Friday, July 3, 2015

The Start of the Holiday Weekend

Since we moved to DC almost nine years ago, we traveled to Milwaukee for a long Fourth of July holiday weekend. But it's not always the case lately. When I worked full time, it was nice to have the extra day off, so it worked out better in our schedule to take a weekend trip then. But since I now work part time, and am off every Monday and Friday, I don't really even get any holidays anymore except for Veteran's Day and Thanksgiving. All the other ones typically fall on a Monday, and lately Christmas and New Year's are at the end of the week. So when it comes to scheduling vacations, we can do it almost any time of the year since I have four day weekends. Our planned vacation to Milwaukee was delayed because of a family emergency which took us South instead of North a couple weeks ago. So we are home for the holiday this year and it is VERY BUSY in town. As the afternoon wore on the crowds got bigger. Evidence of the upcoming fireworks celebration is everywhere - especially all the porta potties placed strategically all over the mall and near the monuments. Depending on the weather we may venture down just to see the sights tomorrow night, but may end up close to the House Office Buildings where the tip of the Washington Monument can be seen. Today we ended up for lunch near the National Cathedral neighborhood where a lot of the homes have beautiful wrap around porches. Most everyone was enjoying the weather and having lunch outdoors. I'm hoping the rain holds off because I'm sick and tired of it lately. I'm hoping my Dad is celebrating his 66th wedding anniversary in heaven. He just missed it by two weeks. Hopefully the reminders will always remain. You can't help but miss it around here. 














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