Second, I apologize for being enough of an egotist to think that anyone noticed or cared.
Life has been a damn stress sammich lately - as anyone who kept up with political news, celebrated the holidays with family, or watched the NFL Playoffs knows. Yes. I'm talking to me.
But, my plebian life must go on. I made a commitment to blog, and I must stick to that commitment. My 15 followers are waiting with bated breath, and boy do I have a lot of juicy nuggets socked away for my big comeback.
As you may know, yesterday was Groundhog Day. I knew this because I saw that they were playing Groundhog Day on Bravo all day instead of Real Housewives of Orange County, which was really quite shocking.
Chunky little Phil saw his shadow, and to that end we are slated to get 20 inches of snow this weekend. PHEW! Thank goodness it's happening on a Saturday - per the usual - and not on a week day when Washingtonians would be stuck at home, possibly without blackberry service, and unable to meet for lunch/coffee/drinks!! That would just be wrong. Why would God ever deprive us of what we love best - networking - in the name of a carefree, old school snowday. He simply wouldn't think of doing something so rash!!
"Dummm dee Dumm Dumm."
Bring on the snow! Bring on the cable outages! Bring on the Antiques Road Show marathons on PBS, snow angels and hot toddies!! BOOO on memos and deadlines. Boo on e-mail. It is soooo passe.
I think many of us twenty/thirty-somethings in Washington have more in common with Bill Murray than we ever thought possible, even if we're afraid to admit it.
"Where the hell am I going and who the hell said you could drive?"
It is the rare rare breed who actually finds it in themselves to admit that a rabid animal has taken the wheel of their life, and chooses to call the exterminator.
Simplify is the operative word.
Simplify is the operative word.
That is why I am so proud to call Peach - whom you all know and love - one of my best friends. We had a wonderful visit this last weekend when she came into town for the MARIAH CAREY CONCERT (Oh yes we did!!), and we spent the days reminiscing about days gone by. And although hindsight is often 20/20, these joyous chats and fun-filled evenings could not eclipse the truth: Washington D.C. sings a sweet siren song to bright-eyed young politicos - but if you're not careful, it will chew you up and spit you out.
I hope Peach's personal tale will speak to you the way it spoke to me:
Peach: "So want to hear something weird? When I was living in D.C. at like this time last year and was working like 7 days a week and so stressed, I started finding grey hairs. I became obsessed with finding them and pulling them out. Well, yesterday I saw the tip of a grey hair!! So, I pulled it out, and the root is red, but halfway down the middle it goes grey and I think the midpoint is when I moved to SF and stopped having stress!!! But that's not the weirdest part... the weirdest part is that I can't stop looking at this half red, half grey hair that represents my move to SF and I taped it onto my printer.... so if anyone comes into my office they'll see a hair taped on my printer at my desk! AHHHH, I'm a freak.”
Peach: "So want to hear something weird? When I was living in D.C. at like this time last year and was working like 7 days a week and so stressed, I started finding grey hairs. I became obsessed with finding them and pulling them out. Well, yesterday I saw the tip of a grey hair!! So, I pulled it out, and the root is red, but halfway down the middle it goes grey and I think the midpoint is when I moved to SF and stopped having stress!!! But that's not the weirdest part... the weirdest part is that I can't stop looking at this half red, half grey hair that represents my move to SF and I taped it onto my printer.... so if anyone comes into my office they'll see a hair taped on my printer at my desk! AHHHH, I'm a freak.”
"lolling there in their meadow,
round them heaps of corpses rotting away,
rags of skin shriveling on their bones."
- The Odyssey
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