Check with a friend who is going to be away. Offer to water plants/feed pets.

Airbnb

Try a college/university library. Check rules on public access before you go, but they generally have good wifi if you need to work.

Anonymous wrote:Have you ever been in a library?

Or to a National Park?

WTF is this thread.

Have you ever been in a library?

Fancy hotel lobby. In most you can just go sit there and they won't mind, there's a clean bathroom, etc. Honestly, if you don't look homeless they won't kick you out.

If you need 5-6 hours away from family every day, why bother having them stay over in the first place?

Asking because I’m the same and this is why I don’t invite people for overnight/extended stays over holidays.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Drive out to Shenandoah

What’s out there?

Nature

https://www.nps.gov/shen/index.htm

It’s a place of solace. Quiet lunches, hike, set out a blanket work outdoors for a bit, etc

Closer in you could go over to Great Falls. https://www.nps.gov/grfa/index.htm

Anonymous wrote:Go to a Library

Which one?

Anonymous wrote:Drive out to Shenandoah

What’s out there?

Drive out to Shenandoah

Go to a Library

Anonymous wrote:Check into a hotel. You will thank yourself.

😂 I wish!! I still have to come back here. I can manage to get away for a while but not the whole time

Check into a hotel. You will thank yourself.

Where are some nice, quiet places to work or just get out of the house and read a book? We have some family staying with us for the holidays and I need to get away for extended periods of time, like a solid 5-6 hours some days. Are there any really nice public libraries around here that anyone likes the best? Thank you!

Edit: Anywhere in Northern Virginia please