I am interrupting this A to Z blogging contest to bring you a special news update: I am going to Washington to visit Amy tomorrow. Today she casually emailed me, "Would you like to have breakfast in the senate dining room on Monday?" What? Yes! I couldn't even get in the Capitol last time I was there. I stood in line for a while, and then got my bag searched and got scolded for having a granola bar, and then I was only allowed to go in the basement/peon level. I wanted to see the rotunda! I asked one of the workers how I could get up to see the rotunda and he said, "You can't now. You can see an exact replica over there," and he pointed to a Barbie sized replica of the Capitol. No. That's not what I threw away a perfectly good granola bar and an unopened can of Diet Coke to see. That really chapped my hide.
Well, on Monday I get to be like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman when she goes back to the bitchy sales ladies in the fancy store who wouldn't wait on her and shows them what's what. I will be eating toaster waffles and pop tarts with the bigtime movers and shakers. I will see the f'ing rotunda. And I get to go in the super private special entrance with no line. So take that, guard-who-looked-at-me-like-I-was-a-mental-defective-because-I-tried-to-bring-a-granola-bar-into-the-Capitol.
Amy said that it is dress-up so I have to pack accordingly, but of course, I am second guessing my dress-up choices. I don't know if it will be dress-up enough. We Minnesotans are pretty casual, and I don't want to look like a dope. I've decided not to take any chances of being too casual. I'm just going to wear my prom dress. Get ready senators!
Do you want my blue cocktail dress from the cruise??? When do you leave?
ReplyDeleteNo thanks, your dress would probably be too tight around the middle and come down to my ankles. I'm just going to wear my nicest jeans. Just kidding. I have a "little black dress" and a scarf and a dressy cardigan. Oh, and control top tights. And another layer of spanx. Double spanx.
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