After working a ridiculous double Friday night, we literally had 3 hours to come home, pack, and get back to the airport. Running like crazy, we cyclones through the apartment and managed to make the flight to DC via PIT and BWI. You see, Southwest doesn't fly from PHL to IAD (DC), so we had to catch the flight to BWI from PIT..then the bus/train combo from BWI to downtown DC. It was an adventure to say the least, but how else do you get to DC for $3 a piece!? We bummed around for a couple hours getting a feel for Dupont Circle before meeting up with the Southwest gang, checking in to the Hilton (yay free room!), much needed showers, then back to the restaurant to head to the parade. About that time the baking heat turned to rain. I tell you, I'd take an hour and a half on a float in the rain over in the baking sun any day. We were, however, completely soaked to the bone by the time we were done, but hey what's hotter than a soaking wet girl you're pretty sure is a lesbian dancing on a float throwing beads? I got a couple flashes, some nice smiles, and a tiny little bottle of Bacardi. The float consisted of five tiers of foot and a half radius disks, which is what we stood on to throw beads and peanuts . I was pretty proud of myself for making it to the third tier before the vertigo kicked in. That's where I decided to stay. Ryan, on the other hand, climbed to the top tier like the monkey he is. Unfortunately there's an abundance of low tree branches in DC, and the parade route ran through all of them. Poor boy! What we saw of the remainder of the parade was pretty nice. I really do want to go back next year. After the parade we headed back to t he hotel to dry off. I wasn't feeling well so I napped for a little while before we headed out to the Pride Party at a nearby club. We stayed there for about an hour and a half before I felt too sick and crowded to stand. It was fun while it lasted though. I danced with a few girls, watched a couple dance circles. All in all a good time.
Sunday morning breakfast delivery woke us up. We ate and stayed in the nice big bed for a while before heading to the festival. Despite broiling on the sidewalk, the festival was really nice. I wish we could've stayed longer, but we had to catch a 330 train from IAD, which meant a bus at 130. This trip took us through MDW (Chicago), where we had an hour and a half and STILL almost missed the plane. oops. We did make it home on the earlier flight, so I was able to get a few hours of sleep before I had to be at work at 4am..

I'm really happy Ryan went out to do this with me, and that we got to have a whole lot of fun with people from my company. We had a blast, and we needed the vacation, no matter how short or hectic.

and now...a nap.

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