Picking My Brain

We have returned from DC, more or less in the same condition we left. We were a little tired from all the walking, but this trip we were finally able to sync up metro stops and places we wanted to go, so we were all over the place. Our only calamity was that our car got broken into while we were there. I figured since I have a psuedo-alarm on the car, nobody would even touch it. The only piece of equipment showing was the radar detector, so I never thought twice about it. Sunday morning Ben went out to get our coats and realized that one of the doors was slightly open. I wasn’t too upset over the loss of my radar detector and my GPS. They come in handy, but they are easily replaceable. They weren’t top of line models anyway, so not a huge deal. Everything else was just rummaged through, but I guess the maintenance record for the car wasn’t too exciting. It’s a weird feeling to know that someone you don’t know went through all of your stuff and I was a little mad, but I got over it. Obviously a pseudo-alarm only does any good if you’re there to hear it!

It wasn’t until we were on our way home that I asked Ben to reach into the pocket on the back of his seat and pull out my CD binder. When he started groping and couldn’t find it, we realized that it had been swiped too. Oddly enough, the missing CDs are what really freaked me out. I had my entire collection in there. It’s true I don’t usually listen to my CDs, I’ll listen to my iPod more, but there were CDs in there that I’ve had since high school. The last time I bought a CD was probably like 2 years ago. But there were some that I liked having the actual CD of. It’s weird that I’m so upset over the CDs. I have all the cases in storage, so I can go through and see what I’m missing. I can either download or repurchase whatever I want. I guess it’s just more the fact of, those CDs are pretty much worthless to anybody but me. Nobody’s going to be able to get any money for old CDs without the cases. So now I’ll save up my money and start to slowly rebuild. I think most I’m not going to rebuy, but I’ll probably at least replace my Barenaked Ladies and Jewel since they’re my favorites.

So I ended up taking so many pictures that there was no way I could have them all up and posted as we were going along in DC. We were also too busy doing other stuff for me to sit around and play with postings and pictures. By the time we got home every night it was like 10 pm and we were exhausted. So this week I’ve been going through and doing the sorting and editing needed. I’ve decided that I’m going to be posting in batches. That way I’m not crashing any servers with 50+ pictures. So keep on the lookout over the next few days. Coming attractions are: Arlington National Cemetery, the Tomb of the Unknown Solider, the Smithsonian, the Tidal Basin and Cherry Blossoms, a few from the Tulip Library and finally the Roosevelt Memorial.