A Change in Plans

Sunday, July 27th

Happy Birthday, Erica!

Our plan for today was to sleep in, then visit the George Washington Masonic Museum in Alexandria, and the National Air and Space Museum downtown, and then try to see DC after dark again, this time walking. However, the man upstairs had different plans for us.

We hadn't planned to leave the cabin until 1:00, so I let the kids go swimming when the pool opened at 11. Around noon, we started hearing thunder off in the distance, and by 12:30, when we were ready to go back and change to do our sightseeing, the thunder and lightning was much closer. We didn't know if the storms would last all day, so Bob looked up the weather - Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 8 pm. We decided to switch our plans around a little, and use today as the "do laundry and study" day, which we had planned to do tomorrow. The forecast for tomorrow is sunny and 90! We went to lunch at a little pizza place down the road called Ledo's - the pizza and service were very good. We even decided we might go back later this week. While we were eating, the thunderstorm came, bringing quite a bit of rain. Luckily, it stopped about the time we were finished, and has only sprinkled once since.

We came back to the cabin, and I grabbed the laundry and my computer, and the kids headed for (where else?) the pool. While I was in the laundry room, a man came in and asked if I was having any luck with my internet connection. I told him about being able to connect with only a few problems if I was near the office, but that I couldn't stay connected at all at my cabin. He said he had asked the office to reset their router, but they wouldn't (or couldn't) until the maintenance person came in tomorrow morning. So maybe beginning tomorrow I'll be able to do this from the cabin instead of in the laundry area or sitting by the pool (where my battery doesn't last long at all!)

I finished my paper while the laundry was drying (grumble grumble - I'll be SO glad when I 'm done with this program!), and met the kids at the pool.

Since tomorrow is to be hot and sunny, I think we might choose to do the things we had planned for today. It will probably involve some walking, but we'll also be using the metro, and hopefully be in some air conditioned buildings, too.

When we met with the Whitakers last night, Kathy suggested we go to the Baltimore Aquarium, so we have added that to our list of things we want to do before we leave. I'd also like to see if we can swim in the bay - don't know if that will be possible or not.