Inauguration Plans- thus far

So, as promised here is what this weekend is shaping up to be. Besides everyone who is coming out here and promised to give me a call, you know who you are Jason, John, Megan, Theresa, there are so many free things going on.

Sunday- Free concert on the mall. One of my friends cannot understand how the randomness of this concert will make it any good, but seriously he needs to a good look at his iTunes. (Hey Juliet, seriously Sean?) There are going to be some that I will just have to tune out but c'mon Beyonce and Shakira! And here is the full line up Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Bono, Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow, Renee Fleming, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Heather Headley, John Legend, Jennifer Nettles, John Mellencamp, Usher Raymond IV, Shakira, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, will.i.am, and Stevie Wonder. Among those reading historical passages will be Jamie Foxx, Martin Luther King III, Queen Latifah and Denzel Washington. Whew! We are going as early as possible, temperature dependent, gates open at 8 and the concert is at 2.

Monday- The Center is hosting a party for the Marquette big shots who will be in town. In the exchange for working coat check for an hour, I get to enjoy cocktails with University President Fr. Wild and some important alumni in the area. Oh and Jason Rae somehow used his connections to get a ticket too. Apparently being the youngest member of the DNC can buy you into your own University's party. So proud Jason.

Tuesday- Bundling up and getting to the Mall before it gets too crowded. I haven't gotten a ticket yet so I am not going to hold my breath. This way I don't have to go through security and wait around all morning. The Mall will have screens and food. One big party. I am planning on buying the most obnoxious shirt I can find. CVS has the best I have seen so far.

One cool thing that did happen at the Library of Congress was we had a presentation by a man who has some connection to the program or another, who is in charge of tracking the Bible that Obama will be sworn in on. It is the Bible that Abraham Lincoln used during his first swearing because his family Bible had not made it to D.C. yet. This thing is going to have Secret Service and two people from the Library with it at all times. And apparently it is so small that Lincoln had to keep it open because if he didn't his hand would have covered the entire thing.

Another thing that the guy told us is that Obama's official name will be Barack H. Obama. Just a tasty presidential tidbit.

Wednesday- Yes, the madness continues to the day after! First off, its my first day at my internship which is just as exciting for me as the inauguration. Also, MU women play Georgetown so the Aspin kids are invited for dinner and the game hosted by the alumni club out here. Making connections, rubbing shoulders, so is life on the Hill. And I am loving it.

I don't know how I am going to handle all the people who will be here. Security will be tight and so will bathrooms. No one is really sure what is going to happen but everyone is very excited.