The boyfriend and I are Washington, D.C. through Sunday morning for a wedding of a Hampton friend's daughter. We took Amtrak up to avoid holiday traffic along with a half dozen other friends coming up for the wedding tomorrow (the boyfriend's parents are house sitting and baby sitting our dogs). We spent the afternoon walking around D.C. and had an early dinner in the DuPont Circle area. It reminded me once again that the Hampton Roads area is a veritable backwater and so terribly behind the times in so many ways. After a bridal related party this evening, we will likely go out and enjoy some of the city's nightspots.*
Once again, I find myself wanting to leave Virginia and its ever present bigotry and small minded thinking ever so much. However, until my youngest daughter (who currently works for me as a paralegal) goes back to school and the boyfriend's parents pass on, we are stuck where we are. Our life's far from terrible, but not living in a state where LGBT individuals are still tread as fourth class citizens does take a subconscious toll. For the weekend, we will enjoy spending our time in a much more LGBT friendly locale.
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