Washington, DC (USA)

[I had to wake Mollie up a few times between 0730 and 0830 (her request) - she got such a slow start that she skipped breakfast - I dropped her off at Edison at 0900 so she could work on producing the school paper - I went to do a lot of errands, including getting groceries and toiletries (shower caps) that Mollie had requested - I also picked up a poinsettia to decorate our apartment (since we weren’t getting a tree) - Mollie had said she wanted to stay at the school to watch a play (“Mama Mia”) with her friends, so she did that starting at 1400 - she’d mentioned that she was going to take the bus home (and I had to drive over to the school to give her bus pass to her) but she ended up getting a ride home from Rachel (1715) - by that time, I'd left for Washington, DC, to attend my company Holiday Party at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel - the cocktail hour(s) were fun, the food was excellent and there were several VIPs in attendance (from Mayor's office, NBA players' family) - there was a comedian (Lamont King) and our CEO (Jan) gave out lots of prizes to the employees - meanwhile, Mollie made herself dinner (pizza, green beans) and studied a lot - I wanted to stay until the end but also wanted to get back to see my daughter - so I left at around 2200 and arrived home about 30 minutes later - Mollie and talked for a short time before I went to bed - she stayed up studying until almost midnight]