a good weekend to kick off reading week

this weekend i went to maryland with ann to see her aunt and uncle. we left on saturday morning and got there around lunch time. we had some sandwiches and then we headed out to a mall. i finally bought the divine comedy by dante and ann got some chacos. then we went back and watched monster's inc. ann's aunt made an awesome dinner. it was so good! then we watched the bourne supremacy (lots of movies this weekend ... prolly to ann's chagrin). we went to bed early and it was glorious. read a little bit before sleepy time. i promise i'm going to finish 'a new kind of christian' before this week is done! sunday, we went to our nation's capitol! we parked in union station and walked to capitol hill and then went to the botanical gardens. next stop: national gallery of art (east wing). i was excited to see some calder, picasso, gris, monet, dubuffet, etc. but i was most excited to see magritte. i had seen a lot of the spanish artists already and other way famous stuff but never saw a magritte before and i'm REALLY glad i got to! a fun part of touring the museum was the art lesson that ray (ann's uncle) kept giving her. next, we headed to the smithsonian's natural history museum by way of a sculpture garden. we saw a great exhibit on dinosaurs and the hope diamond. (i've stopped making links because it's taking a lot of time and i doubt if anyone looks at them all anyway!) then, we went to the national archives to see the declaration of independence and the constitution but the line was too long so we just looked at the other exhibit. then we went back to maryland and i was introduced to music from avenue q. really want to see that show now! we relaxed a bit and then went to an italian restaurant. and then, another movie: the terminal. i had seen it before but i really like it. went to bed early again after some reading. this morning, we came back to princeton. we had some good conversation, some laughs, and some minor concern when we weren't quite sure how to get back. okay, i laughed at ann a lot this weekend. but that's because i think she is one of the funniest people i know. funny not necessarily with jokes but just in spirit. and i promise i'm not making fun . . . i really do appreciate ann! oh and the best thing was the ranch dressing (ask me if you want to know. prolly not as funny to anyone else since they won't have the picture in their head!)

p.s. i had to post the picture above because the picture thingy is being stupid and won't let me type text and have the pic.