Bittersweet day....

We got home yesterday from our DC trip where we met our friends Laura and Jared. I would have loved to stay for the ceramony today, but everyone else had work, presentations or class to go to.


Boy was it COLD this weekend (we were up there Friday-Sunday). And yes, I'm from Southern California where anything under 50 degrees is cold. But 12 degrees not counting the wind chill factor.....BRRRRRRR!!!! 

Today...well I'm already teary eyed. I don't know if it's because of the historical event taking place in a few minutes....or just missing my mom. Mixture of both. But really...the tears are happy. No sobbing or wallowing. Really wish my mom could have seen history today (even though she was a Republican...haha).

For the last 2 years...it seems like mom has been watching over me making sure today wouldn't be too hard on me. My birthday and mother's day are still the hardest I think.  But this is the day I "dread".  Today for sure there will be lots of tears of happiness and hope....maybe just a couple sad ones.

The cold group in front of the Mall (White House in Background)

Laura and I on the metro wearing LOTS of layers

Abe Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson at the Smithsonian (Abe looks so real it's almost CREEPY)

Abe Lincoln's real hat (I love how they rotate exhibits...never seen the real hat before)

A VERY cold couple who just missed the train and had to wait outdoors for 15 more minutes.