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Make sure you get a new toothbrush when symptoms subside or you might get it again.

Not sure of your time frame, but I agree with the other poster - that’s a lot for a weekend. Hopefully you have more time than that since there’s so much to do. Also check museum times - I believe they are closed on the weekends.

Plan to walk 5-7 miles a day even when using the metro or bus - there’s so much construction that you are forced to walk way out of your way at times to get to a lot of things. The metro was great; clean and easy to use. Pay for the hop on/hop off tram to ride between points of interest at Arlington National Cemetery; that will save you lots of walking and time. Make sure you see the changing of the guard while there. I also recommend a night tour of the monuments; we did that and it was great. Or, you can rent ride-on ebikes or scooters and see the monuments that way which will also save you time and walking. (There are age restrictions on those so be aware of that.)

White House tours were closed in July and I assume they still are. Try walking through the People’s House instead. It is a free museum dedicated to the White House with interactive exhibits and a replica of the Oval Office which allows you to sit at the “President’s desk” and take pictures.

Our favorite museum was the American History Museum. Least favorite honestly was Air and Space. We have been to NASA in Houston and enjoyed it way more since the Air and Space Museum is very heavily focused on airplanes and not as much on space. Just personal preference though on that one. Museum of Natural History was huge; you could easily spend an entire day there. Lots of exhibits on minerals/rocks/gems and animals/dinosaurs. They have a Spy Museum (also not free) which people have raved about but we didn’t go to. Not sure about it but might be worth a look.

We also went to the Bible museum and it was really nice. It’s not free but if you’re into religion or Bible history, you will love it. It has 6 floors and was also huge with an interactive tour through Bible history. Very neat.

We ate at The Hamilton and really enjoyed it. We also ate at Ben’s Chili Bowl which is iconic in DC but it wasn’t worth the trip imo.

We tried to get free tickets a month in advance to go to the top of the Washington Monument but they were impossible to get. You can wait in line the morning of to try and get tickets or you can pay for a tour which will take you up there if you’re interested in that. The Post Office Tower at the Waldorf hotel was free and also gave an aerial view of DC but that’s now closed and may not reopen.

DC is a fun place and we felt very safe while there - National Guard were everywhere. You certainly won’t run out of things to do and we are planning on going back soon.

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Funny enough, in Hammond next October

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Do you know about when tickets will go on sale for this?

Free merch please!

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I’ve always taken it as you’re telling someone they spend too much time in their mom’s basement and need to go outside and feel the fresh air/grass.

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Yeah, I guess you could see it that way too - get outside and stop spending so much time online.

The summer heat is way worse for chickens than the cold. We don’t usually put a heat lamp in our coop unless it gets in the 20’s or below.

I would recommend you put your chickens in a mobile coop that you can pull around your yard. Obviously you need some space to do this, but it’s nice to give the chickens fresh grass every few days (versus being in one spot all the time which will quickly get very dirty and muddy). Ours is fully enclosed so it has kept predators out and we have all kinds of critters wandering and flying around our yard. I downloaded plans for it off of Etsy for $10. Search Etsy for mobile chicken coop and it’s the 8x10 one being sold by ReformedAcresShop. Plans were pretty easy to follow. Took a couple of weekends to complete. We put wheels on the back and a pull kit on the front to move it with. Both of those were from Chick Lifts (www.chicklifts.com). My only complaint about the coop is that water gets into the roost buckets when it rains hard. We just put a tarp over the back end of the coop with clamps and remove it once the rain is done. That keeps most of the rain out.

Chickens are fun to have but a fair amount of work. We check them daily and change their water, give them food as needed and move the coop every 2-3 days. Their eggs are much better than store bought though. I would recommend you get Rhode Island Red chickens to start with. They are very low maintenance and lay eggs almost year round. They usually lay one egg a day except in the winter. I would put a max of 6 chickens in the coop that we have. There are also some varieties of chicken that are more cold hardy than others so you could look into getting some of those if you’re worried about how they will deal with the winter weather. There is a ton of info online about raising chickens if you have more questions. Good luck!

I would suggest you look into Beavers Bend State Park in Broken Bow, OK. They have a lake and a river to explore. Lots of hiking trails also if you want to try those. There are tons of cabin rentals in the area to stay in so you could potentially rent a large one and all stay in it together. The town is small and there’s not a lot to do there, but the state park was nice and way better than I expected.

Air Doctor is a good brand and will remove odors.

We had the same problem with our son when he was little. He couldn’t go to preschool until he was trained and nothing we did worked. We went to a gastro and a nutritionist. We tried giving him a probiotic, upping the amount of fiber in his diet, giving him pear/prune juice, etc. and he almost ended up in the hospital with a fecal impaction. We started giving him Miralax every day and that works for him. Yes, it’s less than ideal but our other options didn’t work and it keeps him out of the hospital. Miralax is not absorbed by the body and the gastro told us it could be used indefinitely. So, use Miralax if you have to in order to get the constipation under control and I think he will potty train just fine.

Air Doctor. It works well and they have multiple size options.

Get lots of morning sunlight - preferably right at or just after sunrise - every day and don’t wear sunglasses so the light can get in your eyes. This helps reset your circadian rhythm. Also, take magnesium glycinate and inositol at night.