So last week I rushed to finish my work and get home to finish packing for our trip to MD. I loaded up the car and after going over my checklist in my mind (about 18 times), I headed to Old City to pick up Chris. And then we were on the road. I drove half way and then Chris the rest of the way. It was good to be home.
On Thusday, my 25th birthday, we first grabbed breakfast at a local bagel shop. Chris always complains about there not being enough "mom-and-pop" businesses where I'm from. And to some extent it's true. The newly developed areas are all full of chain restaurants and big national stores. You seem to find the smaller businesses in older parts of the county. I grew up in a part of the county which is about 30 years old. So it's not new or over developed, but it's not old. So anyways, we grabbed breakfast and then headed into the District.
We had a lot of time to kill, so we did some souvenir shopping and visited the National Portrait Gallery. One thing I love about DC is that so many of the museums are free. So when it's hot and you have 1.5 hours of free time, these are great to explore. I intend to go back, b/c there just wasn't enough time to see everything. We primarily went to DC to visit Chris' former co-worker. He now works for a studio which produces Around The Horn and PTI for ESPN. The technology is amazing. I know a bit about the broadcasting industry. I learn so much from the hubs. But this was crazy! I would love for Chris to have an opportunity to work for someone like that. It would be a great chance for him to be on the cusp of the industry. Well we met Tony and after our tour, he let us sit in on that day's taping of PTI, which was amazing, since it's my favorite sports show!!!
We got to meet Tony Reali (host of Around The Horn). He was such a nice guy. Really funny. I hope he doesn't mind that I sat in his chair.
And after the PTI taping we met Tony Kornheiser. I'm so sad that he's no longer doing Monday Night Football. I count myself very blessed to have been able to be there. I'm sure a ton of people get their picture with him as he tours the country for different sports events. But who can say that were in the studio with him?? Not many. At least I don't think so.
The other host of the show, Mike Wilbon, was in NYC for the NBA draft so we didn't met him. Still it was an awesome birthday present!!
We hopped the train and met my family for dinner at Mongolian. YUM! Went home for cake and presents. Wonderful, wonderful day. I was really looking forward to turning 25. And now that it's over, I feel old. Hard to explain.
Friday we went hiking and then out for drinks with my two best friends from high school. Saturday we had a wedding to attend and then I met my mom and sister and headed to Wolftrap to see Riverdance. I wasn't looking foward to it. But it was really good and I'm glad I got a chance to see it. I hear this is the last year they are touring. And Wolftrap is an amazing venue. If you ever get the chance to go, take it! And lastly, on Sunday we went to church, before going home. I always like going back to my home church. But it is starting to feel more and more not like my church. I have amazing friends there. If we ever get back to the area I think this is definitely where we would end up. But I must say that I have truly enjoyed the great teaching at our current church.
I grew up in a Christian home. My mom taught a weekly bible study for kids in our neighborhood called Good News Club. I attended church and Sunday School every week. Did camps, VBS, mission trips in the summers. I was saved at the age of 3. Jesus has always been a part of my life. So it's often hard for me to get anything out of sermon that I haven't heard before. So when we started attending a church here in Philly, and the pastor started peeling back layers of meaning, I soaked it all up. So when I go home, I find the teaching a bit dry. I think if we were to ever move back, I'd want to get involved in a more intense Bible study.
Sorry, little tangent there. All in all it was a great weekend.
Please pray for me if you think of it this week. I don't get much of a holiday weekend. I'm working a full week, and possibly Sunday. Everything has been ok so far. I will get a better idea of how the week will turn out when I see the prelim numbers this afternoon. *sigh* I hope everything turns out the way I thought it would. If not it could be a long long long rest of the week.
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Thanks for your comments Kristin :) And I really like your background... and your new jewelry! And I LOVED that we got to go out to eat on Friday. That made me happy. Too bad I was so tired. I didn't think I was gonna make it home that night without taking a nap first haha.
I'm glad you had a good birthday trip!!