A Sampling of the Initial DC Experience

            Sorry for the delay in posting (I’ve clearly missed the Monday post), the surprise dial-up only internet connection at my lodgings has me sitting outside of a Starbucks mooching the free WiFi, so needless to say these posts will be a bit difficult. The 5-hour plus drive went pretty smoothly and I’d like to say I’ve mastered the cruise control. Today was our - the most extraordinary Sami Crane and myself of course – first full day in DC, so responsible students that we are we decided to register for our APs at TC Williams. TC Williams is the formerly racist high school featured in the predictably uplifting film Remember the Titans, starring the dashing Denzel Washington.

            Following our tour through the 2,500 student monstrosity and lots of little bubbles we continued with our day. Hoping to find some khaki pants, which we need for our actual project, we plugged H&M into the GPS. Unfortunately the location that was only ten minutes away also happened to be in the center of Washington, DC. While I wouldn’t say I’ve mastered city driving, I would venture to say I’ve achieved a new level of competency. When we get ourselves together enough to remember the SD card and our computers I’ll post pics of my impressive parallel parking (I must say I felt like quite the badass). Forward thinking like Congress, the city has adapted the future of meter technology and utilizes ParkMobile services wherein the unsuspecting driver must wrangle with a robotic bitch on the phone who claims that the number 7 sounds like a “j” or try to download an app. Failing at the phone I did what any responsible and independent young adult would and called my dad for assistance.

            After enjoying a quite lunch we set about to explore the city during the 30 minutes left on our two-hour park. We wandered down 13^th street and snapped some pictures in freedom plaza. There was a fabulous statue on a military man with a grand mustache on a grander horse. I had the pleasure of posing with some sweaty local boys (pics to follow). Soon after we had to head home to my cousin’s house (pics to follow) and grabbed out laptops to write these extensive blog posts. If you’ve made it this far, congratulations please feel free to comment, favorite, like on facebook, retweet, etc. From Washington DC, this is Rebecca signing off, so good night and have a pleasant tomorrow.