Report from the trenches of work

With Ben and Kelly now both on full time job duty, blogging has taken a little bit of a back seat.  Mo and Dexter regret their general confusion about the qwerty keyboard and their inability to contribute. 

Week two at work has been good so far for Ben.  He is starting to get more of the acronyms down, which helps to abbreviate the day.  Other observations from the daily grind are:

1. That it is funny to see so many commuters wearing flip flops in transit presumably because they are more comfortable than the dress shoes people plan to wear at the office.  A jammed escalator in the metro the other day did show some of the dangers of this.  Also, people who sport the mohawk/suit combo may be rare, but seem interesting.

2. The people in Ben's office building seem to be very busy.  So busy infact that multiple people were seen reading at the urinal last week.  One guy was reading his mail and the other a blackberry.  The guy reading the blackberry was not a hand washer.  If you are not a hand washer, know that others are watching. While it is no excuse, the hand soap in the building doesn't smell great.

3. Ben has set a few personal records.  The first was wearing a tie five days in a row last week.  Also, with three days this week, that makes 8/10 days.  Which leads to the point that when water on the edge of the sink soaks your tie, it is annoying.

Kelly has been thrown into world of Capitol Hill. It has taken some adjusting, including how to get into and out of the building. In case of an emergency, Kelly is screwed. So far, it has taken no less than 3 attempts at finding an appropriate exit.

The pros of working on the Hill: learning the legislative process, working near/in the Capitol building, working with the Congressman and the presence of 3 cafeterias including a fountain soda machine(with diet Pepsi) in the building.

The cons: large/confusing/overwhelming buildings and elevators, no time to do personal stuff at work and not being able to have lunch everyday with Ben.

Get ready sports fans, tomorrow is game day. We take on "cold hard cash" on the national mall. We will blog the results,including pics.


Didn't have much picture-worthy stuff happen this week, so we thought we would post some pics of the dogs.

 (Even Mo knows hand washing is important)

 (Dex and Mo not blogging)

(1st DC ice cream.  If it tasted different, they did not complain.)

(What the house is like when Ben and Kelly are at work)