Another Monday

Mondays always give me a false impression of the week. They are often slow and involve lots of planning, but that's only so I can try to get ahead of the curve for the next few days. This week is the week before Kagan's confirmation hearing so we are doing a lot of prep work on what to expect during the hearing. Lots of soundslides productions coming soon.

In other news, I'm going to take a moment to vent. I was very exciting about living at George Washington this summer and for the most part I still am. I have a great roommate, a private bathroom, walk in closet etc. However, the kitchen that I paid extra to be sure to get has been a major disappointment. The first time I tried to use the oven it didn't work. Not a huge deal, I filed a maintenance request on Monday. But then it took until Friday for them to fix the oven and during that same period all four eyes on my stove quit working. Fortunately, all was working by Saturday. I was a little irritated it took a week to fix, but I had moved on. Then I came home to cook dinner tonight and guess what? The oven is broken again, won't heat up at all. Thankfully the stove was still working, but who knows if that will continue. Get to make a lovely customer service call tomorrow morning. But anyways, back to journalism.

Here is a link to my slideshow from the Vietnam Memorial event on Father's Day I mentioned in my previous post: http://blogs.chron.com/txpotomac/2010/06/they_were_our_fathers.html

Things to look forward to this week include another White House visit tomorrow, some hearings on financial reform, a possible event with the President and First Lady (not every day that they do events together), and prep for Kagan confirmation hearings. Should be a very busy week indeed, but I'll do my best to keep y'all posted as I go through it.