Woodbridge, VA (USA)

[remote work - even though Mollie was still staying with me (for one more day), she'd made plans with her friends (for Halloween) - Kelly invited me to meet up with her and her friend Lee), so I drove to Woodbridge to the Bungalow Ale House (on Prince William Parkway) - ate dinner, watched several sports recaps and then drove back to pick up Mollie (2030)]

Alexandria, VA (USA)

[remote work - happy hour with Sabrina at Hank's Pasta Bar in Old Town (done at 1850)]

Washington, DC (USA)

Mollie woke up at 0830 and ate breakfast.  We got ready and drove to Alexandria, where we stopped at Sabrina's to drop off the cake we'd made for her.  After that, we drove to Arlington National Cemetery, where (after we went through the new security process) we got another stamp for Mollie's NPS Passport book and walked over to visit the grave of my Uncle Bill (my mom's brother).  We then drove to Theodore Roosevelt Island for a special event (Teddy's 159th birthday and 50th anniversary of the park).  We ate a lunch (bologna and cheese sandwich, candy) in the car before we started hiking around the island.  It was misty and cool on the island and we enjoyed ourselves a lot.  When we arrived at the Memorial, we found out that we could shake hands with a man dressed as our 26th President! Mollie impressed him with her Yellowstone sweatshirt - he told us about his vacation there over 100 years ago. We got pictures of us shaking hands with "TR" and then visited an exhibit about the Civil War Defenses of Washington, where we learned about the first Colored Regiment.  At around 1200, we headed into D.C. and parked at L'Enfant.  We walked all around the area near the FAA and Smithsonian and even checked out the new (not yet opened) Museum of the Bible.  We stopped at our favorite Smithsonian building, the Freer-Sackler Art Museum,  Like always, the display (on Egyptian veneration of cats) was good.  Mollie commented that there were a lot of feline deities that protected women who were expecting babies. Our love of the house cat doesn't come close to how the Egyptians saw them! There were two other interesting exhibits in the Gallery: one on Chinese bells (which have two primary tones, unlike western bells) and one on art related to Buddha. By 1400, we headed home so Mollie could study.

Washington, DC (USA)

[went into DC for a mid-day meeting (used Metro Bus to get to Train) - walked to Navy Yard and worked at my office for a few hours - then walked to Gallery Place to meet Daniel G. - ate dinner at Chinatown Express (finished at 1815) - took Metro Bus home from Van Dorn Station]

Alexandria, VA (USA)

[worked remotely - went walking for over an hour at Huntley Meadows (west entrance)]

Arlington, VA (USA)

[half day in DC - work - Greta drove me to Pentagon City - we had dinner and drinks at Zen Bistro (done at 1830) - she then drove me to Huntington - I picked up Mollie and she studied at my house for a few hours]

Oxon Hill, MD (USA)

[worked from home all day - at 1530, drove to National Harbor for a meeting with Rebecca and my company leadership (she cancelled on us) - I ended up meeting Bill, Dean and David F. and having some drinks - also saw Chris S. and his team, along with Andy P. - eventually made my way to the pre-banquet happy hour - went into the Glen Gilbert Award Dinner, sitting with Bruce F., Rich G., Theresa, Kelly D., Scott, Sheila, Tabitha, etc. - had a chance to hang out with Charlie K. and his wife a few times before the end of the night - when the banquet was over, we went to the dessert table - I headed home at around 2200]

Oxon Hill, MD (USA)

[drove over to National Harbor at 0930 - got together with company leadership so we could meet with prospective teammates (saw Danton and met his colleagues, saw Dan G.) - meetings went long and I ended up barely making it out of there before my parking price went way up (1145) - worked from home until about 1530 and then went back to the Gaylord for some ATCA events - met up with Casey, Kelly, Sabrina and Greta on the exhibit floor and walked around a good bit (seeing many friends and former colleagues) - went to the Frequentis happy hour, Rooftop Welcome Party, Veracity party and the CSRA party - after having a lot of fun, I drove Sabrina home and then went to my house (arrived at 2200)]

Washington, DC (USA)

[work - drinks with Bill, Greta, Sean, Rachel at Scarlet Oak - Metro back to Branch Avenue]

Warrenton, VA (USA)

[gas fillup in Gainesville (0710) - worked in Warrenton for first half of the day - lunch with Greta at La Parrillada in Gainesville (finished at 1230) - searching for SafeLite (no luck) - worked from home - happy hour with Dan T. at Fair Winds Brewery (finished at 1830)]

Washington, DC (USA)

[work - met up with Danton for drinks at Hill Country after work (done at 1845)]

Beltsville, MD (USA)

I took Mollie to the Jerome "Buddie" Ford Nature Center at 1230 and showed her more driving tips (using the driver's education book).  She volunteered with the other Nature Center employees, starting at 1300.  Meanwhile, I went to visit Brother Jim in Beltsville MD.  It was good to see him, since he recently had some health problems.  We had a nice visit and then I drove back to pick up Mollie (1600).  We stopped for dinner (takeout) at Baja Fresh on Manchester Boulevard on the way to my apartment.