Proposal, Smosal

I'm writing this from the "War Room" and I know that I should listening to the speaker telling us how absolutely critical it is that we win this proposal, but I'm actually a little sick of it! It's Friday, just after 2:00 p.m. and I have already worked 66 hours this week on our contract recompete proposal. I haven't gotten home any day before midnight this week and I'm just generally over it!

Although I've worked like a field hand this weekend, I am actually enjoying the work I'm doing. I'm in charged of the graphic design and layout of the 100-slide deck so this take me back to my magazine layout days. National security leaves little room for creativity, so I'm having a ball playing with color palettes, manipulating graphics and making things "sexy" as my manager says! This definitely makes me want to go back to my old job back in the day, but thinking about my old $36,000 salary makes me wonder how I ever survived in Northern VA back then! Ugh, for the love of money.... one day I'll break my worldy material attachment and do something that I love. I could write volumes about my irritation with myself for not being able to pursue my desired career because of fear of being a financial failure. Perhaps that's a blog for another day.

They just sent out the please-be-a-team-player-and-work-all-weekend call but my sister is flying in tonight so that will not be me! This is the first trip my sister, Kicha, has made to DC since I've been here so I'm so excited about welcoming her to my world. I got us tickets to go to the Big Tigger Celebrity Basketball game tomorrow and I know she's going to love it. Jay-Z, my sister's absolute and utter obsession is playing, so hopefully we won't end up in jail for her bumrushing security to get to him! I will have to work some this weekend but I'm not going to let it put a damper on things.

Well, let me focus on this proposal stuff... but it's really cool how everyone thinks I'm editing the deck or taking notes about way to improve it. Suuuuuuuuuuuckers!