The Inauguration continued

To sum it up, the Inauguration was one of the best and most memorable experiences of my life. I can't believe I even considered not going.

My day started at 4:30 and we got to DC around 6:00 and got to the mall by 6:30. We were right in front of the Washington Monument which provided an awesome view. It wasn't too crowded there yet but by the time the ceremony started there was barely room to move.

At around 7:00, I was on Good Morning America! The first time you really could just see my head bouncing up and down but a second time the reporter guy almost tripped over me. It's pretty awesome.

I didn't really get ridiculously cold until 8 or so but by the time the ceremony was over I seriously thought I had frostbite on my toes. It really sucked.

I though the ceremony itself was amazing and Barack's speech was incredibly. There were certainly a few parts where I teared up.

After the ceremony was when it got crazy. The walk was really crowded for the first 20 minutes or so but it was flowing pretty well. Once we got to L'Enfant Avenue, where the buses were, it got really well. There was one part where it was so crowded and there was so much pushing that the group I was with got separated and I was really scared someone in the crowd was going to get trampled.

After about 2 hours we final sought refuge in the American Indian Museum. It was a really cool museum, although lacking in exhibits, and there were people everywhere just sitting around or sleeping on the floor.

We finally left the museum at like 4:30 and started towards the subway. On the way I bought a really cool Michelle Obama T-shirt. I'm pretty excited about it. Luckily enough, the subway was not that crowded and I finally got home around 6:30.