A week and a half later...

and I'm that much closer to seeing my boyfriend for 9 days of uninterrupted mushiness. Get ready Washington.

I think his surprise visit last weekend for Valentine's Day merits extra obnoxious mushiness. This photo was taken at the moment of surprise. Thanks Megan for taking it - and further disorienting me. :)

My eye is almost completely healed now!

I just got the news that we would be attending Obama's address to Congress tomorrow night! We will be observing the speech from the House Press Gallery and therefore will be able to hear the speech but not watch him speak.

Nominees for best original song are great. You may have to create a log in.. but its free - why not?

Working on: getting a hold of two Air Force Firefighters who rescued a baby camel while on tour in Iraq, and a profile on a Congressional intern from Texas.

And I want to know who's writing my profile.. !

yep thats Charlie Gibson and seven lovely Scripps Howard Foundation ladies.

Details will posted later.

just a few hints: Britney spears jazz band, Gibson's pretty face and Scripps representing on the dance floor.

oh my..

Cornelius- My eye's more attractive cousin

Ive got the "my eye 'aint my eye no mo" blues.

I've let something horrible happen. It must have been something in the air at the Chinatown movie theater, or the gratuitous amount of sappy girl scenes in He's Just Not That Into You that did it..

Because Saturday I woke up with an ulcer in my right eye.. It's small and unnoticeable to the interns/Washingtonians, but to me the ulcer (a small round white dot on my iris) looks like an extra appendage.

Please don't image google corneal ulcer. That is a terrible idea. I did it only because I was curious to see people like me.. Needless to say, I didn't find any and it was generally a bad experience. But this cheered me up..

My eye is healing up fine now. My strict eye drop schedule is working and my eye is hardly red anymore. :)

In totally unrelated health news: I have some version of the man flu. I'll be okay.. more than okay - now that I have an excuse to sleep and eat all day.

I also have a new story up! My favorite part of the week was researching the effect Asian Carp have had on the Illinois Waterway System. My second favorite part of the week was watching this video - over and over again.

"Mercy sakes alive!"- Bill Dance

"They grow so dog gone fast!" (I don't know the proper spelling of dog gone)

Quick update: the doctor put me on some milky white eye drops.. she said that im getting better but "not outa the woods yet."

Happy Monday!

H.R.34.IH

is the Midnight Rule Act and the 26th House Bill introduced this year. It ensures a "delay [in] the implementation of agency rules adopted within the final 90 days of the final term a President serves."

I'm writing a story about the last 100 House and Senate bills. Its interesting to see who proposed what compared to the last congress . (Do not be fooled by the title of the page 'Bills introduced in the 111th congress'.. I suspect that is a mistake.. and it should be titled 110th congress. This is what happens when you have a copious amount of time)

I think Emily deserves recognition for her blog.. In case you wonder where I live, please refer to her photos. (our apartment is nearly the same, only better.)