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I’m/we’re still not feeling well. My skull feels like it’s going to crack open like a nut in a nutcracker, and that almost sounds appealing since it would surely release some of this painful pressure!

Anyway, I wanted to at least document our Washington, D.C. trip’s destinations, in preparation for later posts sharing photos and experiences from the trip.

Things We Visited During our Washington, D.C. Trip:

Saturday, October 1st:

• The National Mall, which includes the following iconic sights:
• Washington Monument
• National World War II Memorial (opened April 29, 2004)
• Lincoln Memorial
• Korean War Veterans Memorial
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial (”The Wall”)
• The White House (exterior only, viewed from Pennsylvania Avenue)

Yesterday’s entry? “Home”

Today’s entry? “Sick”

I’m back from vacation, yet “homesick”?!

Not literally… I am sick as in: I-thought-it-was-just-bad-allergies-but-now-I’m-not-so-sure! Yesterday, I was sneezing twelve to thirty times in succession and fighting severe sinus drainage and a headache. Today, I’ve got all that plus no energy, all-body aches (not just my knee and legs from all the D.C. walking!), and a headache that’s graduated to being able to make my stomach do cartwheels anytime I change position (much less try to walk around), and chills (even though I’m not running a fever.) Oh joy…

It’s good to be home again. We missed our three cats (furry children) terribly, and they missed us equally, judging by their meowing, licking, kneeding, head-butting and such since we returned late last night. No matter how enjoyable the trip, there’s something wonderful about returning to the comfortable, familiar environs of HOME!

We’ve been having a terrific time on our Washington, D.C. vacation, and we have been blessed with an abundance of good weather. Today was our first “rain day” so we spent most of it inside at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center and the visitor center at Great Falls National Park. We originally visited the Udvar-Hazy Center earlier in our vacation, but there’s so much to see we discovered new exhibits on today’s return trip.

We are pleased with how much we’ve accomplished on our “to see” list, and have a busy day planned for our last full day in our nation’s capital tomorrow.