This is the post where I will start to introduce some of the frequently used words in me and Mitchel's vocabulary. Nowadays, we have so many that it's almost our own language. It may be hard to grasp as first, but once you get to know us through the manymanymany posts to come, maybe-possibly-hopefully you'll understand us a wee bit better. Or not. It's whatever.
(weird words will be in bold)
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I forgot to mention that we switched drivers again at the NJ rest stop. Now, I was driving again! Since getting all confused over Karen's (our GPS) false arrival time, we decided to switch drivers way earlier than originally planned, so now we were back on our normal schedule!
It took me forever to convince Mitch to take a video, but he finally obliged. We ended up getting an awesome one as we were driving through a very long and dark tunnel but the dumb lump realized he hadn't pressed "record"
Lump= derives from "lumpy" which derives from a text that was originally supposed to say "lmao" that was autocorrected to "lumps" for some reason. We liked lumpy so much that we made it into a word to describe a person that I can't really explain right now because it just is. Heheh.
Anyway, the video that actually did record consisted of this...
Me: "HI I'm driving!"
Mitch: "Really? Never woulda guessed"
(A very snarktastic response, btw)
In in case you were wondering..."snarktastic" is snarky and sarcastic. Snarky is one of our favorite words and it'll turn up often!
Then it was...
Mitch: "Are you sad we don't have the tunnel vid"
Me: "YES"
Mitch: "MMohwell, AIN'T"
Ain't=another favorite word. It derives from the popular pop-culture phrase of "Ain't nobody got time for that", which we shortened into "ain't nobody" and then during this trip it just became "ain't". It's now a perfectly simple word that describes a multiplitude of happenings in our lives. (like washing dishes when you're the only one using them, doing homework anytime before the day it's due, etc)
P.s. you should probably take notes on all this...just sayin'
Mitch: "My job is to text B...oh, hey B"
B= my mom. We used to call her Beast Woman (in a loving way of course). Ok, before you judge, we called her that because she had this Halloween decoration of a dead little man in a sack who jumbled around and groaned scarily when you pressed a button. We named him Beast Child so it was only appropriate that my mom became Beast Woman. Well, she wasn't to keen on the name so it was shortened to B and the name stuck forevermore. (Her real name is Betsy, so it totally makes sense)
B is a worrier like most mommas and insists on texting us 24/7 to make sure that we're still alive.
Mitch: "Well here's a video. The end"
Lul.
Lul=our special way of spelling "lol"; we also frequently sub pronouncing "lul" out loud in place of real laughter because real laughter=ain't.
You got all that??
Great, because there's a ton more to come!
Alllllrighty. So, pretty soon we were on the outskirts of D.C. Also known as "somewhere in Maryland". HOLY TRAFFIC AND AGGRESSIVE DRIVERS. So, naturally I was panicking a tad. Plus, the area we were going through was kind of sketch. Buuuuut guess what? I managed. Yay me.
We soon reached the ACTUAL D.C. area where more panic ensued. But also excitement because I had never been here before and also a "Secret Service "car just passed on my left. We (as in me) had a ton of fun pointing out all of the exciting political/official buildings around us as we sat in non-moving traffic for hours like the BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING!
Which I just knew you would really want a picture of, so you're welcome...
And also this cute little couple walking with an umbrella on this super sunny rainless day!
Famous pointy building that we had no name to put to at the time. THAT I NOW KNOW IS THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT! (thanks
Google)
"OMG IT'S THE WHITE HOUSE"
Lul.
And yes, I wholeheartedly believed that this was my first glimpse of Obama's residence. But hey, at least now I can say that I know it's the Capitol! (I hope it is anyway)
I'm holding the Jefferson Memorial. I bet you that you can't say that you've did that. Womp wooooomp.
This sign just made me laugh...I wonder if they could be ticketed for doin' a roll thru. Wouldn't that be funny??
'Scuse me for not coming to a complete stop on my bicycle.
You see, I coulda said "chuckle" instead of "laugh" up there, but I didn't. And do you know why that is? Because chuckle is a horrible word. Don't ever use it.
Guess what?? We're extremely close to our first destination...Mitch's cousin Josh's apartment! What will our experience be like? Is Josh a good host? Will we like D.C? These are all questions that you can ponder while you wait for the next update!
TALK TO YOU SOOOOOOOON!
#'Mericuh