#'s

27: the floor our room was on, nite #1, in this beautiful high rise hotel, alexandria va

28: the floor we moved to because the 27th floor room smelled of cig smoke  :(

26: years we've been married as of friday (1.2.09)

17: beautiful, white, pink and red roses that awaited my arrival at the front desk - i was very surprised!

7: years in a row husband has had meetings here

3: times i've come along using free sky miles - what a gift

4: nites of this run-away-from-home (i am so spoiled, i've always said)

14: days by which we'll miss the 44th president's, obama's, inauguration

1949: 1st televised inauguration, president truman (thx andy rooney)

7: degrees outside, carter's coldest-on-record inauguration (thx andy rooney)

8.2: miles from our window's amazing view to the washington mall (we can see the washington monument, the capitol, the pentagon and the national cathedral and more)

13: minutes driving time to get to the white house from here - hullo george and laura!

3: the Father, Son and Holy Spirit Who make all these #s possible, the 3 in 1