I'd estimate that between one third and one half of the employees I saw this week were wearing jeans while Congress was out of session. However, nobody in my office was seen wearing denim until I made a cameo appearance Friday afternoon. This wasn't all bad, because I think we would have accomplished even less had we been wearing jeans at work.
I haven't been working on The Hill long enough to fully appreciate the slowness of a recess week, but I can imagine how great a break was for everyone else. Joe and I used some of our spare time trying to better orient ourselves with the Capitol and the House side. Plus, I got to see the Library of Congress for the first time on Thursday. The main reading room was straight from the movie Book of Secrets, and I absolutely LOVED it! Although my CRS training won't allow me access to the stacks, I do have special access to a few rooms and can bypass signing in and out like members of the general public. Things like that remind me that I really am doing this. I'm working for the United States Senate!
Anyway, the LOC was definitely the highlight of my work week. The artwork on the walls and the ceiling was just beautiful, the quotes on the walls were very eloquent (even though the *u*s were actually *v*s), and the Gutenberg Bible was nothing like I had imagined it. As much as I enjoyed my visit inside the LOC, the tunnels connecting it to the rest of The Hill were extremely scary. I was close to rubbing my head against open electrical/water lines time and time again, and I was even wearing flats! Not cool.
Nonetheless, Joe and I made the most of our week by exchanging humorous stories and laughing about sharing our tiny office space while everyone else sat in solitude. But I am definitely looking forward to the return of life in the fast lane next week.
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