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July 08, 2005
The Working World
OK, so I'm not really part of the working world. But I *am* enjoying the perks of being back among the young Washington elite.
Last night I went down to Harry's Tap Room in Clarendon to meet up with my friends from the Senate. They had brought along some other friends from the State Department, where they are now both affiliated. It was lots of fun to get caught up, and in the spirit of "widening my circle of friends" I even stayed for dinner with two of the other people in the group. It was a great relief to talk seriously about things other than sustainability, such as world politics, China, and the perils of buying Washington real estate.
Today, I continued the social trend and met up with friends from my old/new work for lunch. It was scheduled to say goodbye to one of the people in my department, which was very sad. On the other hand, Faris will be in town for the rest of the month, so I'm sure to see him again before he heads out West to seek his fortune.
The afternoon took a quick nosedive after lunch when I buckled down to work. My job for the next week will be to look at a particularly nasty company and decide which circle of hell it belongs to. I vow to never shop there again--a decision which should be obvious to every thinking person, but which is really drilled into one's head after reading about sweatshops in Bangladesh.
This evening, while the rest of the family is off meeting potential in-laws (oh, the horror), I am hanging out at the house. I briefly considered renting some movies, but decided that good old cable TV would be sufficient for the next couple weeks.
The weekend is looking very low-key. I was going to play golf with Lily, but she is being whisked away to an estate in West Virginia. Too bad for me, but I'm not sure that slogging around in post-hurricane grass would have been the most entertaining use of my time. Instead, I plan on waiting with cautious optimism to discover if the wild raspberries I picked in the backyard will assail me with Cyclospora misery.
Comments
Jenn, I do hope you remembered to run around naked while the fam was away this time :)
Congratulations on your return to the Washington Elite! I know you will dazzle them all with your incandescent charm. Go get 'em kiddo.
Posted by: Mandy at July 10, 2005 08:31 AM
