Leesburg, VA (USA)

I arrived at Nicky’s to pick Mollie up at 0635 (she texted to ask where I was, after waiting five whole minutes...).  We then drove to Leesburg (via VA-7) for her Equine Medical Center Internship (my Day 1/8).  On the way, we talked about the previous days at the Internship (she'd enjoyed them).  We stopped for breakfast at Anita’s in Leesburg (0730) and talked some more (mostly about college applications, driving permit exam).  Mollie didn’t have much of an appetite and seemed tired.  We drove over to the Rust Library to take a short walk.  After that, I drove her to the Equine Medical Center (0850).  Once she was settled, I returned to the Rust Library, where I teleworked all day.  I actually didn’t hear from Mollie all day - until just before I drove over to pick her up from the Internship.  She asked if we could go to a drug store on the way (I said yes).  When I arrived to get her (1650), she was ready to go.  I wasn't sure what she needed to buy but it turned out to be toiletries, so I suggested we go to Walmart.  She used her iPhone map and we found a brand new store on the south side of town.  We shopped there and then tried to get back to US-15.  However, we got a little bit off track and ended up on VA-659.  Filled up on gas near US-50 (almost lost my gas cap after I left it on the roof of the car) and then made our way to VA-234.  All of this took a long time and, even worse, there was lots of traffic on I-66 and Fairfax County Parkway.  We talked a lot (our discussions were generally good) and it helped pass the time during the long commute.  Since I missed my chance to drop off my dry cleaning, I decided to pick up my printer cartridges at Best Buy (1900) instead.  Mollie liked that because it allowed her to spend some time at the PetSmart.  I then took her back to Nicky’s (1930).