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Second Saturday

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Woo hoo!

Since I had the day off on Friday, and yesterday was already off, it was like I had two weekend days in a row. It was so delightful! I’m usually packing all my rest into Saturday, and then on Sunday I’m trying to grade papers and plan, leaving me with only one day of weekend. This time, I had a day of rest, and then a day of doing stuff. Yay!

I got the oil changed in my truck. I’ve been trying to do it for quite some time now. . I’m so happy! It’s been such a weight on my mind.

And then when I got home, I mowed my lawn. Wow! I didn’t think I’d ever get that done. Whenever I had free time, it would rain. My electric mower would not do so well with wet grass. But yesterday was beautiful, so I could finally tame the jungle that was my front lawn.

In the evening, I did some other gardening. I’ll post about that tomorrow probably, because today is my usual Sunday of Sadness.

But I was so dang productive! I should do two Saturdays every week!

Rest and Relaxation

Yesterday was a Day of Rest. It was wonderful. I slept late, then went out to the couch and hung out with Bruno. The only productive thing I did was some unpacking and some laundry. It was great.

In the evening, I went out for steak. Mmm…

DC Trip, Day 6

Sorry for the delay – I had technical difficulties and couldn’t get this post up.

We started our last day in New York by going to the Freedom Tower.

We went up the elevator to the 100th floor. It’s 1,268 feet up. I was curious, so I looked it up. We saw the Statue of Liberty again.

We also had expansive views of New York.

When we came back down, we had a little time to look at the memorial plaza.

And then from there, we went to the airport. We had a plane to catch. The ride back was pretty good.

Last night I slept in my own bed. It was nice. Today is a day off from school. I’m glad to have the rest.

DC Trip, Day 5

…but not DC. New York!

We drove from Gettysburg to New York yesterday morning. The first thing we did was take the Staten Island ferry. It goes right past the Statue of Liberty.

It also gave us great views of the surrounding cities.

After our ferry ride, a hop-on tour guide rode around Manhattan with us and told about things we drove past. As it turns out, I didn’t take any pictures of stuff he was pointing out, because I was in the back of the bus shushing kids, but here’s some random street I took a picture of when I took a moment to sit:

Next, we stopped at Central Park. We walked around just a little bit. We stopped at that famous fountain, but there was no water in it.

I was excited to see all the early spring blooms.

Next was more of our driving tour. I got a picture of the ice skating rink where Buddy the Elf skated.

After a delicious dinner, we walked through Times Square…

…and went to see The Lion King.

The costumes were really cool. And of course it was a fun story. We got to bed late. Whew!

Today we will go to the top of Freedom Tower, then head for the airport and fly home. Wow! This trip has flown by!

DC Trip, Day 4

Yesterday we started the day at Mount Vernon – George Washington’s house. The sky was so dramatic in the morning!

It’s a really interesting place to visit. It’s on the shores of the Potomac River. It was an opportunity for another picture of the dramatic sky:

The house itself is cool. Lots of original stuff still there. Look – I’m putting my hand on the same railing George Washington put his hand on!

Here’s an original piece of furniture from his time there:

The grounds are beautiful. We walked all around them.

It did have a weird sign by the entrance though. I’m trying to imagine the story behind this:

Next, we went to Gettysburg. The visitor center is new-ish. I had never been in there. It’s cool. There’s a movie you watch, then you see this giant painting in a circular room. It’s called the cylclorama. Someone took a picture of me as I contemplated the painting.

After the visitor center, we drove around the battle field while a hop-on tour guide travelled with us. There were many picture opportunities.

We stayed at a hotel in Gettysburg last night. Today we head to New York!

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