can you believe that chief justice roberts (did i stumble!) stumbled on the 35-word oath? WTF!!?? was that a test for obama? i am so glad that he (obama) stopped when he realized that the words were coming out wrong. if there is nothing else that i have learned while taking classes here: words all have a meaning and depending on their place in a sentence the meaning could alter. so, for roberts to try to trip up obama to say “execute the office…faithfully” rather than “faithfully execute the office…” really changes the meaning of the oath – would you agree? then cutting him off before he could recite his name…anyway,

i cried so much on tuesday. of course, the inaug itself, was fabulous, but the tour director on the other hand was a hot mess! he neither guided nor toured us around anything/anywhere. he did not speak on the bus intercom but once for fear of contaminating it and the driver catching something – although the driver never touched the damn thing! he was sick and by tuesday looked terrible. but if he was not feeling well why the hell did he/was he assigned to the tour? he kept saying that the inaug is what we all here for; which was partly true and not totally the case because the students had their hearts set on seeing various things and i had never been to washington so everything was exciting to me. we never made it to georgetown and we did not have a tour of d.c.! although the ripley center was a few steps away when we got off the bus he said he did know where it was when nikki beisel asked. a huge crowd politely pushed their way into the smithsonian american history museum after the inaug (to thaw out!) and as we were entering the tour director said that was the first time he had been there since it was remodeled…WTF! so, in short the tour director as well as some of the faculty did not want any responsibility so i had to do a lot of work and asking questions – THANK GOD that audrey from down the hall in cfs was with us because she was a huge help. i should not have had to ask many of the questions that i did cause if the tour director was doing his damn job then most things would have been presented to us. there were NO fun activities planned! i could go on and on, but i will stop here.

the hotel was the best that i had ever been in, but then again where have i been. this was my second flight in my entire life…imagine that! as soon as we reached the baltimore airport for our return flight i was sick and throwing up. i think i may have caught the tour directors flu bug and i am sure i was a little anxious about the flight.