Meetings: The Practical Alternative To Work

Dave Barry once said, "Meetings are an addictive, highly self-indulgent activity that corporations and other large organizations habitually engage in only because they cannot masturbate. "

Meetings are like the crack-cocaine of the Federal Government! I've really never seen anything like it... I've only been here for four-business days and I've already attended, 12 meeting... Imagine how many I'm going to get to attend when I actually have a clue to what's going on and know all the acronyms! This was my favorite -- today we had this atonishingly vague, no one-knew-what-the-heck-was-going on type meetings and the consensus at the close of the meeting was NOT to gather more data on the subject. It was NOT to talk to systems programmers who actually had a clue... it was for all of us (the befuddled group) to meet again -- tomorrow morning at 9:00! Mind blowing. I guess none of us are as dumb as ALL of us!

Aside from the outbreak of meetings, the weekend was great! I went to dinner (that I didn't pay for) on Friday with my old mentor, his wife and daughter (a new Boozer). Wilson is a Democrat from Mississippi and from a time where politics really mattered! He's a hoot and one of the few people I know who detest George W. as much as I! Saturday I had lunch with Mikey and I spent time with the kids... not so fun because the little 2-year old can be a real brat at times.

Yesterday was also my first 19-day Feast. I felt like the Belle of the Ball. For once, it wasn't so sucky being the new girl. I got to meeting the rest of the Arlington Community and they were all just gems!

My goal this week is to find a Spanish Class not affiliated with a college or university! I've decided to become fluent in Spanish because this German proficiency is of absolutely no use! For Arlington to have such a high Hispanic population, I expected the Spanish classes to be in abundance but what it really translates to is lots of English classes... Wrong assumption on my part!

If you know of any Beginners Spanish courses, in Northern VA, MD or DC, please let me know!