After a week that featured the most densely packed series of lectures I've encountered so far (surely to be trumped by next month), I was thrilled to accept offers of company and fun from friends and family (Lisa's) in the D.C. area. Last Thursday I joined former-UNC roommate Rolf Graning, Holly (his wife), and Toby and Rebecca Lees (mutual friends who are expecting...congrats!) for an evening of pizza and laughter in Bethesda, MD. Two days later I returned to D.C. in the early morning for an all-day study session (though we did fit in lunch at the Ritz-Carlton:)) with Jonathan Lieberman, a good friend who attends law school at George Washington and keeps me laughing with an acerbic wit. That night I had the honor of joining Lisa's dad, Bill Dunn, along with Lauren and Michael (Lisa's sister and brother), for the 25th anniversary celebration of Dr. Dunn's graduating class from Georgetown Medical School. The event was far nicer than anything I'm used to doing around Baltimore, meaning that Lauren, Mike, and I had an absolute blast partying amongst those who'd actually earned the right to be there:). Thanks a ton to Dr. Dunn for having welcomed me along! I'd thought the ensuing week would be a letdown by comparison to such a weekend, but the Coylewrights intervened to prevent that from happening. Jeremy, or "Daddy Coylewright," is a classmate of mine at Johns Hopkins and husband to Megan "Momma" Coylewright, a first year resident at Hopkins. They are the parents of Izaia and Indigo. a 6-y.o. girl and 2-y.o. boy, respectively. The Coylewrights invited me to dinner tonight out of the blue...thanks to them for a wonderful hour-and-a-half reprieve from studying!