My Day away from the Islands - With Nixon

[MinnaCaroline]

Well, you've seen the picture so here's the story behind it...

It was Friday January 18th and my daughter didn't have school and we're basically fostering one of the little boys in her class for a week so here I was with two children and my sister in law didn't have to work because of a bomb threat at the World Bank so I thought we'd head on down to Washington DC and see the sights and museums and stuff.

So I got online and there was Nixon and he lives in DC so hey... we could hang out! I sent him a message... "meet me by the Washington Monument at 11 AM." He was all "I'll be there yo!"

So after coming down New York Avenue I somehow got put on Massachusetts Avenue and had to back track to 14th Street but it was fun because we got to drive by the world bank and all that Chaos and also see my old building where I used to work on 14th and New York. Yay!

So we finally arrived and the kids didn't bring hats so we stopped in the souvenir store and got them matching Washington DC caps to keep their ears and heads warm.

Apparently you have to get tickets to go up in the Washington Monument (or as my daughter likes to call it the "Pencil") so we got tickets and then waited and waited and waited for Nixon. Yes he was late.

So he finally shows up and we hanging out watching my daughter play with her friend, they brought bubbles and were chasing them around out in front of the monument, and get this... some lady comes by and starts taking pictures of them. It's okay though, you wouldn't recognize my daughter with the her hat on.

As it turns out... Nixon is actually a pretty decent guy! I'm shocked! No not really. We went up in the Monument and took some pictures of the city and the kids. My daughter took the picture of me and Nixon. Then we had lunch at the Ronald Reagan building and walked over to the Natural History Museum.

We got to see the Hope Diamond! Usually theres a line that stretches all the way around the museum just to see it so it was nice that there was nobody there.

Then we wandered around the dinosaurs and the gems and stuff.. oh and the bugs. My daughter was terrified of one of the exhibits and burst into tears at the sight of it. I never actually saw what she was so scared of!

All in all it was a fun day and we had a really good time.

I'm sure Nixon is going to post an entirely different story but that's because he sees things through rose colored glasses. He was a really good sport with the kids though. Thanks Nixon!!

[Estayland]

Picture? What picture?

[MinnaCaroline]

In the "People behind the 10000 Islands Thread"

[Coyotemen]

LOL, disregard the comment about being married then, haha. Wow...cool story!

[Isles of Nixon]

Well Minna left out some big details, so I shall clarify some things.

This actually had been in the works for a few days believe it or not. Minna kept on reminding me that her daughter had off and had mentioned about the bomb threats and that her sister-in-law was off but I never actually thought she'd come down, kids and sister-in-law in tow, to my stomping ground.

So I'm informed on Friday that yes, she is coming down, with kids and sister-in-law in tow. She says be at the Washington Monument at 11 but I knew that between me getting showered and dressed and then watching Frasier on Lifetime from 10-11, that I probably wasn't going to get there in time, lol. So alas, I get ready and Minna calls, says she got lost but will be there soon. I quickly dry off, put on what I wore the day before because yes, I'm just that lazy, and head out of my place and head towards the U.S. Capitol and down towards the Washington Monument. Well, she calls about 2 minutes later and that's when I realize that I better take the Metro or I'll be really late.

We agree to meet by the large blue tent that is in front of the Washington Monument and yet when I finally arrive, she's not there. I figure she's played me like a fiddle and she was getting back at me for suing her for sexual harassment in XKI's Nite Kourt. So I call her up and alas, she says she's at the monument which is right across the straight and lo and behold, there she is! Now since August/September, there's been a back-and-forth between myself and Minna. She's flirted with Sinn, TwoBagger, everybody but when it comes to me, OH NO, she can't flirt with the big, bad Republican, that'd be out of the question!

So I get there and as per usual, the little kids have hid behind some statue. I'm used to having kids fear me, after all, as was said in The Hunt For Red October "I'm a politician which means that when I'm not kissing babies, I'm stealing their lollipops." So we have some time to kill and we engage in some lighthearted conversation at which point both Minna and she sister-in-law ask me, "What's the name of the First Lady?" I almost fell down and died right there. What was worse is that they were quite serious, they thought it was Barbara!

We ventured into the Pencil as they call it, I call it the Clinton Monument because of what it looks like. While we at the top, I could see that Minna was checking me out and then she wanted a photo, I guess a memento for this historic visit, but I'm sure it is kept under her pillow at night . Anyways, we headed off to the Ronald Reagan Building for lunch, named after our 40th President who was an American hero, but that's nor here nor there, and her sweet daughter grabbed me, the little thing just grabbed my arm. Those of you who know me know I have no desire in having kids between the ages of 1-10 and that I'd rather adopt an 18 year old. So yea, that was kinda weird. Lunch was good and on the way we past the Internal Revenue Building and there was a lot of steam being vented out of the building to which I had my great one-liner, "Ah look at all that hot air being blown from the IRS!" Of course Ronald Reagan said it best in 1992, referring to Clinton, "when you hear all that rhetorical hot air that comes from him, take his own advice, and don't inhale!"

Off to the museum, which I haven't been to ever. It's quite educational and the kids seemed to enjoy it but I'd be d**ned if Minna wasn't checking me out some more. I felt really self-conscious because I'm like ten years younger than her and she's married and all, but I tried not to think too much about it. At one point however, her daughter almost gave me a coronary when she temporarily disappeared but alas, she didn't go far, she was just behind me at the time.

Now by this time we already had our picture taken and we had a long discussion about how I don't do photos, I rarely have photos taken of me and so Minna wanted a photo of me in her cell phone. She claims it was so that it comes up if I were to call her, I think she just wanted another one of me, but anyways. I vowed that I'd get her to forget all about taking a photo and she vowed she'd remember. Well we leave the museum and so the day is done. Minna and her company all hop into her minivan, to which I promised to accessorize with all the latest political bumperstickers, much to her chagrin but alas, no other photo was taken! Once again Nixon was triumphant!

All in all it was a terrific day and when I venture across the pond sometime this year, you'll have another post, this time of Nixon's meeting with Sinn. And as an old reference to my man Sinn, during the entire time with Minna, Ta mo bhriste tri thine!

[Coyotemen]

Great story...I love DC...and thank God for the Metro.

[Petalumadom]

lol... I was wonderin about all the name changin... lol great story

[repaxan]

ThreeBagger

[Le Crochet]

Exactly how many baggers are there?

[Sinn Féin's Ireland]

Just 1. Nixon is playing around...

[Echolilia]

What a sweet story. Other than the Republican in it.