From Grads to Nomads

When we finally arrived in LA the other night, we went to find our shuttle for the Howard Johnson. As we had arrived at 11pm and had to be back at the airport at 5:15am we really wanted to get to the hotel fast to maximize sleep!! I called the hotel and talked to the stupidest man alive, who I swear was high or tripped out on some illegal substance. Our conversation went
Me: Hello, can you tell me when the shuttle is suppossed to come
Him: ok
Me Repeats question
Him: ok
This same exchange about 3 more times
I finally get frusterated and almost yell at him "I am ASKING YOU A QUESTION"
He hangs up on me. We ended up waiting 30 min for a shuttle to the hotel which was 5 minutes away, and coincidentally, in Inglewood, the area we had tried so hard to avoid getting to. We had our 4 hours of sleep in a gross but clean smelling room, and onto our DC flights we went. Rob and I got seated rows apart which kind of sucked, but at least no one too weird sat by me this time. I did have to almost punch the guy next to me to wake him up so I could go to the bathroom!

We took them metro into DC once arriving, and it is just as we remembered it!! Last night we had some great pesto chicken sandwiches at Cosi and then walked around, saw the White House, which looked very pretty in the evening with lights on, and then we came back to take hot baths, as it was chilly outside here! Of course, we saw the OC (What an episode!!!!) and had an early to bed to make up for lost sleep. Today we are off to see my old office (in a new location) and just wander around, perhaps take in a museum. Tomorrow the cherry festival. I am unsure how internet will work, we are suppossedly charged for it in the room, but when I went to pay, it was suddenly free!