A place I'd never been

Captain's log, stardate 073015. (I know, I'm stretching here.)

I've been a lot of places in my time, seen a lot of sights, done a lot of things. Yesterday, I went someplace I'd never been.

You have to get to the 14th floor of the Nebraska state capital to see this. Above the sunburst stands "The Sower," one of the most recognizable pieces of art in the state. I'd been in the capital before, but for some reason, I'd never been to this part of the building. A series of murals surrounds visitors with a sentence from Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address tying them all together.

As we looked out over Lincoln from the north walkway, we saw some people we knew. The little dots are Mom, Andrew, Rachael, Dru, Lilah and Erin. Surprisingly, they could hear us (the rest of the Ruggieros and me) yelling to them and they waved back at us.

 The state capital is full of murals, mosaics and other artwork. I forget how incredible our building is. And you can see Memorial Stadium's jumbotron from the 14th floor - you could probably watch the game from the capital if you had a pair of binoculars.

We also went to the Lincoln Children's Museum, another place I'd never been, and that was a lot of fun. Watching the kids run from play area to play area and pretend to be everything from actors to astronauts was pretty fun. So thanks to everyone for inviting me to meet them in Lincoln and hang out for part of the day.