{"id":5306,"date":"2018-07-08T08:36:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T12:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=5306"},"modified":"2018-07-08T08:36:13","modified_gmt":"2018-07-08T12:36:13","slug":"happy-4th-of-july-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=5306","title":{"rendered":"Happy 4th of July"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5309\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5309\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5309\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/88C58B06-C6A9-4484-BDD7-B840CD68A84B-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/88C58B06-C6A9-4484-BDD7-B840CD68A84B-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/88C58B06-C6A9-4484-BDD7-B840CD68A84B-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/88C58B06-C6A9-4484-BDD7-B840CD68A84B-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wow!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>John and I spent the holiday in Leesburg, gaming with friends &#8211; or I should say, John was gaming while I watched &#8211; and I snuck out for a while to go to the nearby outlet mall for some shopping (waaaaaay too crowded). We had a requisite grilled burger (yum) and enjoyed the company! We got home in time to watch the fireworks from our apartment window &#8211; nice, because it was too hot to try to get outside to see them.<\/p>\n<p>We saw a lot of friends this week! I had a fun happy hour after work with Amy and Tammy on Monday &#8211; always fun to be in the company of such hilarious and smart women.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday we had John\u2019s work buddies Adrian and Thomas over for dinner and a game of Catan, and on Friday we had Rick and Claire over for dinner. We finally got to meet Rick\u2019s daughter Erin who is here for the summer &#8211; what a lovely little girl.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday Jimmi hosted us for dinner at her new condo &#8211; such a nice time. Another guest is currently working in Pakistan, so we had a lot of fun talking about the \u201cold days\u201d of being in Islamabad &#8211; always fun to connect!<\/p>\n<p>This morning I am off again for work after a four-week respite!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5308\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5308\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5308\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/F7F944A1-1F55-45C6-A227-42C17E18287D-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/F7F944A1-1F55-45C6-A227-42C17E18287D-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/F7F944A1-1F55-45C6-A227-42C17E18287D.jpeg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With little Midnight at Jimmi\u2019s house<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5310\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5310\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5310\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/CDC07BA3-6162-4160-8EF3-CA24B811200A-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/CDC07BA3-6162-4160-8EF3-CA24B811200A-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/CDC07BA3-6162-4160-8EF3-CA24B811200A-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/CDC07BA3-6162-4160-8EF3-CA24B811200A-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clear skies!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John and I spent the holiday in Leesburg, gaming with friends &#8211; or I should say, John was gaming while I watched &#8211; and I snuck out for a while to go to the nearby outlet mall for some shopping (waaaaaay too crowded). 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