DC Day 6

Although a little dreary in the morning, the day certainly "brightened" up for me after going out to lunch with some friends. But I'm getting ahead of myself...

Slept in a little this morning (meaning, I hit snooze a few times and got out of bed at 7:00am), got ready for the day, and packed up my things. Changed "host homes" this afternoon because my Reston hosts were getting ready to head out of town for a graduation.

Repetively checked my email, hoping for something regarding our condo. Got invited to lunch with come campaign buddies, and met them in DC at the Capital Grille. One works at Treasury, the other has been working for DOE (although some GOP leadership are dragging his "services" off to another job very soon). Met one of their friends who works at the White House / Presidential Personnel. Enjoyed the afternoon reminiscing about past campaign events, current events in the lives of our friends, and eating "the best calamari in DC" (according to our server; I'd have to agree. It was very good, and the only calamari I've had in DC, and therefore the bets in my book) and the lobster bisque for starters. I had The Grille's Signature Cheeseburger, which was also excellent.

Had my soft offer "firmed up" some today, which took a big weight off my shoulder. I couldn't wait to get back to our potential landlord and let him know the good news, that in addition to the wonderful credit and rental history that our application shows, he can add soon-to-be-gainfully-employed to it, as well. I'll fill you in once I get this nailed down.

[[Always trying to be prepared, I still have a second soft offer to work with (although this one won't firm up for a little bit b/c of funding issues), and am pursuing 3rd and 4th options.]]

Decided to post some blogs and explore cyberspace. Had been waxing a little nostalgic since my post about the Ranch in Paso Robles, so I put my Google skills to the test and tried to track down old friends. We'll see if any of them decide they remember me...

Also found the press release and the full-text from the dinner I attended Saturday evening.

Ta ta for now