1-5-10

Woke up at 11am. Hopped in the shower, out by 11:30am. Had to shave and such.
Talking to Ben on Meebo.

11:15AM
Mburg: 37, feels like 29. Sunny. 12mph winds.
Philly: 30, feels like 19. Partly cloudy. 15-24mph winds.

We headed out for the Mint at 12:12PM. That's where they make all the coins. It was pretty fascinating. Free. No cameras or cell phones allowed. We arrived there at 12:25PM. Afterward, we walked over to the Federal Reserve across the street (where they store all the money before it goes to smaller banks). We were scanned inside these tube-like rooms and whatnot. There wasn't much to see. It was almost like a kid's museum, but for adults, seeing as they probably wouldn't understand most of it. There were different stations that taught you different things about money and credit cards and the works. We then headed to the visitor center to check on times and tickets for Independence Hall. That lady sure did talk a lot. Then, we headed to the car and were there by 2:18PM. We headed through the Italian Market to get some famous Philly Cheese Steaks. Arrived at Pat's King of Steaks at 2:40PM and Jimmy and I split a cheese steak. It had onions on it, and it wasn't bad. I was FREEZING though, I couldn't feel my hands at all and they hurt. As we were finishing up, NBC was interviewing some guys RIGHT behind me about the Dallas vs. Eagles game this past weekend. They eventually got to the table RIGHT behind me, and we finished and got up and left before they could talk to us. Also, they had a similar drink to root beer that we had, it's basically like a cherry root beer.

We headed across the street to Geno's steaks, and split another one there. It was absolutely FREEZING. We headed back to the car and got there at 3:03PM. Then, we left for the Liberty Bell and parked at 3:22PM. As we walked, I got some pictures that I wasn't able to take earlier because I didn't take my camera when we went to the Mint. Some of it was like Betsy Ross's house, the lady who made the flag, where she hid in the basement because they were going to kill her, the first residential street in America, Benjamin Franklin's grave, and even the house that they used when The Real World or whatever was here in Philadelphia. We stopped at Starbucks and I got a White Chocolate Mocha. Yumm! We left there at 3:38PM. We were already in the line waiting to get into the Independence Hall by 3:56PM. He showed us two rooms on the first floor, then another room on the second floor that Jimmy had never seen. Jimmy said he didn't show us some other rooms that they showed him before. Also, the guy told us that the tower was going to be rebuilt or something like that this summer, mid-July. It'll take about a year and a half to do. Then, Jimmy and I walked over to Congress Hall and let this guy talk for a bit. Then, we went into a room where the Articles of Confed, a real copy of the Constitution, and some other document was. Jimmy said I couldn't take pictures, only to find out that you could, just not with flash. I didn't get a picture, and it was too late by the time I found out that it was one of the real 8 copies. I hope to go back sometime to get a quick few pictures.

We walked back and got in the car at 4:53PM. We made it home and inside by around 5:15PM, and here I am, typing it all out, and it's 5:29PM.

5:05PM
Philly: 30, feels like 20. Cloudy, 13-22mph winds.
Mburg: 44, feels like 37. Sunny, 12-18mph winds.

Been sitting around, watching football, eating, watching tv shows, and then tried to watch The Soloist but Jimmy fell asleep. They went to bed and it's 11:36PM and I'm just hanging out for a little bit more, talking to Ben.

Hopefully getting off soon. It's 12:43AM.