DC

Another 8th grade class trip to DC in the books!  Of course there was little sleep and lots of walking, but it was a great time.  It started off with a student asking, as she sat in the bus at the Middle School, "Mrs. Barton, where are we going?"
And that was the 8th grade trip...
<-----Here are some of the highlight pix.  1. Me, Tony & Melissa looking adorable {Tony being the eye candy of the trip} 2. My favorite MLK quote {if only I could be more light & love in a world of darkness and hate...and according to my fortune (thanks Jules) I need to avoid my evil intentions or I will face the consequences} 3. Most of the chaperons ...missing: Bill, Dodd, Julie & Brady  4. The rotunda at the Capitol {absolutely beautiful even if it was the most crowded place on earth ~ waited over 45 minutes just to get through security into the place}  5. Dodd with nothing on his back {again, waiting in line ~ this time for McDonalds at the Air & Space Museum.  Most of the time spent there was for food & not looking around.  I still haven't ridden the flight simulators)  6. The amazing full moon over the city with the Washington Monument to the left.  7. Me and Jules 8. Mr. Abe Lincoln.  I love the view of the city from this point.  The history of the place is overwhelming at times.  I stand on those steps and picture MLK standing there and the millions of people packed into the Mall...people are what make this nation great and people are what create this nations most horrific problems.  How can we get people to realize the power they have to do good?  MLK was just a man, who paid for the good his did with his life.  How many people are willing to do that?  9. The ruby slippers at the American History Museum.  There's no place like home!  10.  Me and Jules being photo bombed.
Other things:  Dodd and I went running Wednesday morning...I love LOVE to run in different places...such novelty. It would have been better actually in DC ~ but we do what we can. We encountered more wildlife in the city than I do on runs around here. A MOUSE ran with us for a few squares of sidewalk and a mammoth deer tried to attack me in the parking lot {or it was digging through the garbage on the hill by the parking lot}  Adrenaline rushes both times.  It was a hilly 3 mile run, but totally worth getting up an hour earlier.
Julie tried and tried and tried to get the ball in the cup...and bonked herself in the head a million times in the process.  She said to a kid who was playing with it, "Don't hit me with that ball."  and the kid replied, "Mrs. Watt, if I wanted to hit you, I'd let you play with it."  HA  To her credit, she FINALLY was successful in getting that ball to land in the cup.
An always highlight is laughing with the chaperons after we put the kids to bed.  I work with great people who like to laugh and have fun.  That's such a blessing.
One last picture:  What did Delaware?  She wore her New Jersey.