Washington DC

Pramod and I have now been away from home for a week. I obviously haven't written very much, mostly because this part of our trip is kind of a prelude to the next 6 months. It isn't what I had really intended to blog about. I really like Washington DC. Pramod and have have had a really nice time visiting the Museum of Natural History, the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, and the zoo. We also tried Ethiopian food--so good!--and their style of eating is similar to Indian which is fun. We have 1 more full day here and a couple more nights and we're open to suggestions if anyone has any ideas about things we must see while we're here.

I've been taking this teacher training course and I'm really excited to start teaching! The level of musicianship here isn't something that I will ever get to, but I also don't believe in making 6 year olds practice for 3 hours a day either. I just hope that I can hold on to this excitement for the next year when I can actually try teaching.

We've decided to change the plan a little bit. Instead of leaving on Tuesday and driving an 11.5 hour trip to Chicago, we're going to leave on Monday and spend the night in a motel in Cleveland, Ohio, which I believe is a little more than half way to Chicago. The trip here was supposed to be 8.5 hours, but due to the traffic going in and coming out of New York, it took 11 and that was too far for us to drive in one day. We'll still be able to spend our 4th of July in Washington DC with my gracious and wonderful host, Erin.