[Prudence]

Whee! Schmoozing with colonels and generals like it was an every day affair. Making connections. Getting names of other people to contact for potential assignments down the road. Heck, I'm even formulating a plan that would have me do a clerkship and come BACK to good ol' dod. (of course, I have to persuade a judge to hire me first for that one.) But, the stuff people are doing out here is super interesting to me. And they're really doing the stuff they say they are, because we got to watch today.

This all makes me feel way more hopeful about things. Maybe I just have the world's crappiest first assignment, and in a few months I'll be somewhere else and not hating my job. Yay!

Meanwhile, the Rat is in the air now and joining me for a weekend of sightseeing. I can't wait to show him the things I saw last time and see some of the things I haven't seen yet. Tomorrow we have a tour of congress. Might do the monument circuit or a museum or something. It'll be hot and muggy (to us).