A little bit of nerdiness

So at the first of March, I got to hang out in DC with my friend, Ryan. I finally got the pictures from him! We did awesome things like go to the National Air and Space Museum!

We saw The Spirit of St. Louis. (I'm a fan of Charles Lindbergh!)

 And I got a picture with one of my female heroes, Amelia Earhart. Ok, it's a cardboard cutout but it's the closest I'll get.

We also ran into another one of my heroes in holographic form (Einstein!).

We hit the Museum of Natural History next, and had a brush with death in the Africa room. The cheetah is smiling on his branch next to his kill. Kinda awesome, huh?

I had a Jurassic Park experience. Please don't eat me! Dinosaurs are so cool! I also had the urge to yell, "I have a big head and little arms", but I resisted.

After lunch came the highlights of the day. The first being the World War II memorial (Ryan had never seen it and it was the number one thing he wanted to see).

 The star wall is awesome but sad when you realize that there are roughly 4000 stars with each star representing 100 Americans that died in WWII (roughly 400,000).

I love how every time you take a picture there is always a random stranger in it.

 Of course we couldn't go without taking a picture of the Idaho pillar.

And then we found Einstein! He's my number one scientific hero!

I got to sit in his lap! Well I had done it before but now I have photographic evidence!

Ryan decided to copy him. Who doesn't want to be like Einstein?

Then came the even nerdier moments... In case you didn't know, the floor at Einstein's feet has little metal dots that represent the major stars and constellations in our galaxy. That's what I'm looking at. Ryan took the picture standing behind Einstein's shoulder to "see the universe through Einstein's eyes."

While he was looking through Einstein's eyes, I elected to be the center of the universe. Boy, aren't we a bunch of nerds? Oh well, I'm okay with that!

Sadly the National Academy of Science was closed for asbestos remodeling when we went to see that next.

By the end of the day, we had found a flaming sword and a rather inappropriate boy scout memorial. Overall, an awesome day! Thanks for the memories Ryan!
But my nerdiness didn't stop there. A few weeks later, I picked up the nerdiest (but most awesome!) piece of memorabilia ever. A reduced price Einstein bobble head! (I'll admit it. I've always wanted one!)

Ahhh! The joys of being a nerd! He's now sitting next to my Beaker and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew plush dolls. Love it!!!