Did you watch CNN this weekend?  If so, then you probably saw me on TV.

I was the little speck in the brown sweater at Obama's health care speech at George Mason University last Thursday.  So maybe you didn't see me per se, but I was there!!! 

Obviously politics is just humming with talks about the new health care bill.  I'm getting emails from senators and congressmen telling me to either help or hinder this bill.  The Express newspaper that is free to the public at the Metro stops has headline after headline about the bill.  And my supervisor got an email inviting him to the speech that Obama was giving for one last push on the bill.

I will not disclose my political views, but regardless of if I am or am not in favor of the bill, the atmosphere in the GMU basketball arena was very cool.  The line to get into the building was 4 blocks long, and although I didn't wait in the line, I quickly realized that there was not a bad seat in the house.  Along the giant line, people with signs and coordinating tee-shirts protested the health care bill.  But for the most part, everyone was very respectful to Obama during his speech.

A view of Obama and the crowd

I sat, as you can tell from the pictures, not too far up and to the back right of Obama.  He waved in my direction a few times. 

Close up on my angle of watching Obama’s speech

It is only appropriate that if I spend 3 months in the nation's capital that I see the President of the United States!

On Friday my office had yet another event with the Francophonie festival.  This time it was a discotheque.  It took place in the National Postal Museum which was really cool to see the museum morph into a club at night.  So we had the DJ “make the girl dance” come from Paris to perform for everyone. 

A view of the stage with the DJs

The exhibits inside the museum were still open despite the fact that the place had turned into a giant dance party.  Because we are too nerdy to pass up a quick tour of the free museum, Anne and I took a look around the exhibits.  Seeing the progress of the mail service over time is surprisingly impressive.  Although maybe it was just seeing it with the techno beats of the DJ that made it especially unique. 

So all in all, a very eventful two days.  Who knows what's in stock for the future!  Its cheesy, but its true.

Que Sera Sera.