{"id":208,"date":"2008-10-19T05:31:31","date_gmt":"2008-10-19T05:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/?p=208"},"modified":"2019-07-08T12:54:52","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T16:54:52","slug":"washington-after-the-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/2008\/10\/19\/washington-after-the-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington &#8211; After the Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the surgery I spent my time running back and forth to the hospital and trying to keep Aliciya entertained. I quickly found that the best way of keeping her happy was to take her to the big Borders Bookstore one metro stop away. There were stuffed animals to play with, and when she got tired of that, she found find a book for me to read to her. William had the Friday after the surgery off, so we got him and the three of us went to the bookstore together.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_0933.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-217\" title=\"_mg_0933\" src=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_0933.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_0933.jpg 640w, http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_0933-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_0934.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-216\" title=\"_mg_0934\" src=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_0934.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_0934.jpg 640w, http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_0934-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_0943.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-215\" title=\"_mg_0943\" src=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_0943.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"479\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_0943.jpg 479w, http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_0943-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>William and Aliciya had a good time playing along the road as we walked home.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_0972.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-214\" title=\"_mg_0972\" src=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_0972.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_0972.jpg 640w, http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_0972-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_0981.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-213\" title=\"_mg_0981\" src=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_0981.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_0981.jpg 427w, http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_0981-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_0986.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-212\" title=\"_mg_0986\" src=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_0986.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_0986.jpg 640w, http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_0986-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tatyana released from the hospital<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_211\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_1001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-211\" class=\"size-full wp-image-211\" title=\"_mg_1001\" src=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_1001.jpg\" alt=\"Imp\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_1001.jpg 640w, http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_1001-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Little imp offering flowers to her mom<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The next weekend we got together with the kids again. We had a great time at home, and went out to the National Aquarium and the Old Post Office.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_210\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_1025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-210\" class=\"size-full wp-image-210\" title=\"_mg_1025\" src=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_1025.jpg\" alt=\"Alex in the Old Post Office Tower\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_1025.jpg 640w, http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_1025-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex in the Old Post Office Tower<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This statue of Pushkin is just a couple of blocks from our apartment.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_209\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_1027.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-209\" class=\"size-full wp-image-209\" title=\"_mg_1027\" src=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_1027.jpg\" alt=\"Pushkin Statue\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_1027.jpg 427w, http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/_mg_1027-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pushkin Statue<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the surgery I spent my time running back and forth to the hospital and trying to keep Aliciya entertained. I quickly found that the best way of keeping her happy was to take her to the big Borders Bookstore one metro stop away. There were stuffed animals to play with, and when she got [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,26],"tags":[21,15,20,23,14,159,22],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5131,"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions\/5131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}