Full Work Week

Most things in our life right now revolve around Paul's work. This is not bad at all since the people he works with are great. I mean - revolving around work has meant a really fun welcome dinner at the boss's house last weekend, meeting the Biden's on Wednesday, and last night was a "Wheels Up" happy hour celebrating that the VPs airplane's wheels were up and nothing went wrong! Kind of a big sigh of relief for everyone who worked to make his delegation a success (as it is seen by them). The happy hour was a great chance to meet a few more people (like the #1 in Paul's office, the Ambassador and the #2 at the Embassy!) and a great chance to celebrate Jen's new job!!!! I interviewed last week and found out just before the happy hour that I got the job! They have to do a security clearance (this will be #3 in the process - sorry to all of you who will be contacted possibly 3 or 4 times with the same questions about me!). This clearance is small though and they will rush it - so it should only take about 2-3 weeks. Yeah!!

In other life news - my bike is here! I bought a great road bike before we left which has the thinnest tires you've ever seen and the handlebars lean very far forward (one biker here told me she would be scared to ride my bike!). Long story short - I have to buy another bike. :( Unlike DC where there are a hundred bikers more daring than me, I seem to be the daring one here. Most bikers ride on the sidewalks and don't wear helmets (I'm not that stupid.. I may look like a dork, but I'm safe!). Unfortunately for me and my thin tires the cracks in the sidewalks are the same size as my tires so they easily slip into the holes, and the transition from sidewalk to street to sidewalk is not smooth. Think of driving your car through a maze of potholes the size of your tires, and going over massive speed bumps (humps) every block. It will be much easier to do which a mountain bike, so I'll have to save my road bike for longer rides outside of the city. In fact! - I just met someone last night who does a 50k ride on the weekends! And! I think she is going to split a triathlon with Paul and I in the Spring! I'll bike, Paul will swim and she will run! Yeah!!!! :)