hello world! i'm in boston - and good god. i promised to blog - so here you go. I flew in yesterday morning on a tiny little hopper plane - i just love short flights - such a treat compared to flying to cali! we get into logan and the place is decked out - every thing is "welcome to boston!" or "delegates this way!" and was totally covered in red white and blue banners. All of the ads were convention based - like "Boston: An Unconventional City" get it, get it? so we all hop in taxis and head to our makeshift office in the Hyatt. After getting stuff set and finalizing more RSVPs (they keep coming in!) we checked into the dorms we are staying in. If i had any doubt in my mind about how nice GW dorms were, they are officially gone now. They are fun for now - but goodness - poor kids who live there year round. Not much has happened yet - just walked around the area we're staying in. we're doing office stuff today. more to come later.

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lance is in yellow! tomorrow we cement the lead! who's excited!?

hello world! so look at this - what a treat for you - 2 blogs in 2 days! try not to get too excited . . . today was my first day back at work - it was fine except for i am desperatly out of the loop and utterly clueless - something which will hopefully clear up soon! but other than that all is well! it's nice to be back - but difficult to type with my wedding nails . . . oh well. i was at work late today - but made it to my first screen on the green! screen on the green is the best thing ever - DC sets up a huge movie screen on the mall and everyone brings blankets and watches fabulous movies. tonight they were showing all the president's men - nothing better than an 8 foot tall robert redford face . . . plus there is just something magical about watching a classic political thriller in DC staring at the capitol with the washington monument behind you. go ahead, call me an idealist - but i love that stuff!

political notes for the day - how long do we think bush can keep up these lies? honestly - does it seem extreme to anyone else? now apparantly condi rice's testimony to the 9/11 commission was completly false. they had intelligence that al quaeda was going to strike lower manhatten. someone explan why they didn't trust that intelligance yet they trusted the intelligence on iraq and the WMDs? we see what we want to see . . .

i leave for the convention in 3 days . . .

rest day for the tour today - don't worry you didn't miss anything. :) wed is THE day - watch lance dominate.

hello world! i apologize to all my loyal readers (who i am discovering is really more than just mom and dad) for my complete lack of blogging the past week and a half - i was home in california celebrating my parent's 25th wedding anniversary vow renewal. we had the wedding yesterday (july 17) and it went off very well. esp. because my dress was gorgeous :) i am anxious to get back to work and start recovering from my week and a half away, although i'm sure there won't be that much to do! ;) it's odd being away from the beltway for so long - but probably good for me in the long run! but to catch up i read time, newsweek and us news and world report on the plane ride back. i love to see my boys (johns kerry and edwards) on the cover of so many magazines looking so beautiful! new john edwards awe fact of the day: in 1995 he climbed mt kilamanjaro with his son. how many people out there think dick cheney could do that? how many people think dick cheney can climb stairs without getting winded? exactly. i leave for the convention on fri morning for a week up in boston - if you'll be there - let me know! i promise to blog more frequently, and i will do what i can do blog from the convention - so stay tuned here for the best convention updates around!

i now have business cards AND black rolling luggage . . . wow.

and of course, i am not solely obssesed with politics. i am also obsessed with the tour de france! i hope everyone out there is watching - it's good this year! the big thing is whether lance will make it 6 or not - and if you've been under a rock or soemthing - no one has ever won 6 tours before - 4 have tried, but none can. this year people thought lance was too old, not in good form and that jan ullrich, tyler hamilton, roberto heras and iban mayo would have the chance to beat him. but jan is 7 minutes back, tyler dropped, roberto and iban are over 30 min back. wow. it looks as though lance will come do and make it 6 - any bets on 7 anyone?? although ivan basso is fast becoming the new rider to watch - but no one wants to threaten lance - it just makes him mad, and if you are trying to win the tour the last thing you want to do is make lance mad . . . wed is the big day - alpe d'huez time trial. if you don't know what that means - become educated and check it out: olntv.com