Washington D.C.....my roommates and I as we are round about town and see the Washington Memorial, or the Capitol, or ride the Metro, are prone to start exclaiming, We are in WASH-ING-TON DEEECEEE! Because guess what guys? We are.
my adventures so far have included a nice bout of extreme homesickness and second-guessing (typical), buffered by loving texts, Facebook messages, and phone calls from family and friends. The first few days also included a trip to the Smithsonian with two of my five roommates (the roll call of roommates: Amanda, Sarah, Michelle, Kiera, and Anna. Two are Elementary Education majors, the rest of us are Communication Disorders).
At the Smithsonian we saw airplanes and spaceships, birds that can dive and swim underwater, caterpillars turning into moths, and LOTS AND LOTS OF BONES. You guys know that I am obsessed with anatomy. And Wendy and Diane can tell you that I LOVE Steven Jenkin's Bones book, and I would always try to sell it to people when I worked at the bookstore.
Check this guy out! It is a REAL DEAD ARMADILLO SKELETON! Look at its bony plate that extends over his body! Check out those tarsals! That rib cage! Those vertebrae! Mammals are amazing!
(my roommates are slowly learning how to respond to my nerd moments.)
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