Washington, DC (USA)

Brenna called me about car trouble at about 1700.  Mollie and I were supposed to leave directly for DC at 1800 (to attend a Wizards game with tickets from my company) but this plan got sidetracked due to Brenna’s dilemma.  Brenna shared her location with me and I took Mollie with me to Vienna (via Advance Auto Parts, I-495 and I-66) to find her.  We located Brenna and Mollie was a good sport while I tried (unsuccessfully) to fix the windshield wiper motor.  Fortunately, it stopped raining so Brenna and her friend decided to drive to Harrisonburg without the wipers (this worked out OK).  Meanwhile, Mollie helped me with the Google Maps app in my car so we would be able to get to the parking garage at CapitolOne Arena (1930).  We managed to get inside the stadium before the game started and found our seats.  Mollie wanted to spend time eating in the Etihad Lounge so we skipped the first quarter.  We enjoyed dinner (all you can eat buffet) - as usual, the food was awesome and we could see the game just fine on big TVs.  We also watched some of the NFL Playoff games.  At the beginning of the second quarter, we returned to our seats and watched the action until half time.  We also watched a Filipino Cultural Dance during the intermission that was pretty interesting.  For the third quarter, we ate more food in the lounge.  As the fourth quarter began, we made our way back to our car and drove home. We arrived at around 2230 and, since we were both tired, went to bed. Mollie commented that she'd had a great time and Brenna reported that she'd made it to Harrisonburg OK - those are the kind of things a dad likes to hear!