Inauguration

So yesterday was an interesting and bizarre day. Jeff and my friend Diffle who both work on Capitol Hill got us tickets to go to all sorts of events celebrating inuguration. First I was able to sit in the seats close to front for the actual swearing in ceremony. nothing special there though, it was cold. Then we went to a preparty event with many congressmen and women and free food and drink! Then we went to Inaugural Ball number one which was the one sponsored by Florida. it was kind of lame and had bad music, so we went on to the Independence Ball which was sponsored by VA and MD where the music was better and there we started to meet people. I met Ashcroft (he had a polkadotted bow tie on) and The house whip, Roy Blunt, former governor Gilmore and a whole host of other congressmen. The president and VP make an appearance to each one but it's really not that special. Then we went on to the biggest event which was an after party sponsored by DC101 and others where 3 doors down was playing. Apparently if you buy tickets to this thing, it costs 2000 a person! But Congressional staffers often get leftover tickets if they dig around, and we didn't pay for a thing all night. The cheapest ball was $150 a person we think. Anyhow, it was fun, but i got home at 2am, and boy am i dragging at school today!

If Steve goes to England, he should take me with him, I've always wanted to go:)
Good Luck Russ! I hope you find that this is the place for you, although I'll miss having you guys around. It's nice to have family representation at my parties!

Meredith