(From Saturday)
8:20....."Get out of the shower! We got to go!" (not direct quote from family, but how they were probably feeling :P)
9:30.....bags checked in.
12:00........got into Dulles International Airport.
*times are estimated
Well that was the beginning of my day. Natalie and I were off to visit and spend time with my brother and sister-in-love, Mike and Laura. The day it not get off to a great start. Turns out that my baggage, due to our late check in (because of me :/) did not make it on our flight. After getting into DC, we had to go back to the airport to pick it up :( later that day. Thankfully after we figured this out, Mike and Laura were close and picked us up pretty quickly from the airport. We drove home and were greeted by Bailey (Mike and Laura's huge chocolate lab). Our afternoon then consisted of hanging out, eating, and playing a game called Settlers (interesting game :) ).
Well, since it is the 4th of July we had to grill. Mike had burgers and dogs. But his burgers were not your everyday burgers. They were stuffed with mozzarella cheese. (your mouth is probably watering now :P) The recipe was more or less a take off from a burger made on the Food Network's show "The Next Food Network Star". They were good burgers (he did make some plain with cheese on top :) and they were good as well). We also had baked beans, pasta salad, and s'mores!
After dinner we headed out. This is the time we picked up my luggage. After calling AirTran twice during the day, we went back to Dulles and thank the Lord(!) my bag was there. Whew, what a relief! After, we headed to the Metro system. From there, we boarded the Metro to go into DC. We went to the National Mall where we watched fireworks with Laura's boss, Marissa, and her husband, Rob, as well as two of their friends, Molly and Carlos. It was really nice that Marissa had saved us some area on the Mall, because there were a ton of people! It was crazy, but quite aweosme to be able to watch a fireworks show in DC between the Capitol and the Washington Monument! We were on the Mall for awhile before the fire show so we played cards and talked. At 9:20ish the fireworks started. It was just amazing to be where we were. The fireworks show came from behind the Washington monument!
On the way home it was crazy. We took the Metro out of DC and the crowd was crazy. Not even joking! It was insane. Oh, and on the way back to Mike and Laura's house I did a, yes just me :/, chinese fire drill! Oh yes! Haha...
What a day!
3 comments:
wow...it does sound like you had a crazy day!!! I am so glad you got your bag..and it didnt get lost!
wow..that firework show sounded amazing!
so..any pictures of the trip so far?! would love to see them!!
Gasp..matthew icardi..doing a chinese firedrill?! WHAT?! hehe!! I can see you doing one of those..:) arnt they the greatest tho?! :)
well..I miss ya bud..and cant wait to see you aug. 5th:]
p.s..and thanks for updating your blog..I enjoy reading it!
i'll talk to you soon..sometime:)
Haha...oh ya Megan!! Firedrills all day! Well I do not have a camera, but Natalie does and she has taken pics :) Alright, yes def see you Aug. 5 and I'll talk to ya some time! Take care!
great blog matt! Chinese fire drill all the way man. that's so great that you did it by yourself! I love it. :) Mary, Sarah, and I the other day were in Mary's car at a stoplight on 1792, and we all opened our doors and then took pictures of our hands on the road. it was great fun being "rebels"!! but hey, that's so amazing that you were able to get your bag! Praise the Lord! We miss you Matt, hurry home!
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