Concert, Swarthmore, and Family Time

Julia comes home this Friday--yay! Meantime, it is school and work as usual. The Washington area has recovered from the blizzard. Columbus has had no major snow. Julia attended several dinners with friends, including a spaghetti and meatball meal made by Matt and Jim. She even captured photos of some of her own healthy creations; kudos, Jules! Jake and Julia attended the Oh Hellos concert and this week she'll be prepping for a midterm on Thursday.

Laura and Emmie came this weekend--rescheduled from last weekend--after visiting Swarthmore. We had a delicious dinner at Lisa & Tony's. Thanks for the steak, mom; Steven is still raving about it. It was nice to spend time with Laura, Emmie, Nick, and Jorge. On Sunday, it was 60 degrees with promises of milder weather all week.

Blizzard 2016

Julia had a good week. She is really enjoying her classes. This week's blog will be overshadowed by the blizzard of 2016!

Washington, DC, did not fair well when one inch descended upon us last Wednesday. It was during rush hour and it was a mess. On Friday, many schools closed preemptively--with everyone else closing at noon...it started to snow at 1pm and didn't stop until Saturday night. The District was blessed with 22.4 inches, white-outs, and whipping winds. Steven kept pace with the storm shoveling every few hours. Today, he dug out the car and back parking space. The neighbors all got together and shoveled the street--yes, the entire street--from 2pm - 6pm today. Steven was a shoveling hero this weekend. Check out the before picture of our street down below.

I'm hoping for one more meeting-free day...come on World Bank, take another day to recover. We actually had a lot of yummy food while shut-in. Steven brought home Peruvian chicken and a bunch of meat from Wagshal's--rotisserie chicken, liver pate, boar, pork. I completely forgot to take pictures.