Today is the fourth Sunday of the month, which means that I spent my afternoon docenting in the Hands on Science Room at the National Museum of American History. As it was a nice day, I got off the Metro at Metro Center and walked down to the museum (instead of transferring and going to the Smithsonian stop). Today was also the first annual Washington, D.C. Marathon. And I was walking right across it. Where I crossed it was maybe a block from where it ended, and I happened to be going by about 4½ hours after the marathon started, so there were a lot of runners finishing up. It was just this great moment--hundreds of runners going by, crowds cheering, music blaring, and an announcer pumping up the crowd and giving the names of the finishers. I stopped and watched for a few minutes. It was very happy. Then, during my break, I wandered outside and grabbed a hot dog for lunch, gave some change to a guy playing Beatles music, and sat on the Mall. It was a beautiful day.
Current song in my head:
"This is the Time" by Billy Joel