Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Weekend in the city

Craig and I flew up to DC a couple of weekends ago to enjoy some adult time, plus visit with my fabulous cousin, MIndy and her husband, Ryan at their home in Baltimore. We had a really wonderful time. We ate good food, walked a lot, talked a lot, and let go of some of the stress we've been toting around all semester (incidentally this is part of our plan to buy a little happiness--we're disproving the myth that money can't buy such things).

Anyway, we took all the obligatory shots--Craig at the Lincoln Memorial, Ellen at the White House, Craig at the Capitol, Ellen at the Occupy Washington Encampment--but there's really only one that I want to share:

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The squirrels in DC live like fat cats. I swear, this is the chubbiest squirrel I have ever seen. In contrast, the squirrels in Macon look underfed with wispy hair and limp tails. On second thought, maybe those are rats.

3 comments:

Rebecca said...

Are you sure that isn't one of our esteemed Senators or Representatives?

Ellen said...

Hah, Rebecca, best comment ever!

Anonymous said...

I agree with Rebecca..wondering.
Glad you had a good time.
God bless all. Love, Aunt Kathy