This morning, I woke up (with alarm) at 0630 and started teleworking immediately. After eating a light breakfast (snack in the room), I left my hotel in Marion (0730). I got gas (across the street) at Shell before getting on I-81. Was able to fit in a call with Eileen before I had to join a telcon for work. I made it to Blacksburg and picked up Mollie at around 0900. We drove to Hello Bagel to eat breakfast (0910). While there, I met Eitan and we all had a nice talk. Afterwards, I took Mollie to her class (1000) and then spent the next few hours on another work call (from the Hello Bagel) parking lot. Mollie had told me she had a paper to write and wanted to get to work at her job so getting back together wasn’t a foregone conclusion. In the end, the stars aligned and, at 1155, Mollie met me at the Squires Student Center. When we went inside, I got to meet a few of her Student Senate colleagues and then she treated me to lunch at one of the dining halls. Surprisingly, she didn’t eat any food herself (telling me “I’m not hungry”). Eitan met up with us again and we spent about 45 minutes chatting. At about 1230, Mollie said she had to go to work. I said goodbye to them and left Blacksburg (1300). While driving, I rejoined my telcon meetings and continued north on I-81. Once the meetings were finished (1415), I listened to more audiobooks. The weather was good for the drive and reminded me of the many times I'd been on this stretch of Interstate during hiking trips on the AT... I made it to Harrisonburg before 1500 and resumed teleworking in the parking lot of Brenna's school. I texted her that I had arrived and, even though we hadn’t communicated about it in advance, was able to join her inside her classroom at about 1530. While Brenna prepped for her next day of teaching and attended some late meetings, I teleworked some more. When she returned to find me, I got to meet some of her colleagues and we prepped for my next day of volunteering in her classroom. Afterwards (1700), we drove to the Golden China Restaurant, where we enjoyed a delicious buffet and a great conversation until around 1745. We then drove to Brenna’s apartment and she took a nap (starting at 1815). Meanwhile, I did some more teleworking. After Brenna woke up (2030), we watched a movie (“Same Time Next Week”) and then went to bed (2230). What a great day of visiting with my daughters!
