Hubs has some business travel to take next week and I may be going with him.
He attends meetings of a regulatory agency he is a member of every 6 months or so. As this group is made up of members from financial services companies from throughout the country, the meeting place moves around every time they get together.
He's been to Dubuque IA, Mobile, AL, NYC, Wilmington, DE, Newport Beach, CA, TX, SD, CT....you name it.
This month the meeting is in Washington, DC.
Usually he flies to these conferences but this time he's renting a car and driving, since it will get him in hours and hours sooner than flying will.
I don't go with him because he usually flies and I don't fly for various reasons.
But since he's driving I am waffling about whether I want to go with him.
He's booked at a boutique hotel near Capitol Hill and other than driving down and back and a conference reception and dinner, I will be left on my own.
And that is why I am waffling on whether to go.....I'll be all alone in DC in a hotel room for 2 days.
And I don't know whether I have enough umph to actually go outside by myself and do/see anything.
I may seem like I have a lot of bravado and self-confidence but really in an unfamiliar place(especially a large city)when I am alone, I feel like a scared little kid. I have a fear of large crowds.
I won't have a car(not that I want to drive around DC because yeah, I did that when I was in my 20's)and I am totally unfamiliar with the subway system there(been on it once back in the 80's and the person I was with knew what they were doing!lol)and I am sure I can't walk far enough to go to anything. Besides I am afraid of getting lost by myself.
And I am trying to find something I want to do besides.
I remember visiting DC as a child with my family so I've been to most of the monuments and of course the National Zoo and I still remember crying over a dollhouse at the Smithsonian.....I wanted my parents to buy it for me and when they didn't/couldn't(hey! I didn't know things there were NOT for sale.lol)I cried for hours.lolz
We didn't go to the Washington Monument and I don't remember the Jefferson Memorial though.
And when I was in college in Baltimore during my freshman year I had a car at school and I made regular trips to DC once a month on weekends to go to the National Gallery and the Freer Gallery and take in all the art.
Though we are staying next to Capitol Hill I have no interest in seeing or being around politicians and seeing the White House sounds a bore, no matter who the current tenant is. I can't even request an inside tour though as it has to be made at least 21 days in advance and looking from the outside doesn't do it for me either. 8-)
I guess I could just walk around or go to a nearby park and people watch.
I don't know....just not feeling it I guess.
Going places and seeing things is much more interesting to me if I am WITH someone else.
If you were me what would you do?
Would you go?
And what would you do while there?
And is anyone nearby who would want to hang out with me??
Sluggy
He attends meetings of a regulatory agency he is a member of every 6 months or so. As this group is made up of members from financial services companies from throughout the country, the meeting place moves around every time they get together.
He's been to Dubuque IA, Mobile, AL, NYC, Wilmington, DE, Newport Beach, CA, TX, SD, CT....you name it.
This month the meeting is in Washington, DC.
Usually he flies to these conferences but this time he's renting a car and driving, since it will get him in hours and hours sooner than flying will.
I don't go with him because he usually flies and I don't fly for various reasons.
But since he's driving I am waffling about whether I want to go with him.
He's booked at a boutique hotel near Capitol Hill and other than driving down and back and a conference reception and dinner, I will be left on my own.
And that is why I am waffling on whether to go.....I'll be all alone in DC in a hotel room for 2 days.
And I don't know whether I have enough umph to actually go outside by myself and do/see anything.
I may seem like I have a lot of bravado and self-confidence but really in an unfamiliar place(especially a large city)when I am alone, I feel like a scared little kid. I have a fear of large crowds.
I won't have a car(not that I want to drive around DC because yeah, I did that when I was in my 20's)and I am totally unfamiliar with the subway system there(been on it once back in the 80's and the person I was with knew what they were doing!lol)and I am sure I can't walk far enough to go to anything. Besides I am afraid of getting lost by myself.
And I am trying to find something I want to do besides.
I remember visiting DC as a child with my family so I've been to most of the monuments and of course the National Zoo and I still remember crying over a dollhouse at the Smithsonian.....I wanted my parents to buy it for me and when they didn't/couldn't(hey! I didn't know things there were NOT for sale.lol)I cried for hours.lolz
We didn't go to the Washington Monument and I don't remember the Jefferson Memorial though.
And when I was in college in Baltimore during my freshman year I had a car at school and I made regular trips to DC once a month on weekends to go to the National Gallery and the Freer Gallery and take in all the art.
Though we are staying next to Capitol Hill I have no interest in seeing or being around politicians and seeing the White House sounds a bore, no matter who the current tenant is. I can't even request an inside tour though as it has to be made at least 21 days in advance and looking from the outside doesn't do it for me either. 8-)
I guess I could just walk around or go to a nearby park and people watch.
I don't know....just not feeling it I guess.
Going places and seeing things is much more interesting to me if I am WITH someone else.
If you were me what would you do?
Would you go?
And what would you do while there?
And is anyone nearby who would want to hang out with me??
Sluggy
