Yesterday was just non-stop motion from 7:30am to 10:30pm. We had to drive up to Maryland to see an old friend from Arizona get married, and that took until 11:00. Another friend from Arizona is staying with us for the wedding, so after the wedding we took her into downtown DC to go to the Washington Cathedral. The Cathedral was lovely, except we couldn’t get into the nave because they were decorating for easter. That was somewhat disappointing, but okay. We spent quite a bit of time in the bishop’s garden, which was quite lovely. I want one. 🙂
After the Cathedral my mom and her friend wanted to go see the cherry blossoms. We drove down Wisconsin Ave. and as soon as we got to 14th street it was jam-packed. It took us an hour to get from the intersection of 14th and L Street down to Constitution Ave, and then back to 14th again to get across the bridge. We even took a shortcut. The traffic was that bad, honest. It was mostly because there were hundreds of tourists everywhere, as well as a *huge* protest against the United States’ actions with Israel and all that. It was some big Palestinian group, and man was it a raucus crowd. People were screaming, yelling, and spray painting things. That really bugs me. Up in liberty plaza they spray painted “peace” all over the place. Look, if you want peace, tell the Palistinians to quit bombing the Israelis. Heck, tell the Israelis to quit bombing the Palistinians. The whole thing’s just a mess. Jon Stewart summed it up well on the Daily Show when he went on and on, recounting which bombings were in retaliation for what, going all the way back to the early 80’s. It’s really true.
A lot of people ask me who’s side I’m on in that conflict. Honestly, I don’t like either side. They’ve both done some horrible things to each other, and I think that keeps either side from being “right”. As for the land they both want, they’re never going to agree on anything. I say the UN should pull a King Soloman and say, fine, neither of you are getting it since you can’t decide. Just like that whole splitting-the-baby-in-two thing to find out who was the real mother. Yeah.
I’m getting so tired of politics and bombings. Everyone should just eat a cookie and behave.