A Good Sleep and some Old Bones

Last night I got my first good sleep since arriving in Virginia. That's right, I have a bed. It was purchased, it was delivered, and it was good. Also, I figured out how to work the air conditioning upstairs in my house. It was like a double-bonus. In my excitement about the new sleeping arangements, I decided to take some pictures of the house and my room:






Well rested and feeling much less sick/cruddy than I have felt over the last few days, I decided to spend my day at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. I was there for about five hours and still didn't get to see everything. I bought a book about the Hope Diamond (pictured below) and also saw an IMAX movie about dinosaurs. Here are some highlights from the museum:





After I left, I went back to the Lincoln Memorial for a concert. An Air Force orchestra played Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait along with several other works with a Lincoln theme. It was really nice to just sit out there on the steps of the memorial, looking down the reflecting pool (and Sarah, I have to admit that I saw a reflection today) to the Washington Monument and the Capitol Building behind that. A soldier was passing out American Flags. I'm planning on keeping mine.