley, and ric.

it was a long week though. by the end of it my feet, knees, and back were killing me. on friday night i flew from nyc to seattle and had a great weekend. watched arsenal beat man u in a crowded pub on saturday morning, hung out with bk and josh a lot, went to quest with carly and tay, and heard shane claiborne* speak at quest last night. it was a great week and its good to be back in seattle. not sure when i will be interviewing (the big reason i am back in seattle), but it should be soon.

*i will post more about the election and shane claiborne this week, i just needed to write out where i have been, not only so you could know, but also so i could reflect a bit on the experiences as well.