Luke fell asleep on the couch on the way to the campground and I've been going to bed obscenely early. I blame the 110-degree bus rides, thanks to an out-of-commission air conditioner. I really think it's the heat that's making me feel like an old person, but hopefully the air conditioner will be fixed tomorrow.
We have long days and by this point, two months in, we're all missing our families, significant others, friends, school, dogs and everything associated with our previous lives. I can't wait to get back to school and settle back into my apartment (that doesn't move on a daily basis) with my lovely roommates and a normal-sized bed.
But at least I'm not traipsing across New England with burlap bags tied around my feet like General Washington's men over two hundred years ago, as Beth puts it.
SPEAKING OF...I've been watching that HBO miniseries "John Adams." Man, did Washington, Jefferson and Franklin steal his thunder! It's a pretty good show. It can get a little tedious at times, but he seemed like a cool dude.
And I really just want to hug General Washington. He's the sweetest guy ever, wooden teeth/cherry tree or no.
Oh, and we got interviewed by the BBC today for a documentary they're doing. It comes out in October, and that was really neat. The interviewer seemed entertained, and we were entertained, too - he was Scottish, nice and the lining of his suit was hot pink. A baller if I ever saw one. (Note: I come from a cow town. I haven't seen too many ballers in my lifetime.)
I learned that in Colorado that people have to work for food stamps. One particularly disgruntled homeless dude approached us to tell us this. Hmm. I'm confused. From what I've seen on the streets, I was under the impression that the homeless were WILLING to work for food. Cardboard apparently lies.
But one particularly AMAZING thing happened today.
We were handing out free copies of the Constitution in front of the capitol building today. I offered one to a younger kid with big gauges in his ears and long hair. I was expecting a "What the hell is this?!" but instead I got a...
"F*^@ yes! This is AWESOME!"
So I smiled and sent him on his merry way. I've never seen anyone so happy to have one. Definitely the high point of my day.
Exhaustion aside, we're getting things done. It's worth it. Totally worth it.
I wouldn't go running to hug General Washington, however I would totally sit down and have a beer with him.
ReplyDeleteHe really did call it in regards to the party system screwing up the greatest country in the world...WHY DIDN'T WE LISTEN!?
From his farewell address:
"The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty."
Also, lolz at "the cardboard apparently lies".
Miss you both, continue to re-libertize our country!