Wow, It's Really Quiet...
For the first time since, like, February someone isn't hammering, drilling, wrenching, smashing or breaking something in the house... We almost don't know what to do.
We had a visit last week from Jenny's parents, Will, Chloe and Dan. Saw the movie "Cars" and enjoyed it, had fun trying to guess who was doing the voices. Steve's Mom, Ruth, came down for a short visit to look around and consider moving from New York to the D.C. area. It was "kinda maybe" until he took her through IKEA and Potomac Mills and she realized there was a serious opportunity here to get new furniture... Then the prospect got a lot more attractive, LOL.
Jenny has settled into new offices in the renovated old wing of the State Department, working with the new U.S. Foreign Assistance Office. The new office is very nice. State closed down one wing of the building about three years ago, the oldest wing, to completely renovate it. Jenny's new offices are in that wing, recently reopened. It was the older, historic part of the building, so they had to keep and refurbish a lot of the old architectural flourishes. The new building that surrounds it basic 1950s Federal Office Prison...I mean, Office Building. Right out of the kit, if ya' know what I mean. This part is a lot classier. And she has a really great view...of the interior courtyard where they put the new airconditioning chillers. The world can be greatly reassured that Jenny is keeping a close eye on the glycol return conduits.
Steve is in the four hundredth week of Arabic...or what feels like four hundred weeks...a little burned out but plugging along. Not a language for the weak of will, and probably worthy of a warning label: "Attempting to learn Arabic when your brain is encroaching on forty may be hazardous to your health."
That's about it for now. More news maybe next week...
S & J
We had a visit last week from Jenny's parents, Will, Chloe and Dan. Saw the movie "Cars" and enjoyed it, had fun trying to guess who was doing the voices. Steve's Mom, Ruth, came down for a short visit to look around and consider moving from New York to the D.C. area. It was "kinda maybe" until he took her through IKEA and Potomac Mills and she realized there was a serious opportunity here to get new furniture... Then the prospect got a lot more attractive, LOL.
Jenny has settled into new offices in the renovated old wing of the State Department, working with the new U.S. Foreign Assistance Office. The new office is very nice. State closed down one wing of the building about three years ago, the oldest wing, to completely renovate it. Jenny's new offices are in that wing, recently reopened. It was the older, historic part of the building, so they had to keep and refurbish a lot of the old architectural flourishes. The new building that surrounds it basic 1950s Federal Office Prison...I mean, Office Building. Right out of the kit, if ya' know what I mean. This part is a lot classier. And she has a really great view...of the interior courtyard where they put the new airconditioning chillers. The world can be greatly reassured that Jenny is keeping a close eye on the glycol return conduits.
Steve is in the four hundredth week of Arabic...or what feels like four hundred weeks...a little burned out but plugging along. Not a language for the weak of will, and probably worthy of a warning label: "Attempting to learn Arabic when your brain is encroaching on forty may be hazardous to your health."
That's about it for now. More news maybe next week...
S & J
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