My last post from Baltimore -- tomorrow the move will be complete! And then I will be without internet for a few days, except at work. See you in a week or two.

Haven't had time to write much recently -- leaving the apartment by 6:30am, getting home by 7:30pm. Ugh. And on Saturday I move. I'll resurface once the move is complete...

Mood: Overwhelmed
Song: Dido, "Don't Leave Home"

My first day as A Suit:

1:30am Flight arrives at BWI.
2:00am Arrive home.
2:30am Get everything ready for the morning -- suit, dress shirt, directions, etc.
3:00am In bed.
3:30am (?) Asleep.
6:15am Wake up.
6:20am Really wake up.
6:50am Get on the road.
8:30am Arrive at work.
1:00pm Lunch.
7:45pm Leave work.
8:55pm Get home.
9:30pm Dinner.
10:30pm Get ready for bed.
11:00pm Right now. Read for 15 minutes.
11:15pm Pass out.
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(6:00am Wake up...)

Still at home. Enjoying the perks of being here. Eating, sleeping, and reading a ton.

Ran errands with my sister yesterday, then she and I made dinner for our parents.

Today is my last full day here, unfortunately. Although I'm excited to start work, I would much rather stay here for another few days. :-)

Time for lunch.

New book: Arthur C. Clarke, "3001: The Final Odyssey"

Wow -- a week since my last post? I guess I've been pretty distracted...getting ready to move, submitting paperwork to Lewin, cleaning cleaning cleaning, lots of travel, etc.

I'm back in Oregon for a week. Missed my flight out of Baltimore yesterday morning, spent the rest of the day waiting standby to see if I could make it back here. During that time I finished the ~300 pages left in "Plan of Attack." An interesting read, but not the easiest book to finish. The text didn't exactly inspire me to finish the book quickly, other than that I hate leaving books unfinished and had some others that looked more promising. So I finished it and started Orwell's "1984" but my eyes are sooo tired of reading.

One week until I start work. I'm both excited and terrified. I'll be doing some pretty long days for the first two weeks -- I'll be commuting from Baltimore, and I would really like to avoid the I-95/I-495 rush hour insanity. On a side note, when do you think rush hour was actually just one hour? And when people were actually rushing instead of being stopped in traffic? At any rate, my drive from Baltimore to Falls Church will probably take at least an hour and a half, maybe as much as two hours, even if I avoid the heaviest rush hour times. So...in to work at 8:00ish, leave by 7:00ish?

I went price-shopping at Ikea last week. I think I can get a nice futon/sofa and a bed for a toal of $800 or less. They have some pretty sweet sales going on right now, but I can't buy something now and have them deliver it in a month. Damn.

Time to go eat, sleep, or be lazy while I can.

Broken Engagement by Gen. Wesley Clark, as published in the May edition of the Washington Monthly.

"The strategy that won the Cold War could help bring democracy to the Middle East-- if only the Bush hawks understood it."

Back from Texas, Tim and Sarah's wedding, and my vacation to South Padre Island.

An incredible trip...I'm not too thrilled to be back in Baltimore. The good news is that I picked an apartment in DC and mailed in my deposit.

Too much on my mind right now. Need to mentally digest for a few days.

New book: Bob Woodward, "Plan of Attack"

Mood: A whole bunch of jumbled emotions. Cheerful and sad; resigned and hopeful.
Song: Billy Joel, "The Longest Time"