Nervous, as always when I travel. I am better once the trip gets underway, for some reason. I had to get up at 4:00 am to get to the airport bus, but I actually woke up at 3:30 am and knew I wouldn't be able to get back to sleep, so I just got up and finished packing the last minute things.
Spent some nervous minutes on the way to the bus, returning library books and John wanted to take the back streets to the bus station. Finally, when there was little time left, we went the way I usually go. The bus was there when we got there, but didn't leave until quite a while after I boarded (as John said they wouldn't - he is a regular customer and can take all this in stride).
Airplane was on time and actually left early. It was a direct flight, which was very nice. I had indulged in a good breakfast at the airport in Denver, which was lucky, since there was only snack food on the flight.
I took a cab from the airport. I could have taken the metro, but with my luggage, not knowing where I was going, and a significant walk at the end of the metro ride, I decided to take a cab. I am very glad that I did. I still am not sure I could find my way from the metro station to the hotel or vice versa.
Rachel and Emil were here when I arrived and we met in my room. Emil seems really nice.
We spent the rest of the afternoon on a trip to the Museum of Natural History. We saw the butterfly exhibit, the mammal exhibits, and the Genome Project exhibit. It was a LOT of walking for me and I am not used to it. AND, DC is like a sauna. It was warm and humid and I was completely sweaty by the time we finished.
I was also very hungry, since I only had a banana for lunch. We stopped at a place called Paul's for a late lunch/snack. It was good.
Then we went back to the hotel and I collapsed for a few hours. Since Rachel went to the bachelorette party and Emil was working, I had a late dinner by myself in the hotel lobby. It was actually quite good.
Now, off to breakfast. I hope I say the right things today. I am so socially awkward, that isn't always the case. Sigh.
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