I'm Home!

Hey everybody! I'm back home safe and sound! Thank you for following my blog over the time I was in DC. I still want to be there, but I know that this is my home in Grand Rapids, MI. I got back to my two cats and I was happy to see them again! I will go back to school in the afternoon today. I have many stories to share and tell, I will be so happy to see my friends again!

~ Meaghan

My Cats: Gabe white one Kisa brown one.

The food court

We are currently eating at Panera Bread in the Ohio rest stop. We have been driving forever, I was was watching the Jon and Kate Plus 8 DVD in the car. I was eating chips and drinking apple juice most of the time before we got here. The rest stop was crowded! We think a band playing at the inaguration came in to eat at Panera. It looks like a highschool group. We are almost back to our home state, MI! At Panera, I had French Onion Soup. It was awesome! We were also in the newspaper at home, here is a picture of us that was printed in the newspaper.

~ Meaghan

Leaving

We were all sad about leaving. Mom woke us up at 7:12 this morning. I was really tired, Mom told me that Meera and Tina already left for school. Linda, Ki, Mom, Ces and I were the only ones awake. Late last night Juan (pronounced Won) left back to Detroit, MI. Mom started packing up the car. I ate a little breakfast and Cas headed to her first day at her new job in The White House!!!!! Last night was a historical night, when we got home we watched the parade on

CNN. I can't wait until we get home, and I can tell you all about my adventures in DC!

~ Meaghan

INAGURATION!!!!!

The inaguration was awesome! I could'nt see anything though. We woke up at 6:00 and we were out of the house by 7:00. We walked to the Metro station, it was already packed! We rode to Fort Totten, after that we trandsfered to the green line. 4 of us stayed behind on the red line because they had yellow and purple tickets to the inaguration. We had silver section tickets. We got into DC at about 8:00. We alked around for a long time. Three-fouths of our 22 people group left for Ces's old office to watch the inaguration on the televisoin. They had given up their hope to get

Our group and the Capitol Building

into the gates because of the crowd. A small group of us went on. Our group was Herb, Linda, Kristine, Me, Mom and Ki. The sidewalks were packed, the streets were packed and the metro was packed! We got through the checkpoint, but they closed the gates and as we were waiting in line people were coming back the other way saying that they were turned away at the gate. We waited in line still, I was afraid that we wouldn't be able to see the inaguration. We saw that the police opened the gates for a wave of people, so we saw that they were at the front. We waited and saw the gates open all the way. Thousands of people with the same silver tickets flooded through the silver ticket gates. People were so excited, they crashed through gates and jumped over the barricades. We got a nice spot on the grass. We could see the top of the Capitol Building. I couldn't see anything but people. I could hear fine because there was a speeker in front of us. The swearing in was amazing. President Obama's speech was amazing too! We had to walk at least 3 miles to get to Cec's old office. It took us so long because all of the roads were closed off because of the parade. When we got home we had dinner and we rested a lot. Our feet were feelin like they were going to fall off! Tomorrow we have to go back to MI, I can't wait until I get to tell you guys all about my trip in person!

~ Meaghan

China Town on MLK Day

Today we were at China Town in DC. First, we went on the Metro from Silver Spring to Union Station. When we got out of the station there were a bunch of people trying to sell us Obama t-shirts, buttons, hats and anything else you can think of. Kristine had to get Inauguration tickets from her congressman. We then went to China Town. We walked and walked and walked! We then got to the big gate in China Town. It lo0ked like a portal stepping right into the heart of China. We ate lunch at the China Town Gardens. I bought a magnet from a street vendor. We then headed for the Metro back to Cec's house.

~ Meaghan

The next morning

This morning I woke up at around 9:00. I had another good sleep. I was tired last night. Kristine came here at 8:30 last night. She's a friend of Cec's. Yesterday it was cold and crowded, so we got home and were pooped! Myra, Ces and Tina were getting ready for the big ball and they had all of these fancy dresses. They left at 6:00 pm maybe and came back around 11:00 pm. We figured out how to make the TV work.

~ Meaghan

The Kick-Off