This morning I woke up...

slightly dazed and thinking I had just had the strangest dream.

I dreamt that I found myself in the nation's capital...

through the great help of one Spidere, who linked me to a friend of his who was kind enough to let me carpool with him.

I was there for...

some event...a game of sorts...in which I had to survive until the end of the night...

The task was...

to make it all around the city to certain checkpoints while wearing a blue arm band (the blue band signifying something like being totally awesome) and to avoid being tagged by the villains with orange arm bands (orange being the color of villains, of course).

When the night began...

I almost got caught but was able to slip away (most likely because my underwear had stars) and it was smooth, ninja like, sailing for the rest of the night.

At the checkpoints...

there were various other superheroes, waiting to give me the next clue so that I could continue on my mission.

On my journey...

I met another brave gal who was sneaking around the city and we teamed up because her knowledge of the town was far superior to mine--she even showed me some of the sights, fancy fancy!

We stopped by some of the memorials...

to honor other brave souls.

At some of the checkpoints...

there were tasks to do. At the third checkpoint, we each had to make a piece of origami. I made a teenage love note.

Origami was left behind...

by those who came before me. I knew we were hot on the trail.

By this time...

my companion and I were tired, but we knew we had to carry on! There could be puppies stuck in trees waiting at the end who desperately needed our help!

During our adventure...

we came across some wonderful people having a picnic in the middle of the night. They were kind and allowed us to sit and chat with them and their stuffed friends for awhile.

There were many wonderful secret agents...

who helped us along our epic journey. Feather boas rock. Still having a blue arm band after 6 of the 7 check points also rocks.

Finally...

we made it to the last checkpoint, where we met up with all of the other wonderful superheroes from the game.

Tired and sweaty and filthy...

but feeling accomplished, I enjoyed the company of many wonderful people. I also enjoyed still having my blue arm band. Boo-ya.

And then, as I rolled out of bed...

with my body feeling like I had run a marathon while wearing high heeled boots, I realized it was no dream at all! I had survived DC. (Special thanks to Spidere, Justin, and Amanda and it was wonderful to meet you Dax..as well as the bunches and bunches of other swell people whose names I cannot recall because I am a second rate superhero).