Bunny, many many congratulations to you (for your new job and new eco-friendly car) and Jimbo (for publishing, not perishing) and Yolanda (for being supercute and adorable in childcare).
Monty and I are feeling the same way as you – like there’s change in the air. Or as Monty put it, we’re both commencing at the same time. Me, from the most expensive school in the country, which is a dubious distinction to be sure, and Monty, from his former job of 9 1/2 years. It’s kind of exhilarating, ain’t it? Makes me think of all those great 80s movie graduation scenes. Like in Back to School or Say Anything. But hopefully not Less than Zero.
I for one am pretty thrilled. After my defense, Monty threw a party and a lot of people from different areas of our lives showed up to wish me well. I felt all this great good will and booze, which is a lovely combination. And to top it all off, Kitty took the train from Philly! So awesome. There was one moment where we were in the office and one of my friends saw the picture of you, me, Monty, and D. with the snowboard and the banana in Whistler Village. I said to Kitty, “You took that picture!” and we both started explaining to the other people in the room the sheer folly of taking seriously uncoordinated girls from Florida to a world-class ski and snowboard resort in Vancouver.
I suppose the euphoria’s wearing off a little bit – I’m kind of getting into the “what the hell now” phase. A while back, I met with my old boss to talk about careers and her advice was to have children in order to even out the political playing field. Yes, she wanted me to have babies so that there would be more Democrats around. (I decided not to tell her that I’m a registered independent. It would have hurt her feelings.) And that is what happens when you live in DC.
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