So, it has been ages and ages since I updated my blog! I’m gonna try to stay on top of this better. I’ve been soo busy lately, so I guess I have somewhat of an excuse…

Time has just flown by this year! I can’t believe it is already the middle of March. I’ve had a very eventful last few weeks though. The last week in February I flew out to see my sister in Maryland. She’s married and has the cutest little 1 ½ year old! My brother in law is in the air force, and they are stationed at Andrew’s Air Force one in MD. I had a great time visiting and seeing lots of sights.

My little nephew Caden is soo adorable! He’s grown so much since the last time I saw him. He’s walking around and is just like a miniature man. He’s also developed quite the personality. He likes to wave and blow kisses everyone, it’s adorable! He always gets a lot of comments from people, especially the women, lol. :)

Because they only live 15 min away from Washington DC I was able to go and see all the sights there! It was pretty neat. I saw the White House, the Capitol Building, went up into the Washington Monument, saw the Lincoln Memorial, the Vietnam memorial, and other things. All the buildings are so big and ornate there!

There are so many museums there! I only went to one, the Air and Space museum, it had lots of interesting stuff in there. I saw things like Abraham Lincolns hat, the shoes Dorothy wore in the Wizard of Oz, R2D2 and C3po, the original plane the Wright brothers flew, plus a lot more.

What is really neat though, is that I was able to go to New York City while I was there! They had never been there before, but had been thinking about taking a road trip up there. After all the details had been figured out we were able to go! It took us 4 hours or so to get there. We stayed in one of the more inexpensive hotels in Times Square. Everything in NYC is sooo expensive!! The Hotel we stayed in was almost $150 and that’s one of the cheapest ones there. Parking is also terribly expensive.

While we were there we saw Broadway and did a lot of walking. We even took the subway once.

We saw the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty (We didn‘t actually go to the statue, we just saw her from a distance), and Ground Zero.

I loved it in NYC!! The only bummer is how expensive it is. A studio apt there can cost you $2000 or so. I’ve decided though, I liked it so much that I’m gonna live there for a couple years when I get a job that pays enough to afford something there! I might even convince my sister to come along with me. If there’s anyone who wants a room mate in NYC in a couple of years, I’ll room with you! I

On a broader note, I totally loved the East Coast! I’ve grown up on the west coast and this was the first time I’d made it out that far. An interesting thing to observe was my allergies. I deal with allergies that are pretty bad on a regular bases, and I barely dealt with anything there! Maybe it’s because where I live it’s always cloudy, overcast and rainy until the summertime. Maybe there’s a lot of molds in the air, or something like that.

The weather in MD was a lot nicer. It would rain a bit and then clear up and be nice and sunny. It maybe cold but at least there was sunshine!

This trip was one of the first times I’d done any flying, and I loved it! I also saw 6 different states for the first time. I landed in Virginia which is 20 min or so away from Andrews. I stayed in MD, drove through Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York. Plus I got to see our Capitol. All in all, I had a really nice trip, saw a lot of things and had a blast.

As neat as Washington DC was, I’d have to say I liked NYC better.

Well, I’ll try to check out everyone’s blogs more often, comment, and I’ll even try to update my blog more often!

Hope things are going well with everyone!

Emily