Sicky Laura... and Washington DC!

NEWWWWW YORK
CONCRETE JUNGLE WHERE DREAMS ARE MADE OF!
True story everyone.

It has been quite awhile.  Probably because the entire week after Halloween I was curled up in a ball on my mattress when I wasn't working :( Being sick is not fun!  But it was worth it after going out on Monday with Jordan, we went to the Village and walked around in the Halloween craziness and it was awesome!  Awesomely dangerous... haha.  I saw some interesting things that night let me tell you.  We were in a huge crowd being directed by the police and at one point some people started yelling "fuck the police!" and let me tell you Jordan and I booked it out of there as fast as we could.
She was dressed as Aldous Snow and we both spent the whole night going BULLSHIT BULLSHIT BULLSHIT.  I was a ninja.  We got a picture with a guy dressed as a penis.  Overall, a fun night.

Bahaha.  Awesome.

And I'm pretty sure the rest of the week I worked.  It got to the point where the staff was asking me if I slept at the restaurant, damnit.  And when I wasn't working I was coughing and sleeping, boo!
Slowly, but surely, I became a real person again.  The sun came out, I went outside, and on Tuesday it was completely gorgeous here.  Sunny, 66 degrees and I spent a couple hours with Jordan walking dogs with her :) A nice way to get some puppy love, even though they weren't my lil baby!

ROXYYYYY I MISS YOU!!!

And then I went to work.  Afterward, I went to Jordan's and hung out with her and her roommates... they are awesome people.  NEW FRIENDS how fun is that, I'm like a regular New Yorker.  Haha.  Anyway, she made us brownies with peanut butter M&M's in them (omg my favorite!) and ice cream on top, and we were all fat kids and at 1/2 the pan and watched Millionaire Matchmaker.  This is my fast paced NYC life guys haha.

Again, most of the week I slept and worked until... Thursday!!!  When I hopped on the train and went down  Washingon DC!

For those of you who don't know, Marcus is in the airforce and he was flying into DC for the weekend on a mission and we decided it would be fun for me to come crash the party and have some friend time.  It was just what I needed... Sightseeing and traveling and friend time and some good ol' soul searching on a train in the sunset and relaxation made for an amazing weekend.

I got into Union Station at about 7 on Thursday night and met up with Marcus and the other guy on his mission with him, Dan.  We dropped our stuff off at the hotel and headed out to dinner, which took us forever because we couldn't make a decision.  At one point all three of us were standing on a corner in the cold with our phones out trying to GPS a restaurant.  Fail.  Anyway, we ended up at an italian place (thanks to me bahaha) and the food was totally delicious.  Unfortunately, at this point I was fighting back a migraine and it was not fun.  I basically was like I NEED SLEEP and passed out as soon as we got back.  I'm so fun to hang out with.

The next morning I woke up and felt much better.  The first thing I did was GO SWIMMING!  Daddy would be so proud :) If there is a pool in a hotel I will take as many trips to swim as I can... even if it means getting up at 8am.  We eventually headed out at noon and had lunch.  We headed to the mall and the first place we went into was the air and space museum.  I texted Dad the whole time cause he is all about that kind of stuff, and the boys checked out the planes (Airforce Navigators, standard) but I liked the space part the best, especially when a little girl asked me how to use one of the computers and we spent ten minutes exploring the planets.

We left the museum and headed over to the Capital.  It was a great day for pictures with lots of big fluffy clouds, although the weather was a bit chilly.  We walked through the portrait gallery for a bit and then went to the natural history museum.  One word: DINOSAURS!

After spending some time checking out the dinosaurs everyone was getting a bit tired and we headed back to the hotel.  Again, there were issues figuring out dinner plans, especially when the hotel restaurant was an hour and a half wait, but we finally figured we'd just wait and get drinks while we did.  Since it got dark early it felt like 10pm but lo and behold we actually still were in time for happy hour.  I would say it was a pretty great, I got a kiddie dinosaur sippy cup, delicious dinner and a brownie for dessert, rode a ridiculous escalator, went to a bar called Luckies?  I think.  Danced, drank, got in a circle of people and rocked out, was hit on by the DJ who then played my favorite song ("Whatever You Like") and was told by a stranger that he was in love with me.  We started drinking at 6pm, we got home from the bar at 3am... you do the math but I'd say we rocked DC.

The next morning I got up at 9 and went swimming (I do not joke around) and then I grabbed some breakfast and talked to Beth (<3 sister love).  Got ready and headed out to see the Lincoln memorial.  We passed the White House, AWESOME! and the Washington Monument, and saw the new WWII memorial and went to the Lincoln Memorial and the Korean and Vietnam War Memorials.  Since it was Veteran's Day weekend there were a lot of people around, lots of veterans, and a lot of red white and blue... or maybe that's just cause it was DC.  Now, I've never been over expressively patriotic but it was really cool to think about all the history and made me PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN.. AMERICA!  Haha.  It was a gorgeous day on Saturday, sunny and warm.  We walked closer to the White House and then headed back.  After another quick swim it was time for me to leave :( boo!!!  Back to Union Station for the train home.  I passed out on my bag on the way home and got a great nap.  It was so amazing to travel again... I forgot how much I love it. Although coming home during the night and seeing the NYC skyline was quite amazing and made my heart so happy when I thought I LIVE HERE!

And here's a little shoutout to Marcus and Dan :) I had a great time!  Thanks for letting me share your vacation <3

There are dinosaurs in there!!!

Now, a normal person would've gone home... but I'm not normal and I headed to Jordan's place for pizza and the game.  By the game I mean some west coast football that I didn't care about but pizza!  I had planned to meet up with Netty, so while I waited for her plans Jordan headed out and I just hung out with her roommates.  When I pooped out and decided to go home they told me I should move in... very much considering it... haha.

Exhausted, I headed home to find that the friggin' F train was shut down and I had to take the bus partway.  Dumb.  I got home and passed out!  Wondrous.
OMG and Netty was here and I only saw her for about two hours but... I love that girl.

Now, I worked Sunday and Monday and I finally have a second to myself and I spent today doing NOTHING.  Lies, I cleaned and unpacked and searched for an apt., but it has been a relaxing day which is super nice.  Especially since Sarah is gone and I've been chilling in her room... omg having a door is amazing.

But also, you should keep Sarah in your thoughts because Josh (her fiance) just lost his mother and they're both having a rough time right now :( poor girl.  I love you Sarah!!!

So that's that.  Here are some leftovers that I forgot where they go but I'll put them here:

-At work the other day I was bored cause it was slow and people at the bar kept ordering wings, so my manager ordered two plates of wings for the staff and we just chowed down together.  Awesome.

-On the subway the other night some boys were talking about how pretty I was cause they thought I couldn't hear them, but I could haha.  Awesome.

-Also, on the subway, I was coming home after the Foo Fighter's concert and was drawing, and some drunk girl was creeping on my sketches so I showed them to her.  She said I should paint them... hm?  Interesting.  Maybe I will.

-I got tipped a $20 at coat check!  Ballin!
-I have almost 900 views on this blog!  You guys are awesome!

And lastly:

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Thanks Betsy!!!

Please don't judge me for my ridiculous amount of use of the word "awesome"