Inaguration Tickets & Updates

Our paper tickets should arrive any day, but in the mean time an Inaugural Ceremony map showing gates and guest sections was just released! In checking our confirmation, we are in the North Standing section, which is in the back to the left, but we are still way ahead of the average Joe (no, not Joe the plumber) on the street.

We tried to get 1 of the 5,000 Parade tickets that went on sale Friday morning, but neither of us could get through to Ticketmaster, by phone or internet. After almost an hour of trying, I finally got through through to a human. As expected the tickets were gone within a minute or two of going on sale. Oh well.

On an 8 hour shopping binge yesterday, we managed to reserve a tuxedo for pick up near DC and I may have found an appropriate gown (see photo) for the Youth Ball. We got some more gear for the road too, including some heartier fabrics in preparation for the possibly sub-zero temperatures. This week we will be double-checking all our confirmations for accomodations, transportation and more.

We are also back to school now, so homework is unfortunately a part of our daily lives again. Doing homework while on vacation is always lame, but a necessary evil, and no worse than homework after working all day!