Day 6 - Kevin's last day

Thursday was Kevin's last day at HMX-1.  He made his last morning commute to attend the daily squadron morning meeting where he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal by his C.O.  For those of you who aren't up on your Marine awards, this is one of the highest awards that the Marine Corps distributes and few in his squadron get it each year.  If you get a chance, congratulate him on his shiny new medal!  

I, on the other hand, sat at the house with the industrial cleaning crew as they scrubbed our empty house from top to bottom and made it shine like the top of the empire state building. They accomplished this even though there was a well-timed water main break in the area and no one on the block had water.  It was interesting watching them try and wash windows with water from jugs that they ran out and bought at the grocery store.  Very resourceful fellows. 

To celebrate our last night in town, we went to one of our favorite Old Town eateries, Restaurant Eve.  If you live in DC and have never been, we highly recommend it.  A little pricey, but totally worth it.  Favorite dessert - "Birthday Cake"  just because :)