On day two of my week in DC, I managed to go do some sightseeing. The traffic in the city is just crazy insane, so although the freeways weren’t bad, it look a long time to find a place to park, and I just walked around to the Lincoln Memorial and new WWII Memorial. I’ll come back on the weekend for some other sights and museums. The traffic on the way back was just horrendous, and I spent nearly 1 1/2 hours on the roads driving the 17 miles back to my hotel. Unbelievable. Traffic in San Diego is nothing compared to this.

I do have to give a big shout out for technology, which has been very beneficial. As the years go on I’ve become less of a gadget user than I have been in the past, but this week I’ve been up to my elbows in gadgets. I’ve been getting a lot of use out of my laptop and EV-DO card, and last night I used Skype and the new webcam to videoconference Jennifer and the girls. We had also planned to have me listen in on the nanny #9 interview on my cellphone during class and googletalk with Jennifer to provide my input. However, after postponing four times, nanny #9 stood us up. Oh well. She was so promising. Tomorrow, I will probably do the phone/googletalk thing from my hotel room (or rental car, depending on traffic) for nanny #11 after the Tara Brach meditation class.