Day 2 - Where is my mind

DATE: tHURSDAY FEBRUARY 24TH

TIME: 12:34AM EST

LOCATION: FAIRFAX VA

Today was a tough day, my mind honestly was not with the trip. For the last 2 weeks myself and the rest of the world have been watching what has been happening in Ukraine and this morning, it all came to a head. It has been hard to watch everything that has been happening in the east and what it means for the balance of power in the world. Everything just feels so much scarier in the world. Its a similar feeling I had watching the January 6th insurrection, it will really be a day to remember for all the worst reasons. I fear for the entire continent of Europe over the next few years. On one hand stopping Russia will probably mean a new world war, on the other hand non interfering is morally reprehensible and completely changes the future not only for Ukraine but for the entire region. If Ukraine were to fall, for the first time in decades Poland will have its entire eastern border flanked by Russian states. My heart goes out to all of those suffering tonight, and for a swift retreat on the Russian side. Putin can go fuck himself

In terms of what we did today, we travelled back north to Baltimore to get Deniz his pictures he wanted, I will post some below. We also stopped in the Bethesda area to take a look around. A really beautiful place, I really enjoyed it. We managed to find a 5.11 tactical shop, which I didn’t know existed. We also went out and got new windshield wipers, only failing to install them once. We forgot to remove the blade covers, but even with that the plastic cover was better than the old blades. We also got Popeyes on our way into Baltimore, haven’t had that in a while.

Once we got home we had some down time, then got to hang out with Frannie! It was great to see her. She gave us a ton of amazing suggestions for some of out later stops. Abby got back from her very entertaining volleyball practice after skirmishing for the entire practice. I hear she gave the 14 year olds hell :D We spent a few hours together after everyone went to bed planning our trip into Washington tomorrow. Its going to be a great day!

Thats all for now, have a good night and stay safe

Signing off

-H