Note that this post does not count as the promised exciting work stories blog post, which I will write tomorrow. Maybe.
Observation #1: DC weather makes no sense. How can it be hot when it is raining? This is not the tropics. How can it be hot at night?! The sun is down, where does the heat come from? How can rain just come out of nowhere? Like, one minute it will be broiling and the next pouring. And finally, they have thunder and lightning storms here without rain. Like, on a daily basis, according to my extensive research in the three days that I’ve been here. It is entirely nonsensical.
Observation #2: For some bizarre and barbaric reason, the DC public bathrooms I have been so lucky to use have had only one communal toilet seat cover dispenser, usually by the paper towel dispenser. Other than the weather, this is going to be the single biggest thing I will have to get used to. Because, what, do they just not use them here?
Observation #3: I should probably stop casually referring to coworkers of both genders as “men.” As in, “hey man, that PAB spreadsheet of the CGG WP&B deliverables is way rad.” I think perhaps subconciously I am trying to bring a little stereotypical Californian to the DC professional scene, except that I’m pretty sure I’m actually the only person who talks that way, anywhere.
