Pre-Christmas Celebrations

Julia mastered her finals and came home exhausted, sick, and determined to wrap up the graduate school applications. Upon her arrival, I was on vacation from work...and will continue to be for a full three weeks. Yay! So far she saw Star Wars with Steven, attended the annual Gingerbread Party, watched our traditional White Christmas, saw An American in Paris and 2nd City's Twist Your Dickens (both at the Kennedy Center), girls nail day in Annandale, cut/color with me, study time at GT library, Georgetown Cupcake holiday dozen, Chipotle, Capitol Christmas tree visit with the family, and submitted her grad applications. Great, quality time together. Also pictures from Christmas Eve dinner at the Sarrges, which was delicious--but, Julia was in New Hampshire. Looking forward to her return on the 26th for more FUN!

 

Exams and Dr. Perlmutter

Julia is busy studying and taking exams. She's also working on graduate school applications. Check out the new glasses! I love that Warby Parker ships directly to you; the glasses are super flattering.

Dr. David Perlmutter came to the World Bank to speak on optimizing your brain and preventing dementia and Alzheimer's. He is a phenomenal speaker. The only disappointment was that he was not more bold with his recommendations. I think he tip-toed around because our Healthy Working Group president is a vegan. In Dr. Perlmutter's words, this was a "broad-stroke" presentation that emphasized eliminating sugar and refined grains and adding exercise.