My American Brethren

If I were thinking of going to Washington for a weekend in a couple of weeks time, even though I:

a) have no guarantee of further paid employment beyond the end of March, and
b) can't really afford it anyway, even if I had one of those job-for-life things (what they?),

would that be a stupid idea? I mean, obviously it would be, but if we factor in:

c) it would really cheer me up, and
d) it would confuse the hell out of some people who are really pissing me off at the moment, and
e) I mean a long weekend, like a Thursday to Monday effort,

then we start to see the value of such a journey, no?