Nomad Life - Day 208

Last day of Nomad Life hotels for a while!  This morning, I woke up at 0530 (before alarm) and started teleworking.  At 0630, I tried to go to breakfast in the Lobby of the Best Western (Springfield) at but the staff took an additional 15 minutes to set up.  Fortunately, I was there first and beat everyone else into the queue that immediately formed.  The food was worth the wait fortunately...  After my meal, I went to the Fitness Center and spent 20 minutes on the stationary (recumbent) bike - I logged four miles.  Returning to my room by 0720, I resumed teleworking.  My Wednesday schedules are usually busy and I stayed online until 1230 (late checkout approved).  Taking up a break from my job, I spent about 20 minutes printing out items in the lobby of the hotel.  After that, I departed from Springfield and headed east to get a haircut at my old barber shop (1255).  On the way, I joined a work telcon.  Meanwhile, my car was showing temps 80's (it felt like 90s).  It may have been this situation that caused me to have intermittent cell phone signal.  I kept trying to rejoin the telcon and was mildly successful.  At 1330, I arrived at Rose Hill Barber Shop, where I used to get my hair cut for more than 10 years.  There was no line but the prices had soared (probably double the cost of my regular cut).  Oh well - I needed the trip...  Afterwards (1345), I got back in the car and joined another work telcon for a short time.  Meanwhile, I drove (via I-495 and I-66) to Falls Church.  My friend from Notre Dame, Kim, had graciously offered to let me stay with her and her husband (David) until I trip began a few days later.  Even better, they offered to let me leave my car in the parking spot for their condo.  I arrived at their house by 1415 and, after greeting one of my oldest friends, I resumed teleworking.  Kim had to leave for work before 1500 helped me put together a (late) lunch.  For work, I stayed online until 1615 (8 hours completed)  Beyond that, I worked on several projects I'd hoped to complete before my trip began: website updates, blog catchup, photo backup and travel prep.  Kim and David got home by 1730 and I thought we'd make some dinner plans.  Instead, Kim suggested that we drive (in convoy) from Falls Church to McLean so I could see their (rental) condo.  We'd talked about this a few times before but this was the first time it had worked out.  After driving along busy city streets (lots of traffic, construction, etc.), we arrived at a nice looking building.  Before long (1845), I was inside and taking a tour of their wonderful condo unit.  At 1905, Kim then went to a condo-owner meeting while I drove David back to their house.  On the way, we stopped at Giant to pick up some beer (I chose a Fair Winds Brewery Kolsch).  We arrived at Kim and David's by (1930) and we ate a light dinner.  As usual, David and I had a good conversation.  And, when Kim returned, she joined our discussion.  In the end, I stayed up much later than I'd expected, due to our good talk.  Once I made my way to the guest room, I did some reading and Duolingo - bed time was at 2245.  Glad to relive lots of good memories from many years of friendship!