Washington DC

I took the kids to see Grammy and PopPop in Florida. They like it when they can have the kids to themselves for a while. This was a nice break for me. I took the opportunity to fly up to Washington DC to see a couple friends.

Vineeta, Praveen, and their son Nehru Mooganur live in Virginia. I got to spend a couple days hanging out with them and Vineeta's parents, Mr and Mrs Dubey. They cooked some great Indian food for me! Vineeta and I were able to get out one night and go to the Mall to see the monuments lit up. It's been about 12 years since I've been there so I was again impressed. I didn't remember how small the city was. Maybe my perpective has changed since living in Shanghai. It was great to spend some time getting to know Nehru. He is such a sweet, smiley baby.

After a couple days, I met up with Jeri Ward. She just moved to DC the prior year. She lives in the heart of the city just down from all of the embassies. We were room mates in college so we had lots of catching up to do. We were able to do some good eating, shopping, and even got in a run. We laughed a lot over the couple days we had together and it was really nice.

Can't wait to take the kids back to show them our Capitol.