Friday
We didn’t do much during the early part of the day. Later in the afternoon, we headed to the airport to pick up a rental car, stopped by to see a few people and then came home. Then, it was off to pick up the tuxedos for Adam, Dad and me. I think that Jess was very amused by one of the sales associates there.

The rehearsal dinner was Friday night… but we didn’t rehearse before the dinner. Rehearsal will be Sunday afternoon. A couple of hours before the wedding. *shrug* Ours is not to reason why… The dinner was held at Sabatino’s, a restaurant in Little Italy. It was quite nice.

After we got home, Jess and I sat up and chatted with my father. Until 4 A.M.

Saturday
After an early morning phone call, I turned over and went back to sleep for a few hours. I’ve been having some rather unusual (and somewhat disturbing) dreams. I’m not sure what my subconscious is trying to tell me, but the oblique messages are more than a little disquieting.

Jess, Adam and I headed to D.C. this afternoon to visit Arlington National Cemetery. (Jess and I went there a couple of years ago, but weren’t able to visit the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. We got close, but the area was closed… and the on-duty guard at the entrance basically said that it would be hazardous to our health to attempt to proceed any further.) Today, we not only got to see the tomb, we were there for the changing of the guard. I got a few pics of the Tomb and Amphitheater (to be posted when I get back). We were going to make an attempt to see the World War II Veterans’ Memorial, but time was running short and D.C. traffic was getting a bit hairy.

Sidebar: I have said that I would love to take a random assortment of Utah drivers and throw them in to the middle of D.C. rush hour traffic… and watch their heads explode. I still want to do this. However, Jess drove in today’s traffic (not as heavy as usual) and did admirably. Which, given her time in the Army, didn’t really surprise me. But, I would still love to see an average typical Utah driver’s reaction to it…

Back to B’more. We headed to the Inner Harbor for dinner at Phillip’s. Crab cakes. REAL seafood. I am appeased. And, Adam agrees with my assessment of why seafood in our current respective states doesn’t qualify as “real seafood.” We walked past the U.S.S. Constellation on the way back to the car. It still amuses me that LEGO® has a Collector’s Edition model of it (as opposed to the U.S.S. Constitution).

And now, we’re back at home.

Tomorrow: The Wedding.
(Pray for our safety and sanity.)

Namaste.