the office and the weather

At first there was "no room" for me in DC, so my project director (aka: my boss) spent a lot of time trying to find me a workspace. For a while they were talking about having me work on the secure floor (you can't even get to the floor without security clearance!), but one of their employees is going to be gone all summer, so I am lucky enough to use his office. I don't have a window, but if the door is open to the office across the way, I can see out of his window! Either way, it beats the cubicles all the other interns are working in. (I know that was bad grammar)

So I didn't realize how close my office is to DC "proper" (since I have no sense of geography here), until about half-way through my first day. Unfortunately for me, the women's bathroom on my floor is on the exact opposite side of the building from me, so every hour or so when nature calls I take a leisurely walk half-way around the building. It was my 4th or 5th trip when I realized the building I was staring at every time I came around the corner was the pentagon! And then I noticed that I could also see the Washington Monument! I love it!

Today I was sitting at my desk, gazing out the window across the hall when I noticed a dark and ominous cloud moving in the direction of our office. As I watched it draw closer and closer, I realized that it was going to start raining very soon. Sure enough, within 10 minutes it was pouring so hard outside that I couldn’t even see the buildings across the way! It was just a mass of dark gray. The storm continued off and on for the rest of the afternoon, and I got soaked walking to RiteAid to buy an umbrella.

**This just in: there is a tornado warning for just south of us!**