I needed a break, from everyone and everything. And it was fulfilled. I did what I usually do every semester or so, I went up to VA to visit my sister, in Harrisonburg.
Friday: Went to class, came back, packed up my stuff, took a short nap. Bussed over to my car, stopped at Great Harvest to pick up some cookies, and headed out. Took right about 4 hours to get there. I love the drive, it's so pretty driving through the Shenandoah Valley, listening to loud music that only I want to listen to, and singing the whole way. I think I've reestablished my love for GC. They're fun. I got there around 6:30. By that time I was mega-hungry. What I had that day: cheesenips and chocolate milk for breakfast, a blackberry clearly canadian, a lot of cheese, rasberry iced tea, and a cinammon scone on the way up there. Anywho, so I found her apartment, we chilled for a bit until we decided to go eat round 8. We went to the Little Grill, which I've been to before but only to see a performance, not eat. It's a cute, small-town kinda place, they have open mic night there, etc. It was good. Then we came back and played Reel Clues, movie trivia game. w00t, love it. It took a really long time, but I won, I ended up forming a movie starring Marilyn Monroe and Bruce Lee, set in Monte Carlo, directed by Martin Scorsese, and written by Oliver Stone...interesting. Then we watched a movie, The Butterfly Effect, the somewhat thriller starring Ashton Kutcher. Really incredibly disturbing, but after thinking about it, I've decided that it made you think about stuff, but then no, cuz none of that could ever happen, it was too ridiculous to fathom. So, eh? Ended up sleeping around 4 am.
Saturday: Woke up at 12. At this point, we didn't really have a plan. We figured we'd just laze around, maybe watch another movie or something. There wasn't too much to do, so we'd just do whatever. But the night before, Brent had been in Asheville at an Old 97's concert, and he had called during the concert like 4 times so we could hear it. I love them. We couldn't really hear much except when they played Question (Someday somebody's gonna ask you, a question you should say yes to, once in your life, baby tonight i got a question for you) and Valentine (It's a lonely lonely feeling when your valentine is wrong). ANYway, I was like, you know, I want to see the Old 97s. Let's see where they are playing. So i did, turns out they were playing tonight in D.C. At this LiveOnPenn thing, they have a concert of like 4 bands every saturday night outside on Pennsylvania Avenue. It's $7.00. So, that's only two hours away. It starts at 5. We mapquested directions. That's really cheap. You wanna go? It's 1:00 now. If we leave at 2, we can get there at 4 in time to get tickets. The headliner is Eve6, who cares about them. We'll go just to see the old 97's. Okay, let's go! Charlotte showers, I write down the directions, we make quick sandwiches for lunch, run a few errands and go. I drove, and it's a little scary driving into D.C., never actually done it before, but we got there, and smoothly. Only thing was we didn't know where to park, but we found a $5.00 parking deck right near where the concert was. So we parked there, and went. At that point it wasn't crowded at all. It was this big radio station-supported event, sponsored by Miller Light, etc. So we got some expensive food and drinks, and sat right in front on the pavement on our blanket we brought. There were two other bands before the Old 97s, Practically Einstein and The Speaks. They were both alright. And we were sitting right behind these incredibly dorky high school boys, bah. Then the Old 97s played at 6:30, and everyone moved up and stood. Then we realized everyone was there to see them, which was cool. It was really good, they played for about an hour and a half. They played a lot of good songs, a lot of them I didn't know, but they were all good. Even the somewhat country ones I liked. And Rhett Miller is kinda hot in a weird way. Ha, yeah they're really cool. It was much fun. We didn't even stay for the headliner, cuz at that point it was really hot and really thirsty. It was great, just spontaneously driving to D.C. I hadn't been there for a long time, forgetting that it's a pretty cool city. So, awesome, everything worked out, and we drove back. We stopped in Vienna to get some dinner at this place called Noodles and Company, ate some good pasta and headed back. Got back to Harrisonburg around 11, so tired by that time. Went to sleep about 12, cuz Charlotte had to get up at 8 to go to work.
Sunday: Woke up at 10, showered, and now I'm still in Charlotte's apartment, she's at work, and getting ready to drive back to Chapel Hill.
This weekend has been really great. I was so excited to get away for a little bit and hang with Charlotte, it's always so worry-free and nice, we can do what we want and it's always a good time. I love it. I'm so glad I did it. I only have one more weekend before I go on vacation. This summer is running out, just as I imagined it would. I'm having fun though, and that's the important thing. I know the rest of the summer is gonna be awesome, as will be fall semester. I can't wait.
My back is really hurting, it's just getting worse. But I'm going to the Physical Therapist tomorrow, so I think's it okay. And I think everything is okay. I love summer.
