Having not slept at all last night, I got up and went to breakfast in the dining hall for the first time since I moved in. The guy was REALLY stingy with the bacon - even when I asked for more. I think I maybe ended up with four pieces? And I only got bacon and scrambled eggs! That were RUNNY nonetheless! Hot sauce (yes, hot sauce - NOT salsa) and ketchup made them okay. I went, showered, got dressed, and was STILL late for work.
I'm getting tired of lines into the Senate building/House buildings in the morning.
I understand that people are going to come here to lobby. I have no problem with that. I even understand them wanting to get to the offices around 9a - they don't realize how asinine that is. If we're in session, chances are EVERY SINGLE senator and congressman/woman is already in a meeting at 9am. They don't just trickle in throughout the day - they're here to WORK. Chances are, you're in THE WAY. I love it when they (visitors) forget their manners too. I'm thinking, "Here you are, being a fool in an elevator, pushing past me, and you don't even know if you're heading to my office or not. I could potentially RUIN your credibility as a decent human being, and you're still acting a fool. Well done, 'grown-up'. Well done."
SERIOUSLY?!
Oh, and just for the record, if the door says STAFF ENTRANCE ONLY - the security guards aren't going to let you through. Which means you'll have to go stand in ANOTHER 20minute line with the other dingbats that don't know how to read signs or be polite.
Don't get me wrong, not EVERYONE is this bad, many are very nice and courteous. Unfortunately in my experience here, the nice and courteous have been the minority.
Anyways...
I have been running on 45min of sleep so the morning went by pretty slow. I was asked to accompany one of the staffers (and her pup) to the Ford building so she could get our COF's BB cloned. I was there to move her car if anybody complained about her parking in front of the building. She's generally not too talkative - especially with interns - so I was afraid it was going to be a very awkward 30 minutes for me. Much to my surprise, she was very chatty, and actually pretty cool. The entire thing was completely painless. I even got to hold the pup while she delivered the phone - apparently she likes to run into the committee rooms while they're holding hearings. :)
I finally got in touch with B just in time to have him head over this way for lunch. We walked to We, the Pizza and ordered a pepperoni pie and I got a side Caesar. I got another Orange Cream Soda because they make each one fresh, and they're DELICIOUS.
The pizza was really good - but really greasy. My salad was good - but it was covered in big bacon chunks instead of little pieces. I generally wouldn't complain (especially after this morning), but they pack the bowl and it's hard to mix when there's an entire layer of bacon to get through. It also came with a big crouton.
Got back to work, and the rest of the day d r u g o n a n d o n....
The atmosphere was fun and energetic, the clock was just running slow!
Finally got off of work and went home to take a nap. I was pooped.
I slept HARD for about an hour until B called me and we decided to meet up for the Elephant Walk. Yes, you read that correctly. Elephants in DC!! The circus literally "came to town". And it was awesome. Surprisingly, a lot of people had their pups with them. Who brings a dog to an elephant show? Apparently about 1/6 of DC.
While the cops were setting up the street, I thought I saw elephant shadows, but they were just cop cars. "Elephants don't have lights, Nestor" B explained to me. Then the elephants came around the corner...and they had blue lights on their foreheads!! Haha I thought B was going to wet his pants when I pointed that out.
They were throwing these flashing light, bracelet, necklace things, and clown noses. We initially started out with one blue, one red, and two purple flashy things. I really wanted a green to complete the set, so we decided to catch up to them.
You'd think elephants would be slow. But they have BIG LEGs and BIG FEET, so they actually move fairly fast. It took us a good 10 minutes of brisk walking to catch up to the parade, and it seemed like every other kid had a green one as we passed. I eventually caught up to one of the girls with a bag of them and walked up the hill with her while she went through the bag...she couldn't find a single green one.
I walked back down the block to where I had left B (he hadn't been paying attention and I didn't have time to NOT catch up to the girl with the bag) and he had a green one!! He'd traded a purple one he'd gotten when I walked off for it. Bummer is - the green one doesn't light up. Happy thing is - I have one of every color because my Bestie is better than yours!
After that little escapade, we walked to the front side of the Capitol, because I had never been on that side and wanted to see it. It was pretty cool - but, as B pointed out, it's sad that the stairs are blocked off, meaning that the general public can't just walk in to an easily accessible government. I get why (thanks, terrorists!), but it's still sad. 9/11 is why we have the Capitol Visitor's Center (CVC), which is actually really nice, but yeah...
We walked around to the other side, "my" side, and decided to go to Tune Inn for a (late) dinner. We got there and it was stifling hot inside. It had gotten really cold after the sun went down, but gracious! We ordered some drinks and mozz sticks, and B asked them to change one of the tvs to the Thunder/Nuggets game. We caught the last 2.5 minutes of the game. Ouch. I did, however, cool off during the game. Guess it all worked out okay. For us, not the Thunder. Sorry, guys.
B got a fried burger, and I went with the veggie option. It was all delicious.
When we left it was a little before midnight, so I convinced B to walk with me to TMH and told him he could catch the train at US.
I get a call from him at 12:09a asking if the metro closed at midnight...OOPS!
He caught a taxi and made it to his hotel just fine, but I still felt bad for forgetting.
Oh well All's well that ends well!
*Until Next Time!*
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