Greetings,

First day of another work week. Hard to believe, but I've only got two more after this. Oh, how time flies by.

The weekend was good, for the most part. Much of the second went out of town for a few days, so Joe and I pretty much had it all to ourselves. Gotta say, it was pretty relaxing to be able to have a beer and watch whatever I wanted to on TV. Unfortunately, I don't get to partake in activities like that very often here (will explain in more detail later).

Saturday night, Joe, Nancy, Leslie, and I went out to "Adams Morgan," which is D.C.'s equivalent of 6th street. Pretty fun area, we'll probably go back again soon. Sunday, we went to the climate rally on the Mall. Lots of good energy there (no pun intended). Saw a bunch of random people (i.e. Jesse Jackson) speak, but missed Passion Pit play :(.

While I wasn't embarking on trip to seedy bars/rallying for the environment; I worked tirelessly on my paper for Middle Eastern Politics. So far, I've got 6 1/2 pages written. That exceeds the minimum length...yay? Needless to say, I'm going to need to do a lot of revising for it. We picked our own topic, which is both a blessing and a curse. I've got to iron out a few wrinkles if I want to earn an A. Hello, stress.

Fairly mundane day at the office. Clips, database project, notes on Press Briefing, answering phones, and putting together digest. Mundane, but productive. On that note, I'm getting addicted to coffee.

Will write more soon,

tim