This weekend I went to philly for the Navy day regatta and also pass with some of my friends. It was a really good time, except for the fact at the regatta we didn't win, we didn't place, and we lost to Navy. The hotel we stayed at was really nice and right in the center of downtown Philly. On Saturday morning Annah, Anne and I went and watched part of a rugby tournament before our race. Then after the regatta we went to Hard Rock Cafe for dinner with Celio and Leah. After that we headed down to South Street, except we ended up walking in the wrong direction on South Street and had to turn around after about 20 min. It was pretty fun though. I got to talk to Frank that night. I haven't talked to him in forever. We talked for about 40 minutes while everyone explorered a little used bookstore. Around midnight we headed back to the hotel and all crashed in one room and rented a movie. Anne and I were pretty tired and kept falling asleep, except for when Celio thought it'd be fun to attack us. Leah kept him in line for the most part. The movie ended around 3am and we all headed to bed. Our plan to get up and go to Church in the morning pretty much fell through the cracks.

I finally woke up and stayed awake around noon on Sunday. Annah had gotten up earlier to go exploring and get some breakfast, but had left a note saying where she went. Everyone got up and Anne, Celio, and I went and got lunch at a nice cafe that Annah, Anne, and I went to for breakfast on Saturday. Then we met up with Annah and went and watched some protesters protesting something. I had a reaction to what was going on that I hadn't expected. I'm still trying to figure it out. Leah had gone to Catholic Mass and we met up with her when that was over. Then we all walked to the Natural Science Muesum, or is it Academy? Anyway, we explored there for a few hours and took a bunch of pictures. It was about 4pm when we left, so we headed to China town and walked around for awhile. For dinner we ate at a Thai resturant. After that we grabbed a cab and went across the city to a movie theater and watched School of Rock. It's a pretty good movie. Annah loved it. When it was over we got another cab and went back to South Street to the Haggen Daz there for icecream. We were all tired from walking around the city all day and so we headed back to the hotel and once again all crashed in a room and rented Bad Boys II. We all went to bed before the movie was even over. Celio and Leah had a rental car, and Annah, Anne, and I had a rental car, but none of us used them when we were exploring the city.

This morning we left the hotel around 9:30am and went to King of Prussia mall because Anne and Celio both needed some pants, but I don't think either of them actually were successful in finding a pair. Leah and I both got bored clothes shopping and so we went to Build-a-Bear. I ended up making a cowboy teddy bear. He was going to be a soldier, but Leah suggested a cowboy and that seemed lika a good idea for a couple of reasons. Celio watched and laughed. After that we all started the trip back to school. This trip only involved one wrong turn in which we started heading South-West instead of North-East.

Overall the weekend was really fun. It was great getting away from school for a few days. I hope all of the plebes had a good Plebe-Parent Weekend.