The Day After....

The day after the inaguration ceremony I took the metro down to the National Mall and, when exiting at the Smithsonian stop, it looked so different without the crowds of people that for a second I wasn't sure where I was exactly.

I went to the Museum of Natural History which was phenomenal and fitting for some post inauguration reflection.

It was incredibly humbling to watch the progression of life on this earth from, only life in the sea, to the reign of dinosaurs, to the reign of mammals, and ultimately to the period of humans.



I also saw an IMAX 3D movie entitled: DEEP SEA which was totally worth the $8.50 price of admission. Did you know that 71% of the earths surface is ocean, and that we have only actually explored 5% of the Ocean. So there is much that we don't know about it, and many resources that we do not know about.

The entire exhibit though, reminded me that we are soo soo insignificant. That our lifetimes are but a grain of sand in the beaches of time. Ultimately, these moments are all that we have.