House to the Graves

It's really too bad that before the incentive, we had lived and traveled believing only a select few cared about us two lonely boys on the east coast. If I'd known I would have written twice a week, given this flood of comments! An additional advantage is that I won't have to dig deep into the memory bank to remember what happened - since it was just Wednesday that I last posted!
So, beginning Thursday... We had another exciting full day at work, which ended just in time for a group meeting to prepare for Friday's presentation. About ten minutes into the meeting I received a phone call for two free concert tickets for an Irish group. We didn't go, and this is important to share because it proves how dedicated to our schoolwork we've become! The meeting ended up taking us until about 11:00, and the following day was a little important, so we hit the bunks a little early (for me, not Sean).
Friday morning we arrived back at the apartments after our half day of work and finished up our preparatory work. Feeling confident, we headed to the Cannon House Office Building for our presentation. We felt official, and I'm pretty sure half of our class was quite confident that our decision would be used by the President - meaning it was quite heated, but exciting! We each were representing the US as experts on our respective countries (listed in the last post). Sean and I opened up the show with our introduction speech, leading in to a two hour discussion with everyone desiring any opportunity to voice their opinion.
Following the excitement, we rejoiced to be on the downhill towards completing the semester, although there are many things we'll miss when we leave! Sean had to get up early to begin preparing for DC United's home opener Saturday night so he went to bed quite early, as I wasted some time in my room, then took the lengthened nap.
Saturday, since Sean was at work, I went to my B&D supervisor's house to get some measurements for a plan I am drawing him, and enjoyed some pancakes and fruit as well! I got back, ate some lunch, and took off on a bike ride. I went up Massachusettes Ave, past Cheney's house and hundreds of Embassies from China and Korea to Great Britain, Brazil, and South Africa. I also saw the naval observatory and statues of Churchill, Ghandi, and Sheridan. Quite an amazing place! On the trip back I visited Ford's theater for a short play about the players involved the night of Lincoln's assassination.
Then a large group from ASP headed to the soccer game. We had great seats next to a drunken fan club lighting smoke bombs and throwing toilet paper the whole game, which made it an experience! After the game I got a picture with Eddie Johnson, arguably the best striker from the United States World Cup team. That ended Saturday.
Today we slept in til 11, made the 11:30 service at Union Station, then took a nap and traveled across town to Arlington Cemetery; one of the most beautiful places in the area! We arrived 'home', and I went to play soccer in the Naval Yard for a few hours. I just arrived back to the apartment and have not seen Sean yet, so that's all I can do for now. Hope that wasn't boring... the experiences are limited with the short timeframe! Thanks, and we'll see most of you soon!