On Monday, we made the drive to Virginia to see Jess and her family. I seriously adore all of them. She and her husband were so wonderful to hang out with, and all of their children are so cute and sweet. They're good peeps. It was like we have been friends for a very long time, and not just internet pals who had only hung out once before. The only bad thing about it all is that we live 5 hours away from them. Science needs to hurry itself up with this whole teleportation thing, because I could hang out with them all the time.
They were very gracious tour guides and took us into D.C. to poke around. We saw some cool exhibits, like this one where our kids were kind of freaked out and fascinated with a bug that was the size of a Lincoln Log.
Audrey told Wade, "Dat's my fwiend!" about the bear. And then she made us take her picture in front of it. Dear baby Jesus, don't let my girl turn out to be the next Grizzly Man. (Hooo yip, hooo yip, hoo. (if that doesn't make sense, you should see the movie "Grizzly Man" and then it will be a delightful reference to you. Otherwise, I am sorry for the randomness. And yes, I just did put parentheses inside parentheses.) )
What is a trip to our nation's capitol if you can't take a picture of yourself doing some inappropriate gestures with one of our most recognizable monuments? Mah' Washington Monument Wang. Also, I couldn't remember the name of it when we were there, and I was all, "Wade. What is that obelisk thingy called?" And he was all, "Are you serious? You don't know the name of it?" And I fired back with, "Whatever! You should just be impressed that I knew it was an obelisk. And that I know how to spell obelisk without spell checking."
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My kids have both been talking about how much they miss their friends in Virginia. Even Wade, who is the most skeptical person in all the land, had a great time and totally dude-bonded with Jess's husband, Chris.
Also, Jess introduced me to the wonders of ChocoVine. HOLY FREAKING BALLS. Have you tried this stuff? It tastes like boozy chocolate milk.
Thanks for having us invade your space for a few days, Jess, and making us feel like we're part of your family. You're the coolest. xoxo.
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I could fullllly support boozy chocolate milk. It'd be awesome if the label had the Nestle bunny on it with little Xs for eyes. But that's probably a trademark issue.
Science REALLY needs to hurry itself up, yo. Where is my flying car? Where is my meal-in-pill-form?
The 'Grizzly Man' reference made me smile, and then cringe a little. That movie haunted me for months after I watched it. (Poor Tim. He just wanted to be a bear when he grew up!)
Boozy chocolate milk sounds awful and awesome at the same time.
Yay for Internet friends doing things not on the Internet!
Booze and chocolate?! Yes please! Never heard of that stuff. I take a ton of pictures around the house and sometimes out and about when James is there for kid wrangling, but I never take any when we actually do something social with friends. I think I get involved and also feel awkward whipping out a camera. And I totally lack your inpired humor and would never think to do that with an obelisk, shocking! ;)
AHAHA! I hope you know that you are one of my favorite people of all time.
Man, I totally thought we'd have flying cars by now. I feel like Marty McFly misrepresented the future by including that stuff. These regular cars are bumming me the hell out.
Aww, yeah. Grizzly Man was very sad. He was such a strange fellow who really loved those animals ("Look! This is her poo!!") and the way he died makes me sad that he didn't get to live longer and do more things with animals.
Dude. The chocolate milk/wine is amazing. I have wondered about it for so long because I always see it at the grocery store, and have not wanted to spend the money on something that could be potentially very disgusting. But holy crap, it's so great.
I consider you to be at the top of my list of people who I need to meet in real life one day. We need to make it happen, yo.
Yeah!! I'm the same way. When there's not much going on, I can take a billion pictures and it's no big deal. But when we're actually doing something and it would be a perfect time to take memorable photos? Nope. HA!!
You are far classier than me, which is why you would not have wanged-up a national monument. I should try to be more like you.
I'm rocking mads and see the Wang pic and start silent laughing because it turned out awesome. Also I miss you
Best trip ever. You so have to make it again when the weather is less heinous.
I'm rocking mads and see the Wang pic and start silent laughing because it turned out awesome. Also I miss you
Best trip ever. You so have to make it again when the weather is less heinous.
I could not laugh any harder at a blog post than I did at this one. Seriously, lady, you're killing me! That is some wang. I LIVED in Washington DC for 3 years and still never got around to pretending to have a Washington Monument wang. Creative.
Also, hoooo yip! I also cringed a bit. Because man. What a tragedy in so many ways. But that guy died in the mouth of the very grizzly he thought was his bestie.
It's so strange to see pictures of you in my old stomping grounds. Like, I recognized the white picket fence in the bug area behind Julian. I can only assume you were looking at Madagascar hissing cockroaches? So glad you had a good time.
And I don't know... I might take more convincing about the chocolate booze stuff?!
I am so glad you enjoyed my dong! (That is the kind of sentence that has either never been typed on the internet, or has been typed a jillion times on the internet, but on sites that I am certain I don't wish to visit.)
So cool that you spotted the bug exhibit! There was a lady who was about 150, and she was letting this gigantic walking stick looking thing crawl all over her. It wasn't a normal tiny walking stick though. It was more like a walking log. That mofo had some girth.
Okay, the ChocoVine stuff. It is insanely good, but only the way Jess served it. It was icy cold, with ice cubes added, and a splash of half and half. I tried it tonight by itself (still cold and with ice) and it was far too boozy for me to enjoy. But with half and half, it was verreh nahhhhhs.
yeah, i reallllly want that chocolate stuff!
also, I love this post, love that you got to see friends and go to a cool city. so great. what life's all about.
love and miss you allllll.
xo
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It's crazy though that you are my sisterwife and my very first friend in Winston-Salem, and I have not yet visited your new house. It's probably because I'm partly in denial that you guys have really moved away, or something like that. When school starts, can we hang out with you guys on a Saturday? We want to see your new place, jump in your lake, and say, "hooooo hooooo!" like Zach.
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