Washington, D.C. 2000

Me, Billy "The Kid" Montalvo, & Debbie

This was the most fun I ever had eating at a fine dining restaurant! Ya see, Billy has a brain injury, so he doesn't understand how to "act" in certain places. He just said & did whatever he pleased & he had me rolling! I'm surprised we didn't get kicked out! Billy was one of the characters I met on this trip. When I met him he asked for my last name, to which I said, "Heinze, like the ketchup." & he's called me Ketchup ever since. What's even funnier is that he calls my mom, Mama Ketchup! :)

This is me & Anthony. Look at that smile he's got on his face! I believe he was from NY. In case you are wondering why on earth I was in DC. it was because I was there for a disability rally. I, along with another girl, were supposed to represent Nevada & talk to Senators etc about changing various laws, buildings, etc to make them ADA compliant. Unfortunately, the trip was not at all as I suspected & the next thing I know me along with 500 other disabled people are marching to the White House chanting " Nursing homes have got to go! Hey hey! Ho ho!" (I'm thinking what the hell am I doing here?)Then people were crawling out of their wheelchairs & dragging themselves across the hot pavement. Then the secret service came & said they were going to arrest people. It was too damn funny! I'd never seen anything my life. But you have to be there to really appreciate the humor in it, 'cause I know right now you thinking I'm a whack job.:)

Ok Here's Tamara, the girl also who came to represent Nevada. What a nightmare she was! She was definitely a bitch on wheels! ha! Sorry but she was awful. Her only disability was a fat foot. Oh yeah & her nasty attitude too!

This is when we finally returned home to Vegas! The lady holding the flowers is my mom, then Debbie behind me, next to her, Tamara's husband.