Once again I got super busy, this time going to DC (by way of Baltimore airport) and Northern Virginia (hence "DMV" which is a common abbreviation for the area--thank goodness I didn't spend 5 days in the Dept of Motor Vehicles!!). It was just the parents--the kids stayed home again (with their godfather in the lower part of the duplex, so not really "home alone").
We flew in Thursday and I didn't take many pics, but I did take one of a mezcal menu to text my friend who's a fan of the liquor to ask his advice on which flight to order, heheh. (He didn't answer so I picked at random.)
On Friday, we went to a fancy little awards gala for Black authors, where the main awards were called "the Zoras" (after Zora Neale Hurston). Afterward in the bar we ended up at a table with two of the winners, so I snapped a pic of their trophies!
On Saturday we had another fancy event in the evening associated with this same group, but first, during the day, NT and I attended the DC No Kings rally! It was massive, and very peaceful, and we got to hear Bernie Sanders speak (though we couldn't see him from where we were).
On Sunday, I went to Northern Va. where my dad lives. All three of my sisters plus some nieces and nephews came by for a few hours too. I didn't take many pics that don't have my relatives' faces in them, but I did snap one of my kid V's wallet, which they thought was gone forever but had actually been left at my sister's on their last visit a few months before. More than the wallet, they'd been super sad about the leather "chip" in it from their first YMCA camp, so I texted a pic right away!
I stayed at my dad's Sunday night and in the afternoon we had one more game of Scrabble before I headed to the airport. It was a close one til I got a big triple-word score near the end. With this win, I beat him 2 out of 3. (His final score is hard to read but it's 276.) But I had to work hard for those wins--he's 94 years old but his brain is sharp as a tack!
I didn't take any pics today but doing this post reminded me to, so here's a shot of my other kitty Clue! She's the same age as the sick old cat, but she's more independent and busy so she's not hanging around me trying to get a cuddle all the time.
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